ENERGY AND MOTION

PHYSICS IS PHUN - March 2009

SPlease be Seated

SDemonstrations in Acoustics announcement

SComment: Question of the Week web site

SSign up for Physics is Phun listserv

STitle Slide "ENERGY AND MOTION" - Welcome and Thanks

STopics: Center of Mass, Forces, Kinematics, Newton’s Laws of Motion, Energy

CENTER OF MASS

SCM Properties

DB1-09 CENTER OF MASS - TRIANGLE

DB1-01 CENTER OF MASS - DISC SECTION

DB1-06 DOUBLE CONE - LARGE

DB1-15 TOPPLING CYLINDERS

CENTER OF MASS MOTION

DC7-17 SUPERBALL (throw it in a parabolic arc)

DB1-05: CENTER OF MASS - PLUMBER'S HELPER

DC1-02 CENTER OF MASS MOTION - PLUMBER'S HELPER

CENTER OF PERCUSSION

SCenter of Percussion

DD2-21 CENTER OF PERCUSSION - BAT AND MALLET

Comment on result: baseball, tennis

DKINEMATICS

SKinematics and Dynamics

DC2-21 BALLS DROPPED AND SHOT

DC2-22 MONKEY AND HUNTER

(page 2)

SNewton’s Laws of Motion

NEWTON’S FIRST LAW OF MOTION

SStatement

SINERTIA - AT REST

DC3-02 INERTIA - TABLE CLOTH TRICK

DC3-04 INERTIA - LEAD BRICK AND HAND (dry ice in water trick)

2SBig George cartoon

SINERTIA – IN MOTION

Comments: not obvious historically

DC3-11 STRAW AND POTATO

DC3-12 PENCIL AND PLYWOOD

SBig Bertha cartoon

SQuestion:

DC3-03 INERTIA - MASSES HANGING IN SERIES

FORCES

SForce and Impulse

Comment: Effect of impulse on Table Cloth Demonstration

Examples:

DC2-25 FUNNEL CART

DC2-26 FUNNEL CART WITH MASS OVER PULLEY

DB4-33 EGG CRUSHER (with phony lead brick)

DIMPULSE - EGG AND SHEET

(page 3)

NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION

SLeaning Tower of Pisa

SStatement

DC4-34 GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL

DC4-33 FREE FALL IN VACUUM - FEATHER AND BALL

NEWTON’S THIRD LAW OF MOTION

SStatement

Comment on Archaic term "action"

SWatch out for Reaction – Reaction very important (mechanical engineering)

SBLANK

DA1-51 SKATEBOARD

DC5-12 BALLISTIC CANNON CARTS

SFire Boat

ROCKETRY

SRocketry

DC5-15 REACTION FORCE ON AIR BLOWER

DC5-13 WATER ROCKET

DC5-14 ROCKET TRIKE

SBelly Button Slip Knots (The Ultimate Action-Reaction Experiment)

SQuestion:

DC5-18 FAN CART

SGesundheit

2SBig George - Internal Force

ENERGY

SBC on Hill Track

DC8-04 HILL TRACK

SBC snowman cartoon

SGiant Pendulum

DC8-01 GIANT PENDULUM

SWrecking ball cartoon

SSunset animated gif

PRE-SHOW DEMONSTRATIONS

B1-04 CENTER OF MASS - BRASS BARBELL

B1-14 CENTER OF MASS - BOTTLE

B1-13 CENTER OF MASS - FORK AND SPOON ON TOOTHPICK

B1-07 DOUBLE CONE - SMALL

B1-11 BALANCE MAN

B1-02 CENTER OF MASS - LEANINGTOWER

B1-12 CENTER OF MASS - HINGED STICK PARADOX

B1-17 CENTER OF MASS - STICKS

C2-21 BALLS DROPPED AND SHOT

C2-22 MONKEY AND HUNTER

C2-28 TRAJECTORY OF BALL DROPPED BY WALKER

D1-31: TRAJECTORY FROM SPIRAL

C6-12 SKIDDING AUTOMOBILE

C6-14 SOCIAL CLIMBER

C7-04 AIR TRACK - COLLISION VELOCITY MULTIPLIER

C7-15 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - 3 TO 1 MASS RATIO

C7-11 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES

C7-12 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - ONE LIGHTER MASS

B2-16ROPE WITH STUDENTS

("strong" students pull on each end, "weak" student deflects rope)

C2-51 KINEMATICS WITH ULI AND ULTRASONIC RANGER