1Q Rotational Dynamics

Tippe Tops

Place the launching handle over the top.

Tippe Tops

Catalog: 
1Q60.30A
Location: 
Ae3
The tippe top flips.

Football Spin

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Football Spin

Catalog: 
1Q60.35A
Location: 
Ae4
Spin a football on its side and it rises up onto it's pointed end.

Quantitative Yo-Yo

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Quantitative Yo-Yo

Catalog: 
1Q10.41
Location: 
Ae1
Sargent Welch#0580. Released simultaneously, different shapes have different accelerations as they slowly roll down their support strings.

Rotational Inertia: Racing Soups

The broth soup is very fluid while the split pea soup is solid. The cans are rac

Rotational Inertia: Racing Soups

Catalog: 
1Q10.50
Location: 
Ad4
This demonstration is a high drama comparison between the acceleration of split pea verses broth soups.

Rotational kinematics

The filmstrip is threaded into a small slit.

Rotational kinematics

Catalog: 
1Q20.15
Location: 
Ad5
A small weight wound around a disk causes it to rotate. Science Workshop software is used to measure the acceleration of the weight.

Spinning Disk with Added Mass.

Mass of the PVC disk and axle is 418.1 g.

Spinning Disk with Added Mass.

Catalog: 
1Q30.401
Location: 
Ad5
A horizontally spinning disk is turned by a mass/pulley system. Weight equal to the disk is added to the spinning disk.

Centrifugal Governor (Watt's)

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Centrifugal Governor (Watt's)

Catalog: 
1Q40.23A
Location: 
Ad6
Cenco rotator accessory and govener

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