Kersten Physics Teaching Center
Lecture Demonstrations
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Mechanics
Measurements
Gaussian Distribution Machine
Mass, Length, and Time
Tinker Toy Vectors
Motion in One Dimension
Motion in Two Dimensions
Conical Pendulum
Parabolic Trajectory of a Water Jet
Shoot the Monkey
Simultaneous Fall
Spinning Block
Relative Motion
Newton's First Law
Hand Smash
Inertia Ball Breaks String
Tablecloth Trick
Newton's Second Law
Atwood's Machine
Newton's Third Law
Fan Cart
Statics of Rigid Bodies
Center of Gravity for an Irregular Shape
Leaning Tower Stability
Applications of Newton's Laws
Slipping Ladder
Gravity
Work and Energy
Ballistic Pendulum
Bowling Ball Pendulum
Loop-the-Loop
V Shaped Ball Track
Linear Momentum and Collisions
Air Track Collisions
Conservation of Momentum Carts
Fire Extinguisher Cart
Newton's Cradle
Rotational Dynamics
Adjustable Rotational Inertia
Bicycle Wheel and Rotating Stool
Bicycle Wheel Gyroscope
Euler's Disk
Faster than g
Hoop and Disk Race
Rolling Spool
Whirligig
Properties of Matter
Bravais Lattice Models
Happy and Unhappy Balls
Oscillations
Double Pendulum
Driven and Damped Torsional Pendulum
Driven Mass on a Spring
Hooke's Law
Normal Modes on an Air Track
Self-Synchronizing Metronomes
Simple Pendulum
Oscillating Ring
Pendulum and Turntable