AAPT2015
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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C7-01: AIR TRACK - ELASTIC COLLISIONS
Demonstrate conservation of energy and conservation of momentum in elastic collisions Read More
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C7-02: AIR TRACK -INELASTIC COLLISIONS
Demonstrate conservation of momentum in elastic collisions Read More
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C7-03: AIR TRACK - SCATTERING WITHOUT CONTACT
Show that elastic scattering can occur between two objects without actual physical contact between the objects Read More
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C7-04: AIR TRACK - COLLISION VELOCITY MULTIPLIER
Illustrate velocity multiplication with a three-to-one mass ratio collision Read More
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C7-11: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES
Demonstrates conservation of energy and conservation of linear momentum in multiple elastic collisions Read More
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C7-12: COLLISION OF BALLS - ONE LIGHTER MASS
Show what happens when one mass in a collision ball set is different from the others Read More
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C7-13: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - GRADUATED MASSES
Demonstrate how the velocity is multiplied by a sequence of collisions between balls of decreasing mass Read More
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C7-14: COLLISIONS OF BALLS WITH FLOOR
Illustrate collisions of different balls with the floor Read More
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C7-15 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - 3 TO 1 MASS RATIO
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls Read More
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C7-16: HAPPY AND UNHAPPY BALLS
Illustrate coefficient of restitution Read More
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C7-17 SUPERBALL
Illustrates nearly elastic collisions Read More
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C7-18 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - ASTROBLASTER
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls Read More
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C7-19: GAUSSIAN GUN
Demonstrate transfer of energy in an elastic collision Read More
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C7-21: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM - COLLISION AND PROJECTILE
Illustrate conservation of momentum and conservation of energy Read More
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C7-23: MEDICINE BALL AND SKATEBOARD
Demonstrate large-scale collisions Read More
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C7-24: SILLY PUTTY
Show collisions with an unusual material Read More
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C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision Read More
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C7-26: BOUNCING PUTTY AND NON-BOUNCING SUPERBALL
Show unusual collisions Read More
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C7-42: AIR TABLE - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Qualitatively demonstrate elastic and inelastic two-dimensional collisions Read More
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C7-43: AIR TABLE - SMALL - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Demonstrate collisions of pucks on an air table in rooms not accessible by the large air table Read More
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C7-44: COLLISIONS - HOVERPUCKS
Demonstrate two-dimensional collisions Read More
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C7-51: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - PELLET GUN
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using a ballistic pendulum Read More
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C7-52: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - LABORATORY MODEL
Demonstrate operation of the standard laboratory type ballistic pendulum Read More
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C7-53: AIR TRACK - SPEED OF AIR GUN PELLET
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using conservation of momentum in an inelastic collision Read More
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