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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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G1-01 EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
Illustrates simple harmonic motion
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G1-11 COMPARISON OF SHM AND UCM
Demonstrates the relationship between simple harmonic motion and uniform circular motion
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G1-12: PENDULUM AND ROTATING BALL
Demonstrate that simple harmonic motion is the projection of uniform circular motion Read More
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G1-13: MASS ON STRING
Illustrate uniform circular motion Read More
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G1-14 PENDULA WITH DIFFERENT MASSES
Demonstrates independence of a simple pendulum's period with mass of the bob
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G1-15 PENDULA WITH 4 TO 1 LENGTH RATIO
Shows that period of a simple pendulum is proportional to the square root of its length
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G1-16: PENDULUM WITH LARGE OSCILLATION
Show the difference between pendula with small amplitude and large amplitude of oscillation, and to show rotational motion where the… Read More
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G1-17: PENDULUM WITH LARGE-ANGLE OSCILLATION - PORTABLE
Illustrate large-angle pendular oscillations and the 360 degree pendulum Read More
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G1-18: PENDULUM WITH FORCE SCALE
Show the tension in the string exerted by a swinging pendulum Read More
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G1-20: GALILEO'S PENDULUM AND THE PENDULUM RELEASE CONUNDRUM
Encourage thought about the motion of a pendulum and related forces Read More
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G1-31: HOOKE'S LAW AND SHM
Quantitatively demonstrate how the spring constant affects the period of a mass on a spring Read More
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G1-32: MASS ON SPRING - WITH STAND
Illustrate SHM Read More
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G1-33 MASSES AND SPRINGS WITH SPIDER
Compares frequencies of various mass-spring combinations
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G1-34: AIR TRACK - SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
Demonstrate simple harmonic motion of a mass held by two springs Read More
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G1-35: MASS ON SPRING - EFFICIENT MODEL
Illustrate the motion of a mass on a spring Read More
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G1-36: MASS ON SPRING WITH FORCE MEASUREMENT
Display the time dependence of the force of a mass oscillating on a spring Read More
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G1-37: MASS ON SPRING WITH ULTRASONIC RANGER
Plot graphs of position, velocity and acceleration for a mass oscillating on a spring Read More
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G1-41: TORSIONAL PENDULUM - SMALL
Demonstrate torsional SHM, and to show the effect of moment of inertia on the period Read More
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G1-43: KLINGER TORSIONAL VIBRATION MACHINE
Demonstrate torsional SHM, and to quantitatively show the effect of moment of inertia on the period Read More
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G1-51: INVERTED SPRING PENDULUM
Illustrate a form of periodic vibration Read More
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G1-52 STRINGLESS PENDULUM
Demonstrates an example of SHM
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G1-53: SHM - CAN IN WATER TANK
Demonstrate one form of SHM Read More
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G1-54: MASS'S DOUBLE PENDULUM
Demonstrate the transition of potential energy into energy of oscillation of the pendulum, and the operation of an escapement Read More
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G1-55: INERTIA BALANCE
Illustrate the measurement of inertial mass using SHM Read More
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G1-56: INVERTED PENDULUM - SABER SAW
Show the inverted pendulum dramatically Read More
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G1-57: INVERTED PENDULUM - SPEAKER DRIVEN
Demonstrate the conditions for stability of an inverted pendulum Read More
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G1-58: LOADED PENDULUM
Analog to the longitudinal motion of a particle in a particle accelerator driven by a sinusoidal accelerating potential Read More
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G1-59: BIFILAR PENDULUM
Illustrate a system with two pendular modes of oscillation Read More
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G1-60 CHAOS - TWO BIFILAR PENDULA
Illustrates chaotic motion
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G1-71: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - SAND PENDULUM
Demonstrate Lissajous figures Read More
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G1-73: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - FOURIER SYNTHESIZER
Show stable Lissajous figures Read More
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G1-74: LISSAJOUS FIGURES - LASER AND LOUDSPEAKER
Show Lissajous figures created by music to form a laser show Read More
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G1-81: OUIJA WINDMILL
Illustrate a combination of simultaneous orthogonal oscillations Read More
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G1-82: PENDULUM WAVES
Create waves in a very dramatic way using a series of fifteen carefully adjusted independent pendula Read More
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G1-83: PENDULUM WAVES - COMMERCIAL VERSION
Create waves in a very dramatic way using a series of carefully adjusted pendula of various lengths Read More
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