Bio Links

Hey fellow collaborators

Hopefully you've seen the Biology team's Powerpoint already. There was a lot of information that we attempted to explain and it's alright if it was a bit difficult to understand.

Posted below are some links that explain in depth of what goes on inside the arm doing muscle movement.

Action Potential

Actin and Myosin

Muscle Fibers

Muscle Contraction

Skeletal Muscle Structure

developing a model for throwing

Each group will be comprised of a biology, mathematics and physics representative. You goal is to use the knowledge you have learned to design a model in SimNewton to imitate part of a pitcher’s throwing motion.

The three parts will be:

1. The windup: the extension of the arm such that the baseball and the motion involved.
2. The beginning of the delivery up to the release
3. The release and follow through

Each group will have to simplify the arm and use various components of the SimNewton Model to represent the muscles involved with their particular motion and how those muscles translate into the resultant motion for each part. Each group is to

a. identify the major muscles and what they do to the arm.

b. translate each muscle into specific interaction that can be identified on the simulation

c. simplify the arm into a set of objects that can be identified on the simulation

d. simplify and describe the motion in terms of words and mathematics

e. explain why that motion occurs, using biology physics and math.

In addition to building the model, you must write up a rationale explaining the model and why you designed the particular features. This explanation must go on the blog.

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Introduction - Matthew Fishkin

Hey my name is Matthew FIshkin. I am currently a junior in Colts Neck High School. I am interested in a lot of things, like computers, but my goal is to be an orthopedic surgeon. I am really excited about this project because it incorporates computers and physics, two things which I really enjoy, and also because I am going to help start a program that seems as it will be very helpful to many people. My favorite TV show would have to be Conan.