| Tue. 8/31 for Wed. 9/8
30 min video edits from Mechanical Universe No. 1 |
| Tue. 8/31 for Fri. 9/10
Galilean incline New Demo: adjustable Galilean? |
| Thu. 9/9 for Fri. 9/10
(1) Galilean incline plane and metronome (2) 20 N scale with 1 Newton, 1 kg. and 1 lb. masses (3) Newton scale and 2 kg mass to hold by hand and move with constant velocity or with accelerator |
| Thu. 9/9 for Mon. 9/13
Inertia ball( Note: preview after Friday class) |
| Tue. 9/14 for Wed. 9/15
(1) Ring with cut (2) Rotating platter with puck |
| Tue. 9/14 for Fri. 9/17
(1) Centrifuge (2) Bubble on OHD (3) Bike wheel with spokes as prop |
| Mon. 9/20
Simultaneous fall |
| Wed. 9/22
(1) Cavendish demo (2) tossional oscillator prop (3) VDG to show electrical force, stool, needle |
| Fri. 9/24
Blackboard mechanics spring with nuts for masses Series/parrel springs |
| Mon. 9/27
Terminal viscosity with Glycerin |
| Wed. 9/29
(1) Cinder block and Newton force scale (2) Incline plane with various friction blocks (3) Puck on a rotating turntable |
| Fri. 10/1
(1) Firecracker sandwich on the airtrack. (2) Red ball express (3) Center of mass wrench |
| Mon. 10/3
Nothing |
| Wed. 10/5
Coupled pendulum- To show that Newton's laws are not an eay way to describe a many-body system; To showthat the energy is a better way to describe a two body system. |
| Wed. 10/13
Verticle mass & spring Simple pendulum on white board Bowl ball nose basher Repeat for Fri. 10/15 |
| Fri. 10/15 for Mon. 10/18
Collisions Newtons crandle Airtrack & gliders T-ball & B-ball Sad & Happy |
| Wed. 10/20
Dynamic track and carts newton's crandle T-ball and B-ball |
| Fri. 10/22
Firecracker sandwich on airtrack |
| Mon. 10/25
Ice skater--stool and weights |
| Fri. 10/29 and Mon. 11/1
Adjustable Momentum contraption Rolling spool and stool Yoyo Large walking the spool |
| Mon. 11/1 and Wed. 11/3
Topm to pump up Bike wheel precession, motor, stool Small walk the spool Mitac Gyro |
| Wed. 11/3 for Fri. 11/5
Top Bike wheel, motor, stool Mitac gyro |
| Mon. 11/8
3 bike wheels and motor Acrobatic Astronauts Ch. 10 Gyroscopes Superconducting levitating magnet Compressed helium cylinder Glass pipette |
| Wed. 11/10
Stick/ball Air bearing precession/rotation Bike wheel and motor to make a top |
| Fri. 11/12
Exam. No demos |
| Mon. 11/15
Coriolis--two student chair on rotating platform Bucket of water |
| Wed. 11/17
Coriolis force student platform Water in a bucket |
| Fri. 11/19
Nothing |
| Mon. 11/22
Globe to spin as a model for the rotation of the earth |
| Wed. 11/24
No class |
| Mon. 11/29
Globe to spin |
| Wed. 12/1
Nothing |
| Tue. 11/30 for Fri. 12/3
Mechanical resonance Breaking glass with sound |
| Fri. 12/3 for Mon. 12/6
Tacoma Narrows video |