Mechanics

Measurement – 1A00.00

• Basic Units 1A10.00
• Error and Accuracy – 1A20.00
  • Catch a Meter Stick – 1A20.60
• Coordinate Systems – 1A30.00
• Vectors -1A40.00
• Math Topics – 1A50.00
• Scaling – 1A60.00

Motion in One Dimension – 1C00.00

• Velocity – 1C10.00
  • Glider on Air Track – 1C10.25
• Uniform Acceleration – 1C20.00
  • Falling Ball and Paper – 1C20.16
  • Inclined Air Track – 1C20.30
• Measuring g – 1C30.00

Motion in Two Dimensions – 1D00.00

• Displacement in Two Dimensions – 1D10.00
• Velocity, Position, and Acceleration – 1D15.00
  • High Road Low Road – 1D15.20
• Central Forces – 1D50.00
  • Centripetal Force Demo – 1D50.20
  • Pail of Water – 1D50.40
  • Rolling Chain – 1D50.70
• Deformation by Central Forces – 1D52.00
  • Flattening the Earth – 1D52.10
  • Water Parabola – 1D52.20
• Centrifugal Escape – 1D55.00
  • Broken Ring on Overhead Projector – 1D55.10
• Projectile Motion – 1D60.00
  • Funnel Cart Trajectory – 1D60.10
  • Simultaneous Fall – 1D60.20
  • The Monkey and the Hunter – 1D60.30
  • Projectile Launcher (Pasco) – 1D60.70

Relative Motion – 1E00.00

• Moving Reference Frames – 1E10.00
  • Under the Ruler Faster than the Ruler – 1E10.32
• Rotating Reference Frames – 1E20.00
• Coriolis Effect – 1E30.00

Newton’s First Law – 1F00.00

• Measuring Inertia – 1F10.00
• Inertia of Rest – 1F20.00
  • Inertial Block – 1F20.10
  • Inertial Wooden Disks – 1F20.11
  • Smash Your Hand – 1F20.20
• Inertia of Motion – 1F30.00
  • Persistence of Motion – Cart on Air Track – 1F30.10

Newton’s Second Law – 1G00.00

• Force, Mass and Acceleration – 1G10.00
• Accelerated Reference Frames – 1G20.00
  • Weightlessness in Free Fall – Mass in Cup on Pole – 1G20.38
  • Dropped Slinky – 1G20.45
• Complex Systems – 1G30.00

Newton’s Third Law – 1H00.00

• Action and Reaction – 1H10.00
  • Push Me, Pull Your Carts – 1H10.10
• Recoil – 1H11.00

Statics of Rigid Bodies – 1J00.00

• Finding Center of Gravity – 1J10.00
  • Map of State – 1J10.10
  • Fingers Find Center of Gravity – 1J10.20
• Exceeding Center of Gravity – 1J11.00
  • Tower of Lire – 1J11.20
  • Double Cone – 1J11.50
• Stable, Unstable and Neutral Equilibrium – 1J20.00
  • Nine Nails on One – 1J20.25
  • Center of Gravity Paradox Stick – 1J20.26
• Resolution of Forces – 1J30.00
• Static Torque – 1J40.00
  • Torque Beam – 1J40.22

Applications of Newton’s Laws – 1K00.00

• Dynamic Torque – 1K10.00
  • Walking the Spool – 1K10.30
• Friction – 1K20.00
  • Friction Blocks – Surface Materials – 1K20.10
  • Static vs. Sliding Friction – 1K20.30
  • Inclined Plane – Friction – 1K20.35
  • Friction and Cord Around a Cylinder – 1K20.71
• Pressure – 1K30.00
  • Bed of Nails and Balloon – 1K30.15

Gravity – 1L00.00

• Universal Gravitational Constant – 1L10.00
  • Cavendish Balance – 1L10.30
• Orbits – 1L20.00 
  • Elliptic Motion in a Funnel – 1L20.14

Work and Energy – 1M00.00

• Work – 1M10.00
• Simple Machines – 1M20.00
• Non-Conservative Forces – 1M30.00
• Conservation of Energy – 1M40.00
  • Loop the Loop – 1M40.20
  • Ring Jumping With Two Large Stainless Steel Beads – 1M40.30
  • Yo-Yo – 1M40.50
  • Hopper Popper – 1M40.91

Linear Momentum and Collisions – 1N00.00

• Impulse and Thrust – 1N10.00
• Conservation of Linear Momentum – 1N20.00
• Mass and Momentum Transfer – 1N21.00
• Rockets – 1N22.00
• Collisions in One Dimension – 1N30.00
  • Collision with 5 Hanging Balls – 1N30.10
  • Newton’s Cradle – 1N30.20
  • Large Ball and Small Ball Drop – 1N30.60
  • Velocity Amplifier using Stacked Disks – 1N30.62
  • Double Air Glider Bounce on an Air Track – 1N30.65
• Collision in Two Dimensions – 1N40.00
  • Super Ball Bounces – 1N40.60

Rational Dynamics – 1Q00.00

• Moment of Inertia – 1Q10.00
  • Inertia Wands – 1Q10.10
  • Ring and Disk Race (rolling on incline) – 1Q10.30
  • Rolling vs. Sliding – 1Q10.31
  • Racing Soup Cans – 1Q10.50
• Rotational Energy – 1Q20.00
  • Complete Rotation Demonstration (Pasco) – 1Q20.10
  • Driven Torsion Oscillation- Indian Driller – 1Q20.21
• Transfer of Angular Momentum – 1Q30.00
  • Passing the Wheel – 1Q30.10
  • Driven Torsion Oscillation- Indian Driller – 1Q30.12
• Conservation of Angular Momentum – 1Q40.00
  • Rotating Stool with Weights – 1Q40.10
  • Rotating Hoberman Sphere – 1Q40.22
  • Pulling on the Whirligig – 1Q40.25
  • Rotating Stool and the Bicycle Wheel – 1Q40.30
  • Suitcase Demo – 1Q40.50
  • Mystery Space Ship – Defies Gravity – 1Q40.55
  • Hero’s Engine – 1Q40.80
• Gyros – 1Q50.00
  • Precessing Gyro – 1Q50.50
• Rotational Stability – 1Q60.00
  • Lazy Suzan with Spring Scales – Sparks – 1Q60.01
  • Stacking Wooden Blocks – Sparks – 1Q60.02
  • Tippe Top – 1Q60.30

Properties of Matter – 1R00.00

• Hooke’s Law – 1R10.00
  • Stretching a Spring – 1R10.10
• Tensile and Compressive Stress – 1R20.00
• Shear Stress – 1R30.00
  • Shear Strain with a Foam Block – 1R30.20
• Coefficient of Restitution – 1R40.00
  • Happy and Sad Balls – 1R40.30
• Crystal Structure – 1R50.00

Theoretical Physics – 1T00.00

• Geodesics – 1T10.00
  • Geodesics – 1T10.10