Equal Time Equal Distance Drop

Balls attached to long strings
PIRA: 
1C20.20
Area: 
1 Mechanics
Topic: 
1C Motion in One Dimension
Concept: 
Uniform Acceleration

 

Two different long strings with balls are dropped onto a pie pan. The first string has balls at equal distances, which make an uneven clatter on the pie pan. The second string has balls tied at 1, 4, 9, 16 etc. unit intervals. These strike the pie pan with a metered cadence.

 

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Scott Thomas
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