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C4-11: ACCELEROMETER - BALL IN WATER
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate the direction of acceleration for both linear and circular cases.
C4-01: AIR TRACK - NEWTON'S SECOND LAW
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate F = ma.
C3-21: INERTIAL MASS CART
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate the inertial property of mass
C2-51: KINEMATICS WITH ULTRASONIC RANGER
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Plot graphs of position, velocity, and acceleration
C2-24: WATER DROP PARABOLA
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the parabolic path of a projectile.
C2-23: TRAJECTORY OF A BALL - MODEL
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Illustrate the position of a projectile at equal time intervals
C2-10: CONSTANT VELOCITY - GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Show constant velocity and uniform acceleration using a rolling body.
C2-09: FREE FALL WITH STROBE
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Show the position of a dropped ball at a series of equal time intervals
C2-04: FREE FALL WITH PHOTOCELL GATES
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Measure acceleration due to gravity
C2-03: AIR TRACK - UNIFORM ACCELERATION - INCLINED
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Measure acceleration along an inclined air track.
C2-02: AIR TRACK - DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF ACCELERATION
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Measure acceleration using two different procedures
C1-21: AIR TABLE - TOPPLING STICK
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate how a rigid rod topples on a frictionless surface.
C1-13: AIR TRACK - REDUCED MASS
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate the change in frequency for two-body oscillations.
C1-12: AIR TRACK - CENTER OF MASS OF COUPLED GLIDERS
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate uniform motion of the center of mass of an oscillating system.
C1-11: AIR TRACK - CENTER OF MASS PENDULUM
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Show uniform motion of the center of mass of a vibrating pendulum/glider system.
C1-04: CENTER OF MASS - BEAR ON TIGHT ROPE
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Show stability in system where the center of mass is outside of the object.
C1-03: CENTER OF MASS MOTION - CLOWN
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate rotation about the center of mass of an irregular object.
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D5-01 TIPPE TOP
Gyroscopic effect examples Read More
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D5-02: FOOTBALL
Example of a gyroscopic effect Read More
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D5-04: SPINNING BOOK
Illustrate the effect rotation about the various principal axes on stability Read More
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D5-05 CELTS
Illustrates a weird rotational device Read More
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D5-06: FIDDLESTICK
Illustrate weird rotational effects and to demonstrate transformation of gravitational potential energy into rotational energy Read More
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D5-07: STABLE AND UNSTABLE PRINCIPAL AXES
Show that rotation about the principal axis of smaller moment of inertia is unstable and changes to rotation about the… Read More
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D5-08: WINEGLASS AND OLIVE
Conundrum involving angular motion Read More
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D5-11: CORIOLIS EFFECT - BALL ON ROTATING PLATFORM
Illustrate the Coriolis effect Read More
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D5-12: CORIOLIS EFFECT - WATER JET
Model the Coriolis effect Read More
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D5-13: FOCAULT PENDULUM - MODEL
Model the Foucault pendulum Read More
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D5-21: BALL ROLLING ON ROTATING DISC
Show that a sphere rolling on a rotating disc will move in circles Read More
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D5-22: ROTATING PENDULUM
Demonstrate the presence of a "critical parameter" which determines the dynamic behavior of a simple physical system Read More
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D5-23: ROTATING BEAD ON LOOP
Demonstrate the presence of a "critical parameter" which determines the dynamic behavior of a simple physical system Read More
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D5-24: ROTATING PENDULA - LENGTH VS. HEIGHT
Show that pendula of different length suspended from the same point rotating at the same angular speed rise to the… Read More
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