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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
C8-04 HILL TRACK
Category: C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
Purpose:
Demonstrates conservation of energy
C7-11: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrates conservation of energy and conservation of linear momentum in multiple elastic collisions
C6-02: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BLOCK
Category: C6 Friction
Purpose:
Demonstrates that the coefficient of static friction is greater than the coefficient of sliding friction, and determines the coefficient of static friction.
C5-14 ROCKET TRIKE
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
C4-52 WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN CUP ON POLE
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall
C3-02 INERTIA - TABLE CLOTH TRICK
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Dramatically demonstrate inertia
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
C2-11 RACING BALLS
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Illustrate linear kinematics
C2-06 BALL DROP ON ROPE - EQUAL AND UNEQUAL INTERVALS
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Illustrate the geometrical effect of free fall
B4-03: SPRINGS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Show static combinations of springs
B4-01 HOOKE'S LAW
Category: B4 Elasticity
Purpose:
Demonstrate the linear relationship between force and stretching for a simple spring.
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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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