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C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision.
C8-34: POWER - INSTRUCTOR DRAGGING CONCRETE BLOCK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrate power
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.
C8-12: 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.
C4-32: FREE FALL IN VACUUM - DISK AND FEATHER
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate that bodies of extremely different densities fall with equal acceleration in the absence of air friction.
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.
C2-51: KINEMATICS WITH ULTRASONIC RANGER
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Plot graphs of position, velocity, and acceleration
C1-21: AIR TABLE - TOPPLING STICK
Category: C1 Center of Mass Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate how a rigid rod topples on a frictionless surface.
A1-32: VOLUMES - SPHERICAL VS CYLINDRICAL
Category: A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose:
Illustrate a volume perception paradox
J1-05 CHARGED BALLOONS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates "charging by friction"
J1-03 KILOVOLT CARPET
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates "charging by friction"
C2-28: TRAJECTORY OF BALL DROPPED BY WALKER
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Show that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is independent of mass
J1-12: INDUCTION - ELECTROSCOPE
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrate charging by induction.
C7-23: MEDICINE BALL AND SKATEBOARD
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate large-scale collisions
C2-41: VECTOR ADDITION OF VELOCITIES
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Illustrate addition of two orthogonal velocity components
C2-25: FUNNEL CART
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
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F3-02: SURFACE TENSION - BALLOONS
Demonstrate surface tension in a counterintuitive way Read More
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F3-03: SURFACE TENSION - SOAP BUBBLES
Demonstrate surface tension in a perhaps counterintuitive way using soap bubbles. Read More
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F3-04: SURFACE TENSION - THREAD ON WATER
Demonstrate how detergent decreases the surface tension of water. Read More
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F3-05: SURFACE TENSION - THREAD IN FRAME
Demonstrate surface tension. Read More
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F3-06: SURFACE TENSION - NEEDLE ON WATER
illustrate surface tension by floating a needle on water. Read More
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F3-11: SURFACE TENSION - CAPILLARY TUBES
Demonstrate surface tension in capillary tubes Read More
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F3-21: SURFACE TENSION - ALCOHOL AND WATER IN SAND
Illustrate the difference between the surface tension in water and in alcohol. Read More
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F3-22: SURFACE TENSION - AT THE BEACH
Illustrate the surface tension of water. Read More
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F3-31: WATER BELL
Demonstrate surface tension in an artistic manner. Read More
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