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Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (usually closed for lunch 12-1)

For assistance, please contact us by email physics@wwu.edu or by calling 360-650-3818 

PHYS 161

Physics Demonstrations

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Topics

Circular motion
Conservation of momentum
Energy
Forces
Freefall
Mass and weight
Oscillations
Projectile motion
  • Conservation of Momentum - Happy and Sad Balls
  • Astroblaster Seismic Accelerator
  • Terminal Velocity of Coffee Filters
  • Floor Scale
  • Freefall Time of a Steel Ball
  • Sum of Forces
  • Spring
  • Penny and Paper Free Fall in a Vacuum
  • Conservation of Momentum and Kinetic Energy
  • Motorized Cart on Track - Constant Velocity
  • Independence of Vertical and Horizontal Motion
  • Loop-the-Loop
  • Independence of Horizontal and Vertical Motion - Shooting and Catching a Ball
  • Independence of Horizontal and Vertical Motion - Ball Drop
  • Hooke's Law - Spring Constant
  • Friction Force (Pulling a Block with a Force Sensor)
  • Friction Block Pulled up a Ramp
  • Free Fall of a Basketball with a Motion Sensor
  • Forces in a Collision
  • Force Table
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