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C7-04: AIR TRACK - COLLISION VELOCITY MULTIPLIER

Category: C7 Collisions

Purpose: Illustrate velocity multiplication with a three-to-one mass ratio collision.

C7-03: AIR TRACK - SCATTERING WITHOUT CONTACT

Category: C7 Collisions

Purpose: Show that elastic scattering can occur between two objects without actual physical contact between the objects.

C7-02: AIR TRACK -INELASTIC COLLISIONS

Category: C7 Collisions

Purpose: Demonstrate conservation of momentum in elastic collisions.

C7-01: AIR TRACK - ELASTIC COLLISIONS

Category: C7 Collisions

Purpose: Demonstrate conservation of energy and conservation of momentum in elastic collisions.

C3-21: INERTIAL MASS CART

Purpose: Demonstrate the inertial property of mass

C2-51: KINEMATICS WITH ULTRASONIC RANGER

Purpose: Plot graphs of position, velocity, and acceleration

C2-10: CONSTANT VELOCITY - GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT

Purpose: Show constant velocity and uniform acceleration using a rolling body.

C2-09: FREE FALL WITH STROBE

Purpose: Show the position of a dropped ball at a series of equal time intervals

C2-04: FREE FALL WITH PHOTOCELL GATES

Purpose: Measure acceleration due to gravity

C2-03: AIR TRACK - UNIFORM ACCELERATION - INCLINED

Purpose: Measure acceleration along an inclined air track.

C2-02: AIR TRACK - DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF ACCELERATION

Purpose: Measure acceleration using two different procedures

C1-13: AIR TRACK - REDUCED MASS

Purpose: Demonstrate the change in frequency for two-body oscillations.

C1-12: AIR TRACK - CENTER OF MASS OF COUPLED GLIDERS

Purpose: Demonstrate uniform motion of the center of mass of an oscillating system.

O2-22: STROBOSCOPE AND FALLING WATER

Category: O2 Visual Latency

Purpose: Demonstrate how a stroboscope works, and illustrate persistence of vision.

B1-24: CENTER OF MASS - CARTS ON BALANCE BOARD

Purpose: Show that the center of mass may remain at rest during motion within the system.

A1-51: SKATEBOARD

Purpose: Show things with a skateboard

C2-06 BALL DROP ON ROPE - EQUAL AND UNEQUAL INTERVALS

Purpose: Illustrate the geometrical effect of free fall

C2-01 AIR TRACK - CONSTANT VELOCITY AND UNIFORM ACCELERATION

Purpose: Demonstrate constant velocity and uniform acceleration with minimal friction
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