Work and Energy
C8-23: WORK DONE BY PUSHING ON WALL
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Illustrates that the wall and the floor do no work.
C8-22: ENERGY CONVERSION - SUPERBALL AND SOUNDING BOARD
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Show transformation of energy from one form to another.
C8-21: ROCK AND WASTE BASKET
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate conservation of energy in a humorous way.
C8-13: BUNGEE JUMPER MODEL
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Determine the minimum value of the spring constant of a bungee rope to ensure a safe jump.
C8-12: JUMPING MASSES WITH INTERNAL SPRINGS
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate conversion of internal energy of a spring into kinetic energy and then gravitational potential energy.
C8-05: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN VERTICAL PROJECTILE
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Show the relation between initial velocity and height of a vertical projectile.
C8-03: GALILEO'S PENDULUM
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate conservation of energy in a simple system.
C4-23: ATWOOD MACHINE WITH HEAVY PULLEY
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the affect of a heavy pulley on the Atwood Machine.
C4-22: HORIZONTAL ATWOOD MACHINE
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate the Horizontal Atwood Machine quantitatively.
B3-21: CHISEL AS WEDGE
Category: B3 Simple Machines
Purpose:
Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a wedge
B3-14: EQUILIBRIUM PARADOX - SCALES AND PULLEY
Category: B3 Simple Machines
Purpose:
Counterintuitive demonstration involving pulley system
K2-40: MAGNETIC ACCELERATOR
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrate magnetic potential energy
K4-07 BICYCLE GENERATOR
Category: K4 Motors and Generators
Purpose:
Demonstrates a 110 VAC magnetoelectric generator, and the relationship of work to power output
C8-14 JUMPING CLAMP
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates mechanical potential energy transforming into kinetic energy
C8-11 INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL ENERGY - SPRING-COUPLED SUPERBALLS
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Shows that when energy disappears from the center of mass motion it may be converted into internal energy
C8-06 PILE DRIVER
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Illustrates gravitational potential energy converting into kinetic energy converitng into work
C8-04 HILL TRACK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates conservation of energy
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C8-03: GALILEO'S PENDULUM
Demonstrate conservation of energy in a simple system.
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C8-04 HILL TRACK
Demonstrates conservation of energy Read More
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C8-05: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN VERTICAL PROJECTILE
Show the relation between initial velocity and height of a vertical projectile.
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C8-06 PILE DRIVER
Illustrates gravitational potential energy converting into kinetic energy converting into work Read More
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C8-11 INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL ENERGY - SPRING-COUPLED SUPERBALLS
Shows that when energy disappears from the center of mass motion it may be converted into internal energy Read More
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C8-12: JUMPING MASSES WITH INTERNAL SPRINGS
Demonstrate conversion of internal energy of a spring into kinetic energy and then gravitational potential energy.
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C8-13: BUNGEE JUMPER MODEL
Determine the minimum value of the spring constant of a bungee rope to ensure a safe jump.
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C8-14 JUMPING CLAMP
Demonstrates mechanical potential energy transforming into kinetic energy Read More
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C8-21: ROCK AND WASTE BASKET
Demonstrate conservation of energy in a humorous way.
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C8-22: ENERGY CONVERSION - SUPERBALL AND SOUNDING BOARD
Show transformation of energy from one form to another.
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C8-23: WORK DONE BY PUSHING ON WALL
Illustrates that the wall and the floor do no work.
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C8-31: POWER - EXERCISE CYCLE
Measure human work.
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C8-32: POWER - CLIMBING LADDER
A simple method for illustrating power and the unit of the horsepower.
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C8-33: POWER - USING GRAVITY
Demonstrate mechanical power.
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C8-34: POWER - INSTRUCTOR DRAGGING CONCRETE BLOCK
Demonstrate power. Read More
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