Shatter

This shatter effect was fun! Probably because it was so simple to create - simply comprised of creating two DMM objects, making the floor passive so that it would stay still, and slightly tweaking the attribute settings.

Explosion

Explosions are fun. This tutorial was pretty simple to follow, and thank goodness for that, because there were so many different settings and variables to be changed that all made their own difference in the overall picture. Definitely wouldn't remember how to make one exactly like this on my own, but I would remember how to use volume fields, containers, and a fluid similar to this one.

Dust Impact

What's with all these tutorials being about balls alone in the desert? Dust was much simpler than the other effects, and only required modifying an emitter and its particles. Oh, and creating another gravity field for the dust, but that was really just a few clicks.

Mud Roll

This was not very fun to work on, because it gave everyone in the class problems with the top plane flipping over and randomly flying off screen, or exploding when the ball rolled over the center. However, most figured out how to make it presentable, mainly by increasing the magnitude of the damp field by up to 3000 (which is crazy).

Rigid and Soft Bodies

Oh rigid bodies, how I wish I knew about you before keyframing all the ball drops by hand. This was really simple to do by turing the boards into active rigid bodies, which will respond when hit, and the last one a passive rigid body so that it doesn't move.

I do not enjoy soft bodies nearly as much. I believe you will be able to see why. Definitely a hundred times harder to make them look decent. BUT, if I ever need to know how to make jello fall from the sky into desert dunes (which happen to be rock hard and don't respond to the impact), I'll know what to do.

Ball Bounce

This exercise was to make us think about how different weighted and sized balls would bounce differently. On the left I made a yoga ball, which has the largest deform (squash and stretch) because it is the most elastic. This yoga ball tends to hang in the air a little bit more due to its large size and light weight (air resistance). The bowling ball in the middle drops quickly and does not bounce high, as it is very heavy. On the right, the tennis ball bounces more than the rest and takes a little while to lose its height, due to its light weightedness and small size.

Pendulum Swing

I hath created a pendulum. And it swings. Let it be known to physics teachers everywhere that I understand basic concepts of gravity!