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Bike Wheel Gyro

Center of Percussion

Coriolis Cannon

Falling Stick and Ball

Gyro on Cart

Gyroscope

Hoberman Sphere

Inertia Wands

Levitron

Loop the Loop

Moment of Inertia Race

Perpetual Top

Rattleback

Rotating Stool

Rotation Curves

Rotational Inertia Balls

Rotator

SpillNot

Cups used for demo. Two sets of cups taped in different ways.

Stable Rollers (Train Wheel Stability)

Turntable

Variable Inertia Disks

Visual Accelerometer

Walking Spool

Lab Videos

  • E over M Apparatus
  • Intro to Oscilloscope and Function Generator
  • Bread Board

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