Basic Units |
- 1A10.20 Mass A calibrated mass.
- 1A10.30 Length A calibrated meter.
- 1A10.33 History of the Standard Meter An interesting historical
article from the AJP.
- 1A10.35 Painted Meter Stick Meter stick with visible marks for cm
units.
- 1A10.40 Time Metronome.
- 1A10.48 Orrery Show sidereal time.
- 1A10.51 Pan Balance The familiar laboratory balance.
- 1A10.55 Density Aluminum and wood cubes to discuss mass and volume.
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| Error and Accuracy |
- 1A20.11 Binomial Distribution
Hex stat Ball bearings are
scattered to form a binomial distribution.
- 1A20.20 Coin
Flip Tally up a series of coin tosses
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| Vectors |
- 1A40.11 Vectors Blackboard vector.
- 1A40.30 Vector Addition and Subtraction Three blackboard vectors.
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| Scaling |
1A60.10 Powers of Ten Travel from the outer limits space to the inner
limits of quarks. |
| Velocity |
- 1C10.10 Truck on a Tablecloth A toy truck rolls across a moving
tablecloth.
- 1C10.20 Nearly Constant Velocity Dynamic Cart A cart travels across a
long track.
- 1C10.25 Constant Velocity Air Track Glider Frictionless glider on an
air track.
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| Uniform Acceleration |
- 1C20.10 Penny and Feather An evacuated tube contains a coin and
feather.
- 1C20.20 Strings of Beads Beads are spaced equal times or in equal
spaces.
- 1C20.30 Inclined
Air track Photocell graphs velocity versus time.
- 1C20.44 Galileo's Incline A metronome ticks as
a balls rolls.
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| Measuring |
- 1C30.55 Catch a Stick Drop and catch a meter stick to find your
reaction time.
- 1C30.56 Picket Fence Graph the velocity during freefall acceleration
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| Displacement in Two Dimensions |
1D10.10 Rotation objects Irregular objects serve as rotation props to show the radian, tangent and angle vectors.
1D10.20 Inversor A device transforms circular motion into two linear motion.
1D10.40 Bike Wheel Bike wheel used as a prop.
1D10.50 Ball on a Turntable Project the shadows of circular and linear motion. |
| Velocity, Position, and Acceleration |
- 1D15.20 Cycloid Generator A mechanical device traces the path of a
cycloid.
- 1D15.15 Kick
Ball Kick a ball.
- 1D15.50 Cycloid Track Two balls released at different heights meet
equally along a cycloid track.
- 1D15.55 High Road Low Road Two balls race along different paths.
- 1D15.45 Three Rails Three balls race different paths.
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| Motion of the Center of Mass |
- 1D40.10 Walk
the Boat A person walks forward in a lightweight boat that slides backward.
- 1D40.14 Throw Toy An irregular shaped rubber toy is tossed in the
air.
- 1D40.35 Center of Mass of the Earth/Moon Masses with 60:1 ratio hang
off balanced stick.
- 1D40.50 Double Pendulum Glider A pendulum swings a glider.
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| Central Force |
- 1D50.20 Cork on a String Cork on a string swings in a circle.
- 1D50.40 Pail of Water Swing a bucket of water overhead.
- 1D50.56 Rotation Apparatus Computerized turntable with slider.
- 1D50.70 Rolling Chain A bike chain becomes rigid when spinning.
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| Deformation by a Central Force |
- 1D52.10 Flattening the Earth Spin a flexible globe.
- 1D52.17 Water Vortex A water vortex forms when a jug is spun.
- 1D52.20 Water Lens Spin a pan of water to form a parabolic lens.
- 1D52.32 Bubble in Water Spin a flat disk of water with an air bubble
on the overhead.
- 1D52.37 Centrifuge A hand crank spins test tubes with mixture.
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| Centrifugal Escape |
- 1D55.10 Cork on a String A mass on a string is whirled in a circle overhead.
- 1D55.11 Broken Ring A ball rolls around a loop with a gap.
- 1D55.12 Mass on a Spring A mass on a spring is whirled in a circle
overhead.
- 1D55.30 Merry-Go-Round Spin a platter and accelerate a puck.
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| Projectile Motion |
- 1D60.05 Simple
Ball Simply toss a tennis ball.
- 1D60.10 Howitzer Ball is fired from a moving howitzer.
- 1D60.20 Simultaneous Fall One ball drops and another is launched with
both vertical and horizontal motion.
- 1D60.30 Monkey and Dart Hit a fleeing monkey.
- 1D60.40 Water Parabola Shadow project a squirting water nozzle.
- 1D60.72 Vertical Billiards The Cue ball triggers the shot into
freefall.
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| Moving Reference Frames |
1E10.10 Truck and Tablecloth Pull a
tablecloth from under a moving
truck.
