Physics 1A: Mechanics

Week 1: Intro, Kinematics; Speed & Velocity

Week 2: Kinematics; Acceleration

SIMULTANEOUS FALL

SHOOT THE MONKEY

Week 3. Newton's Three Laws

BLACKBOARD MECHANICS SET

INCLINED PLANE (WITH FRICTION BLOCKS)

SKATEBOARD REACTION CART

Week 4: Centripetal Force and Gravity

SPIN THE WINE GLASS

SPINNING LARIAT

MASS ON A SPRING

Week 5: Energy

BOWLING BALL PENDULUM

BALLISTIC PENDULUM

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY DOUBLE TRACK

Week 6: Momentum & Collisions

NEWTON'S CRADLE

ETHANOL ROCKET

TENNIS BALL AND BASKETBALL

Week 7: Rotational Motion

HINGED STICK WITH BALL

ROLLING UPHILL ILLUSION

ROLLING DISK/HOOP/SPHERES

BIKE WHEEL GYRO

Week 8: Solids, Liquids, & Gases

MAGDEBURG SPHERE

CARTESIAN DIVER

TORRICELLI EFFECT

Week 9. Elasticity & Oscillations

HOOKE'S LAW APPARATUS

Week 10. Waves & Sound

ACOUSTIC INTERFERENCE

GIANT SLINKY AND LONG SPRING