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Maillardet's
Automaton
On-Line
Activities
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UNDERSTANDING
MOTION ACTIVITIES
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Design
a Roller Coaster
Try your hand at designing your own roller coaster.
You will be building a conceptual coaster using
the physics concepts that are used to design real
coasters. You won't need to compute any formulas.When
you're done, your coaster will need to pass an inspection
for both safety and fun.
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Newton's
Cradle Interactive
This neat
interactive java applet simulates a well known experiment
which demonstrates the conservation of momentum and
energy.
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SIMPLE
MACHINES ACTIVITIES
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Pick
the Bits
Try
your skills at working out where the load, fulcrum
and effort are on the common levers in this game.
To
play this interactive you must have Macromedia's free
Shockwave
Player installed.
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Clunky
Cogs
Gears are
wheels with teeth that mesh together to transfer movement.
In a system of gears, small gears turn fast and large
gears turn slower. when gears are meshed together,
they turn in opposite directions.Play this game to
see how gears move when meshed together.
To
play this interactive you must have Macromedia's free
Shockwave
Player installed.
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ROBOTICS
ACTIVITIES
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Robot
Building Game
When the game begins, you'll get a budget of $5000.
To build your robot, you'll need to purchase robot
parts -- some are necessary for the robot to function
and others are just cool accessories. Be careful
not to overspend! If you do, your robot won't work.
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