1E10.11 Parallel Tracks Two tracks translate as independent
coordinate systems. |
| Inertia Measurement |
1F10.10 Inertia Balance Leaf springs vibrate with a period
proportional to a mass load. |
| Inertia of Rest |
- 1F20.10 Inertia Ball Break string supports of a heavy ball.
- 1F20.30 Pull a Table Cloth Yank a tablecloth out from under a dinner
setting.
- 1F20.50 Shift the track under the Dynamic Cart Shift a track under
a stationary cart.
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| Inertia of Motion |
- 1F30.10 Persistence of Motion Give a push to a dynamic cart
- 1F30.21 Water Hammer Pound a glass tube with degassed water.
- 1F30.50 Track on a Track A cart continues to move after the track is
stopped.
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| Force, Mass and Acceleration |
- 1G10.10 Air
Track Give a push to an air track glider.
- 1G10.11 Graph Acceleration Graph acceleration.
- 1G10.13 Dynamic Cart and Incline Use a cart on an incline with a mass
and pulley.
- 1G10.25 Acceleration Block Block is pulled by a mass on string over a
pulley.
- 1G10.30 Mass and Spring Scale A spring
scale reacts to the force of a hand.
- 1G10.40 Atwood's Machine Blackboard pulley and masses.
- 1G10.53 Dynamic Track Push a frictionless mass-cart with a force.
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| Accelerated Reference Frames |
- 1G20.41 Freefall Spring Scale An extended
spring scale contracts in
freefall.
- 1G20.45 Dropped Slinky An extended slinky contracts in freefall but
the end remains fixed.
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| Action and Reaction |
- 1H10.02 Burning String A balance reacts to a mass on a spring .
1H10.10 Push Me Pull You Human momentum carts are used to push and
pull.
- 1H10.13 Firecracker Sandwich A firecracker explodes between two
gliders.
- 1H10.20 Newton's Sailboat A
fan cart blower can't propel its own
sail.
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Recoil |
- 1H11.02 Burning String A balance reacts to a mass on a spring .
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| Finding the Center of Gravity |
- 1J10.10 Center of Mass A flat shape is hung by two different
points.
- 1J10.30 Meter Stick on Fingers Fingers slide together under a
meter stick.
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| Exceeding the Center of Gravity |
- 1J11.15 Tipping Block on Incline Raise the end of a board to slide a
block.
- 1J11.20 Leaning Tower of Lire Blocks are
stacked and overhang an edge.
- 1J11.50 Double Cone Raise a double cone along
inclined spindles.
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| Stable, Unstable, and Neutral Equilibrium |
- 1J20.22 Balance Bird A bird with leaded wingtips balances on its
beak.
1J20.23 Curious George Curious George rides his bicycle on a tight
rope.
- 1J20.60 Wine Butler A slanted board balances upright.
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| Resolution of Forces |
- 1J30.20 Tension in a String A spring scale is pulled by two masses
but the scale reads only one mass.
- 1J30.30 Break the String Push lightly onto a
hinge and break a thick
string.
1J30.40 Block on an Incline Plane A block on an incline is balanced by
masses and pulleys.
1J30.50 Normal
Force A pan balance placed on an incline reads the normal force.
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| Static Torque |
- 1J40.10 Torque
Bar Slide a mass along a rod and increase the torque.
- 1J40.20 Torque Beam Hang different masses from lever arms.
- 1J40.40 Loaded Beam Hang weights at various points along a beam .
- 1J40.60 Slipping Ladder March a mass up the rungs of a ladder.
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| Dynamic Torque |
- 1K10.10 Sliding Block Pull at various angles on a block with a spring
scale.
- 1K10.20 Slipping Ladder Place a weight onto different ladder rungs.
- 1K10.30 Walk the Spool A spool will wind, unwind or slide when pulled
at different angles.
- 1K10.50 Feeble
Disc A disc with lead placed off center rolls uphill.
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| Friction |
- 1K20.10 Friction Blocks Various surfaces are used to slide down an
incline.
- 1K20.30 Static vs. Sliding Friction Pull a cinder block with a spring
scale.
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| Pressure |
1K30.10 Bed of Nails A sledgehammer is used to break a cinder block
on a persons chest as they lay on a bed of nails. |
| Universal Gravitational Constant |
1L10.10 Cavendish Balance Measure "G" with a
torsion pendulum.
1L10.20 Cavendish Balance model Describe how a
torsion pendulum measures G. |
| Orbits |
- 1L20.10 Gravitational Well A lead ball distorts a
rubber diaphragm.
- 1L20.17 Orbits in a Funnel Swirl a ball inside a large funnel.
- 1L20.40 Conic Sections A cone is sliced by a plane to produce an
ellipse, a hyperbola and a parabola.
- 1L20.50 Ellipse Drawer A loop of string surrounds two pegs.
