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Labs in Volume 1
You can find information about specific labs from this page (it also serves as a table of contents for those wondering what's in the book).
Counting by Weight
Measuring Paragraphs
Cars on the Street
Rolling Down Ramps
On page 59, we talk briefly about the mechanics of a real sphere rolling down a track. A recent article treats this phenomenon in detail. Read: Niculescu, Adam. 2006. A Rolling Sphere Experiment. The Physics Teacher (44) p 157. (March 2006). AAPT.
Pendulum
The Hanging Slinky
Soon, we will post a solution as promised in the book. It's done, but not in the right format for the web.
Normal Force
Sloppy Teeter Totter
Falling Balloons
This lab is conceptually very close to the Atwood's Machine. Here is a link to really interesting site about apparatus (http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/) where you can find information on the original Atwood's machines, and even Rev George Atwood (1746–1807) himself! (click here)