Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 8:10AM The particles (molecules) of a solid, liquid, and gas act differently because they have different energies. The video shows how to model those differences to students.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 12:36PM A simple demonstration of Newton's 3rd law of motion in action. A rubber band under tension is cut, launching both the sled and the launching mechanism in equal and opposite directions.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 10:45AM This is a fun and easy demo to teach what happens to objects when forces are acting in the same direction. A series of balls are dropped together, one on top of another. The forces are added together, creating a larger force that propels the top ball to a much greater height.
Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 8:48AM
Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion. An apple and a knife are moving downward. The counter-top applies an unbalanced force upward on the knife. The knife decelerates, but the apple does not. The apple decelerates only when the knife handle applies a force upward on it.
Friday, August 6, 2010 at 8:05AM According to Newton's first law of motion, an object moving at constant velocity will continue to move at constant velocity unless an outside unbalanced force is applied. This is why moving objects on Earth will always slow down and stop. The outside unbalanced force that does it is friction. Watch the video to see how friction affects the motion of a marble on a track.
