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 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