1D Motion in Two Dimensions

"Dropping the Bomb" PASCO Cart

Catalog: 
1D60.70A
Location: 
Ab2
A tall rod holding a ball is attached to a PASCO cart. When the cart is moving, either at constant velocity or accelerating the ball is dropped and its relative position is noted.

Centrifugal Force

Ball on a string.
Catalog: 
1D50.10
Location: 
Aa5
Ball on a string is spun around your head.

Water Parabola with Pendula

demonstration image
Catalog: 
1D52.20A
Location: 
Aa1
Accelerometer (plastic cell w/grid) is clamped to the rotating chair and rotated.

Howitzer and Tunnel (Vertical Gun on Cart)

The cannon is armed by pushing the ball down until it clicks.
Catalog: 
1D60.10A
Location: 
Ab2
Projectile launched vertically from moving horizontal cart lands on the cart again. (1D60.15 Tilt the track slightly and launch the ball perpendicular to the track and it will still catch it.)

Howitzer and Tunnel on Incline

Catalog: 
1D60.15
Location: 
Ab2
Projectile is fired from cart moving on incline. It will still catch the ball. Cross referenced as 1D60.10A.

Simultaneous Fall

Usually it is mounted to the forward left corner of a table when you are facing
Catalog: 
1D60.20A
Location: 
Ab2
Drop one ball and simultaneously project another horizontally.

Simultaneous Fall (PASCO version)

Catalog: 
1D60.20D
Location: 
Ab2
Two balls simultaneously dropped and projected horizontally hit the floor together.

Blackboard Projectile Curve

Catalog: 
1D60.60A
Location: 
Z-2
Balls hanging from a 160cm stick at evenly spaced intervals, representing time, show the position of an object following a parabolic trajectory. A marked meter stick show the vertical position with time. (160cm x 100cm)

Earth-Moon System

Catalog: 
1D40.35B
Location: 

Pucks of different mass are held together by a string while spinning on the air table.

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