1 Mechanics

Smash Your Hand

Catalog: 
1F20.20
Location: 
Ab3 (lead brick is in Af6)

Place a lead brick on your hand and hit it with a hammer and you will not feel the blow of the hammer. Repeat the demo substituting a wooden block, but do not hit the block with as much force as before and you will feel the hammer's blow.

Circle With A Gap

Catalog: 
1D55.10A
Location: 
Aa6

A marble is rolled around the inside of a open hoop. Students predict where the ball will go when it reaches the opening. Demo uses an overhead projector.

Irregular Object Center of Mass

Catalog: 
1J10.12A
Location: 
Ab5

Suspend an irregular object from several points and find the center of mass with a plumb bob.

Proofs of Pythagoras

Catalog: 
1A50.101B
Location: 
Aa3

A set of three transparent models that can be used to prove the Pythagorean Theorem algebraically and by inspection.

Pythagorean Theorem

Catalog: 
1A50.101A
Location: 
Aa3

Five identical triangles can be arranged to show squares on each of the triangles sides, but one at a time.

Chalkboard Globe - Large

Catalog: 
1A30.40A
Location: 
Aa1

A large blank globe that can be drawn upon with chalk.

Chalkboard Globe - Small

Catalog: 
1A30.40B
Location: 
Aa1

A smaller blank globe that can be drawn upon with chalk.

Conic Sections

Catalog: 
1L20.40A
Location: 
21-1

Acrylic conic sections showing the ellipse, parabola, hyperbola

Right Hand Rule

Catalog: 
1A40.80
Location: 
Aa3

This model shows the curl of a vector and how the direction of a magnetic force can easily be determined.

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