- Use on aluminum track, or on smooth, hard surface.
- Located in L02, section C2; in bin with doppler rocket.
cart
Gyro on Cart
- Located in L02, section D4.
Spring Loaded Cart
- Located in L02, section B1.
- Place metal plates (two) on track end stops and seperate
end stops by about 5 cm (as shown above); place spring on launcher shaft and
insert launcher shaft through holes in metal plates, compressing spring. Small
pin on string allows for quick, frictionless release.
Fan Cart
- Demonstrate Newton’s 2nd and 3rd law.
- Cart without plate attachment (left image) accelerates when
fan is engaged; cart with plate attachment will not accelerate. - Located in L02, section B4.
Ballistic Cart
- Purpose: Demonstrate principles of Galilean relativity and
projectile motion. - Place ball in spring loaded launcher; set cart in motion;
launcher is triggered by photogate as cart passes trigger bracket; ball travels
in parabola and lands back in cart. - Located in L03, section B3. Track in section B2.