Math and Physics

This lady expresses exactly what I try to tell kids who think they hate (or are terrified of) physics but are good at math.  Physics is just math applied to the real world.

If I’m tutoring someone who’s taken first-year calculus, and I ask if he can take the derivative of the function x(t) = 100 – 16t², he’ll say sure, it’s x'(t) = -32t. Now I tell him, OK, that function gives the position of an object dropped off the roof of a building 100 feet high at t seconds after it’s released.  All you’re doing is applying the math you already know to stuff in the real world.