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List of Physical Toys [closed]
There should be a list of toys considered "physical", which demonstrate or make you think over certain physical principles/phenomena. And of course which could just amaze.
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What are some creative illustrations of the nature of dissipative forces?
I'm teaching a conceptual introduction to physics for American 13-15 year old students this summer.
One of the main ideas I want to hit on is the relationship between energy conservation, ...
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Simple home pressure experiment: how to understand the dependence on the glass opening?
Suppose you put a drinking glass under water such that it is completely filled with water. Then hold it upside down and slowly raise the drinking glass out of the water. The water in the drinking ...
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Applications of recoil principle in classical physics
Are there any interesting, important or (for the non physicist) astonishing examples where the recoil principle (as special case of conservation of linear momentum) is applied beside rockets and guns?
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How to set up a very simple experiment in optics?
This might come across as a very rudimentary question.
My fundamentals of Optics are weak. In the optics chapter of my physics text book I saw diagrams each depicting an object on the left and a lens ...
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How can I measure the mass of the earth at home?
How can I measure the mass of the earth at home?
How was the mass of the earth first measured?
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What are good mechanics experiments for 10 year olds?
I'm trying to explain elementary mechanics - without the benefits of calculus or even algebra - and struggling. I'd like to find reasonable ways to demonstrate Newton's laws, minimally, and possibly ...
