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Mechanics Learning Activities
Avantor offers a complete catalogue of instruments and tools useful for demonstrating key, basic concepts of physics that are applicable to everyday life both in and out of the laboratory. Demonstrate core ideas such as acceleration down a plane, friction, potential and kinetic energy, electrical conductivity, magnetic fields, wavelengths and velocity of sound, and more. Durable educational materials are designed for heavy use with consistent levels of handling, and all models are easy to use.
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Estes Rocket Science Starter Set
The most complete model rocketry kit on the market.
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Estes Alpha III Launch Set
The iconic Alpha III model rocket, complete with launch pad and controller.
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Estes Preassembled Rocketry Parachutes
Lightweight, tear-resistant parachutes in a variety of sizes.
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Supertek® Monkey and Hunter Demonstration
Demonstrate the independence of the horizontal and vertical components of projectile motion.
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KidWind® Basic Wind Experiment Kit
Explore wind energy affordably and easily.
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Vernier® Photogate
Study free fall, rolling objects, collisions, and pendulums.
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K’NEX Education Intro to Simple Machines: Gears
Teach your students about gear ratios and different gear configurations and how these concepts are used to change the amount of applied force to an object.
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Gravitational Balance
Simple, But Amazingly Sensitive - Measure One of the Universe's Fundamental Constants!
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Economy Tandem Pulleys
Tandem pulleys give students a clear picture of mechanical advantage and velocity ratio in a pulley system.
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Center of Mass Apparatus
Illustrates How Two Bodies Rotate Freely About their Common Center of Mass
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Air Strike Catapult
Air Strike™ desktop catapult can launch the included foam balls as far as 40 feet. Simple to assemble, no tools required. Features super grip suction cups and a pivoting launch base.
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Visual Scientifics Ballistic Pendulum
Students investigate the properties of momentum and conservation of energy using this precision apparatus.
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Visual Scientifics Free Fall
Students measure acceleration due to gravity in this free-fall activity. Video analysis allows modeling of air resistance.
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Visual Scientifics Projectile Launcher
This inquiry-based activity allows students to investigate and verify projectile equations.
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K’NEX Education Intro to Simple Machines: Levers and Pulleys
Identify All Three Classes of Levers and Their Key Parts