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| Work |
1M10.20 Pile Driver A large mass is dropped to drive a nail into
wood. |
| Simple Machines |
- 1M20.10 Pulleys Use a simple pulleys to construct a block and tackle..
- 1M20.40 Lever
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| Non-conservative Forces |
1M30.10 Sliding Mass on a Glider A small amount of friction shows a
big effect.
1M30.20 Conservative and Non-Conservative Work
A board is dragged, then it is raised. |
| Conservation of Energy |
- 1M40.10 Nose Basher A bowling ball pendulum threatens the nose.
- 1M40.15 Galileo Pendulum A stopped pendulum.
1M40.35 Three
Rails Three balls race different paths.
- 1M40.20 Loop the Loop A ball drops from a height and traverses a
vertical loop.
1M40.50 Glider and Spring A
compressible and extensible spring pushes
and pulls a glider.
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| Impulse and Thrust |
1N10.20 Egg and Sheet Throw a raw egg and catch it with a large
sheet. |
| Conservation of Linear Momentum |
- 1N20.10 Air track Glider A glider moves with constant momentum.
- 1N20.11 Dynamic Cart A cart moves with nearly constant momentum.
- 1N20.13 Firecracker Sandwich A firecracker explodes between two
gliders.
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| Rockets |
- 1N22.10 Red Ball Express A rocket car gets its thrust from a CO2 fire
extinguisher..
- 1N22.20 Water Rocket A bike pump fires a water bottle rocket.
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| Collisions in One Dimension |
- 1N30.10 Newton's Cradle A cradle holds six collision balls.
- 1N30.30 Air Track Collisions Show elastic collisions.
- 1N30.60 Basketball and Tennis Ball A tennis ball and a basketball
collide together.
1N30.65 Dynamic Cart Collisions Show both elastic and inelastic
collisions with varying unequal masses.
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| Moment of Inertia |
- 1Q10.20 Torsion
Pendulum The moment of inertia is related to the
period of oscillation.
- 1Q10.41 Whirlygig Adjust the angular momentum of a long bar.
- 1Q10.66 Bike Wheel and String Turn a wheel slow or fast and break by
pulling a string.
- 1Q10.40 Racing Ball, Hoop and Disk A ball, hoop and disk race down an
incline.
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| Rotational Energy |
- 1Q20.10 Adjustable Rotational Energy A falling mass spins a weighted
bar.
- 1Q20.30 Spool on an Incline A spool rolls slowly down an incline
but quickly across the lecture bench.
- 1Q20.50 Hinged Stick/Falling Chimney A ball drops into a cup when a
stick falls.
- 1Q20.52 Two Disks Drop two disks. One falls. The other rotates
and falls.
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| Transfer of Angular Momentum |
1Q30.30 Center of Percussion A baseball bat does not break a
toothpick. |
| Conservation of Angular Momentum |
- 1Q40.10 Ice Skater Hold weights and fold arms while on a spinning
stool.
- 1Q40.25 Whirligig Spin a cork overhead and raise a weight.
1Q40.26 Hoberman
Sphere Pull a string to change the volume of a rotating sphere.
- 1Q40.30 Rotating Stool and Bicycle Wheel Invert and revert a spinning
wheel while sitting on a stool.
- 1Q40.46 Bowling Frictional
transfer from sliding to rolling.
- 1Q40.56 Acrobatic Astronauts Video of weightless astronauts toying
with the angular momentum of their body form.
- 1Q40.63 Flywheel on a Stick An unbalanced flywheel wobbles when it
rotates.
- 1Q40.70 Funnel Roll a marble down a funnel.
- 1Q40.80 Hero's Engine Steam from tangential nozzles acts like a lawn
sprinkler.
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| Gyros |
- 1Q50.00 Toy
Gyro gyro will show precession and nutation about a pivot.
- 1Q50.10 Gyro With
Counterweights balanced gyro will precession and nutation
about a pivot.
- 1Q50.23 Precession A spinning bike wheel hangs from a wire.
- 1Q50.30 Mitac Gyro Add weights to a large motorized demo gyro.
- 1Q50.45 Air Bearing Gyro A spinning ball
precession about an air
bearing.
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| Rotational Stability |
- 1Q60.15 Humming
Top A toy top that is pumped up.
- 1Q60.16 Celt An S shaped object has unique rotational behavior.
- 1Q60.30 Tippe
Top A top that flips over.
- 1Q60.40 Tossing Block Toss a block into the air to tumble about the
three principle axis.
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| Hooke's Law |
1R10.10 Stretch a Spring Add masses to a spring.
1R10.11 Series and
parallel springs |
| Tensile and Compressive Stress |
1R20.10 Three Strings Hang weights from three different material
strings. |
| Shear Stress |
1R30.20 Foam Block Bend a foam block to show shear stress. |
| Coefficient of Restitution |
1R40.30 Sad and Happy Balls Bounce elastic and inelastic balls. |