Demonstrations
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M: CM - 005 | Mechanical Model of a Cream Separator | When a crank is turned, balls of dissimilar mass separate as they move through their circular path. |
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M: CM - 006 | Steam Engine with Fly-ball Governor | The changing speed of a governor causes the fly balls to change the radius of their circular path. |
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M: CM - 007 | Wooden Arc Puzzle | A puzzle uses the principles of circular motion to solve - get both balls into their locations on opposite sides of the arc. |
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M: CM - 009 | Penny on a Coat Hanger | A quarter remains attached to a hanger when spun in a vertical circle. |
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M: CM - 010 | Merry-Go-Round | A wheel with a piece of clay on it is sped up until the clay flies from the wheel. |
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M: CM - 011 | Bicycle Wheel | A small bicycle wheel is mounted to a cart or bench for use in explaining circular or rotational motion |
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M: CM - 012 | Cycloid | A cycloid pattern is created on the chalk board. |
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M: CM - 013 | Ball on a String | A tennis ball is attached to a string. |
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M: D - 001 | Spring-loaded Car | A car with a plunger moves away from a stationary board with differing masses on it. |
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M: D - 002 | Action-Reaction Forces with Air Table | A car on a glass plate demonstrates Newton's 3rd Law using an air table for a frictionless environment. |
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M: D - 003 | Newton's 3rd Law on Scooters | Two students on scooters can pull toward each other on scooters. |
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M: D - 004 | Two Carts of Unequal Mass that Move Apart | Two carts, one with a mass and the other without, are held together (with a spring between them) by a piece of string. When the string is cut, the carts move away from each other. |
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M: D - 005 | Air Track | See M: K - 9 for details. |
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M: D - 006 | Pedestal Inertia | A card on a pedestal is given a push. The ball resting on top falls into the cub beneath the card. |
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M: D - 008 | Pulling Paper from Vertical Rod | A piece of paper is pulled from beneath a vertical rod while the rod remains stationary. |
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M: D - 009 | Water Rocket | A water-powered rocket is launched to an impressive height. |
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M: D - 010 | Coin and Feather Falling Simultaneously in Air and in a Vacuum | All objects will fall at the same rate in the absence of air resistance |
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M: D - 011 | Collision Phenomena with Air Table | Pucks are set in motion in a frictionless environment. |
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M: D - 012 | Inertial Balance | An inertial balance demonstrates how mass can be obtained without using gravity. |
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M: D - 013 | Atwood's Machine | A working version of Atwood's Machine |
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M: D - 015 | Chaos Pendulum | A magnetic pendulum's motion is the result of forces created by the placement of 8 magnets. |
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M: D - 017 | Bed of Nails | The lecturer rests on a bed of nails, yet remains unharmed. |
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M: D - 018 | Gravitational Force | A 1-kg mass is hung from a 20-N scale to demonstrate that acceleration due to gravity on earth is 9.8 m/s^2. |
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M: D - 019 | Ramp and Wood Block | A wood block with 2 different sizes slides down a ramp at different rates. |
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M: D - 020 | 2 Pulleys + 3 Masses | A rope tied between 2 1-kg masses is hung over 2 identical pulleys. A 500-g mass is hung from the horizontal rope and the angle is calculated. |
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M: D - 021 | Army Men with Parachutes | An army man with a parachute is tossed into the air. |
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M: EngMom - 001 | Bowling Ball Pendulum | A bowling ball suspended from the ceiling is used to demonstrate conservation of energy. |
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M: EngMom - 002 | Ballistic Pendulum | A ball is shot horizontally into a ballistic pendulum, which in turn moves a marker on a meter stick. |
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M: EngMom - 003 | Newton's Cradle | Traditional Newton's Cradle apparatus composed of 9 smaller balls and 1 larger ball. |
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M: EngMom - 004 | Toy Yo-Yo | Your choice of yo-yo from a small selection |
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M: EngMom - 005 | Black Board Pendulum | Even though the swing of a pendulum is interrupted, it will still return to its expected height. |
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M: EngMom - 006 | V-Track | A roller is sent down a v-shaped track. |
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M: EngMom - 007 | Wavy Track | 2 types of rollers (smooth and rough) roll along a wavy track. |
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M: EngMom - 008 | Ball in Funnel | A ball moves around the inside of a funnel to demonstrate conservation of energy |
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M: EngMom - 010 | Pile Driver | Using the distance a nail penetrates a block of wood when struck by a pile driver, the energy of impact can be calculated. |
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M: EngMom - 011 | Double Cone and Diverging Ways | A double cone rolls on a diverging track in an unexpected manner. |
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M: EngMom - 012 | Air Track | For details, see M: K - 9 |
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M: EngMom - 014 | Flexible Track | A ball rolls on a flexible track; one side of apparatus has Loop-the-Loop and others side is U-shaped |
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M: EngMom - 015 | Magic Rollback Can | A can will roll away from the lecturer, pause, and roll back toward the lecturer. |
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M: EngMom - 016 | Hammer and Nail | ||
M: EngMom - 017 | Various Shapes | Various shapes with center of mass marked are thrown. |
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M: EngMom - 018 | Hopper Popper | A rubber half-sphere is turned inside out and dropped providing surprising results. |
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M: EngMom - 019 | The Rattleback | A rattleback, set in a rocking motion, will begin to rotate. |
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M: EngMom - 020 | The Vortex | A coin dropped into a funnel-like device swirls into an opening. |
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M: EngMom - 021 | Happy/Sad Balls | Two balls are dropped onto the table - one bounces, the other does not. |
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M: EngMom - 022 | Hooke's Law | Springs of differing spring constants are used to demonstrate Hooke's Law |
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M: EngMom - 023 | Ball on Vertical Spring | A ball is compressed on a vertical spring and released. |
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M: EngMom - 024 | Astroblaster, etc. | A stack of balls is dropped, resulting in unexpected results for the top-most ball. |
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M: EngMom - 025 | Map of Iowa | A map of Iowa is used to determine center of mass. |
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M: EngMom - 026 | Breaking Boards | Square boards are broken using either the lecturer's hand or foot. |