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F3-02: SURFACE TENSION - BALLOONS
Category: F3 Surface Tension
Purpose:
demonstrate surface tension in a counterintuitive way.
F2-22: BUOYANCY PARADOX - ACCELERATED FRAME
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate dramatically the concept of buoyancy.
B4-04: SPRING AND STRING THING
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Illustrate series and parallel springs in a counterintuitive way.
D1-81: TRICYCLE
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate a tricky problem in rotational dynamics.
L2-07: PERVERTED IMAGE - LIGHT
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrate that a plane mirror does not produce a left-to-right inversion.
C4-51: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN BEAKER
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate weightlessness in free fall.
B3-15: FOOL'S TACKLE
Category: B3 Simple Machines
Purpose:
Illustrate analysis of forces in a pulley system
B3-14: EQUILIBRIUM PARADOX - SCALES AND PULLEY
Category: B3 Simple Machines
Purpose:
Counterintuitive demonstration involving pulley system
B2-41: ROBERVAL BALANCE
Category: B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
Purpose:
Demonstrate a paradox in equilibrium of forces and torques
C2-25: FUNNEL CART
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
L2-05 PERVERTED IMAGE - AXES IN MIRROR
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Investigation of the nature of images from a plane mirror
I1-11 THERMAL EXPANSION - BALL AND HOLE
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Illustrates thermal expansion
F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid.
C4-62 DROPPED SLINKY
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall
C4-52 WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN CUP ON POLE
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall
C2-27 FUNNEL CART ON INCLINE
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
C2-26 FUNNEL CART WITH MASS OVER PULLEY
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
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B3-01: LEVER AND LOADED WAGON
Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a lever Read More
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B3-02: LEVERS - THREE CLASSES
Demonstrate the three classes of levers
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B3-03: LEVER - WRECKING BAR
Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a lever
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B3-12 PULLEY - MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
Illustrate pulley systems Read More
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B3-14: EQUILIBRIUM PARADOX - SCALES AND PULLEY
Counterintuitive demonstration involving pulley system Read More
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B3-15: FOOL'S TACKLE
Illustrate analysis of forces in a pulley system
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B3-21: CHISEL AS WEDGE
Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a wedge
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B3-23: Worm Gear
Illustrate mechanical advantage
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