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B4-12: ELASTIC LIMIT OF SOLDER SPRING
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate the elastic limit for an inherently inelastic object.
B4-11: ELASTIC LIMIT OF RUBBER BAND
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate Hooke's law and elastic limit.
B4-04: SPRING AND STRING THING
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Illustrate series and parallel springs in a counterintuitive way.
D1-32: TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Show that the instantaneous velocity of an object executing uniform circular motion is tangent to the circle.
C7-16: HAPPY AND UNHAPPY BALLS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Illustrate coefficient of restitution.
C7-13: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - GRADUATED MASSES
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate how the velocity is multiplied by a sequence of collisions between balls of decreasing mass.
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.
C8-34: POWER - INSTRUCTOR DRAGGING CONCRETE BLOCK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate power
C8-32: POWER - CLIMBING LADDER
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
A simple method for illustrating power and the unit of the horsepower.
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.
C8-03: GALILEO'S PENDULUM
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate conservation of energy in a simple system.
C6-11: SLIDING FRICTION - LECTURE TABLE AND FELT
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Show the effect on frictional force of velocity, normal force, and contact area.
C5-11: AIR TRACK - ACTION-REACTION PAIRS
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
C4-42: TERMINAL VELOCITY - FEATHER
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate terminal velocity.
C4-03: ACCELERATION BY ITERATED BLOWS
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the numerical technique by which a computer carries out integration of the equation a = F/m.
C4-01: AIR TRACK - NEWTON'S SECOND LAW
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate F = ma.
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
B2-04: VERTICAL FORCES - FOUR SPRING SCALES
Category: B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
Purpose:
Show addition of forces along a line
B1-14: CENTER OF MASS - BOTTLE
Category: B1 Center of Mass Statics
Purpose:
Illustrate the center of mass in a surprising way
B1-13: CENTER OF MASS - FORK AND SPOON ON TOOTHPICK
Category: B1 Center of Mass Statics
Purpose:
Illustrate the center of mass in a surprising way
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F2-01 ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE
Demonstrates the buoyant force on a body submerged in a fluid to be equal to the weight of the displaced… Read More
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F2-02: CARTESIAN DIVER
Demonstrate a variety of fluid mechanics phenomena, including the compressibility of a gas, the incompressibility of water, Boyle's law, Pascal's… Read More
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F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Demonstrate explicitly how a Cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the… Read More
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F2-04: BUOYANCY - SPHERE AND WATER
Challenge the students' thinking about the buoyant force by considering the question: "Will a round object, without a flat top… Read More
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F2-05 BUOYANCY - BOAT AND ROCK
Illustrates buoyancy
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F2-06: BUOYANCY - SINKING BOAT
Illustrates buoyancy Read More
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F2-07: BUOYANCY - PEPSI AND DIET PEPSI
Show the difference in density between soft drinks with and without sugar. Read More
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F2-08: BUOYANCY - BATTLESHIP IN BATHTUB
Illustrate Archimedes' Law in a counterintuitive manner. Read More
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F2-10: BUOYANT BUBBLES
Demonstrate buoyancy and diffusion in an interesting way. Read More
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F2-11: HYDROMETER
Measure the density of a liquid. Read More
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F2-12: HOT AIR BALLOON
Show that hot air is less dense than cold air by operating a hot air balloon. Read More
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F2-13: BOUYANCY - EXPANDING BALLOON CONUNDRUM
Conundrum involving weight of an expanding balloon. Read More
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F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid. Read More
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F2-22: BUOYANCY PARADOX - ACCELERATED FRAME
Illustrate dramatically the concept of buoyancy. Read More
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F2-23: BUOYANCY PARADOX - INVERTED BLOCK
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-24: ACCELERATED BUOYANT BALL
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-25: BALANCE PARADOX - BUOYANCY WITH CROSSOVER
Present buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-26: BUOYANCY PARADOX - BALL IN TWO LIQUIDS
Demonstrate buoyancy with a counterintuitive element. Read More
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F2-27: Buoyancy Paradox - Two Spheres
Buoyancy of two spheres on a balance Read More
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F2-31: BUOYANT BALLS IN BEANS
Illustrate buoyancy in a surprising way. Read More
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F2-32: FLOATING SQUARE BAR
Illustrate buoyancy and the orientation in which a long square bar floats in a very dramatic way. Read More
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F2-41: DENSITY - SLOPE OF MASS VS VOLUME GRAPH
Determine the density of water. Read More
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