A convenient measuring device that includes four different metric scales of various precision.
Product Summary
Experiment Library
Perform the following experiments and more with the Four Scale Meter Stick.
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Rotational Statics
Students use the Smart Cart force sensor and tension protractors to demonstrate that the sum of the forces acting on an object in static translational equilibrium is equal to zero, and the sum of the torques acting on an object...
Conservation of Mechanical Energy
Students use a Smart Cart and dynamics system to explore how the kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, and total mechanical energy of a cart/earth system changes as the cart rolls down an inclined track.
Simple Pendulum
Students use a photogate and pendulum to determine the physical properties of a simple pendulum that affect its period, and then use their data to support a mathematical model relating period to pendulum arm length.
Rotational Dynamics
Students use a rotary motion sensor to determine the mathematical relationship between torque, rotational inertia, and angular acceleration of a rotating object.
Resonance and Standing Waves
Students use a resonance air column, tuning forks, and the principles of resonance and standing waves for a pipe with one closed end to experimentally determine a value for the speed of sound in air.
Graphical Analysis: Motion
Students measure the position and velocity of a cart on a track to determine the graphical relationship between position, velocity, and acceleration versus time graphs.