COLLIDING PENDULUM
This new equipment module allows your students to explore the law of momentum conservation using accurate photogate measurements. The colliding steel bobs conserve energy and momentum to better than 97%. Your students will find that bobs of equal mass transfer momentum as they collide. By colliding bobs of unequal mass, students learn how momentum conservation allows them to predict the mass of an unknown object. This equipment module recreates some of the key features in Rutherford’s discovery of the atomic nucleus.
Colliding Pendulum includes: 1 Hardwood Arc, 1 Hardwood Pendulum Hanger, 1 Hardwood Start Block, 1 Large Pendulum Ball, 2 Medium Pendulum Balls, 1 Small Pendulum Ball, Mounting Hardware
Colliding Pendulum Curriculum Resource Guide
A guide to using the Colliding Pendulum to teach physics. Topics include period, frequency, mass, velocity, Newton’s Laws of Motion, momentum, conservation of energy, and more. Levels A, B, and C (Grades 6–12)
| N792-1400-018 |
Colliding Pendulum |
$131.00 |
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| N492-2400-018 |
Curriculum Guide |
$129.00 |
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| N392-4200-018 |
Classroom Package (6 sets of equipment and 1 Curriculum Guide) |
$778.00 |
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Required Items
| N792-1100-018 |
Timer IIe and Photogates (Required for some activities) |
$366.00 |
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| N792-1110-018 |
Physics Stand |
$99.00 |
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