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Julia was one of many physics teachers who asked, where did I obtain the rotating disk (from show #1) and the rotating platform (from show #4)?
Julia and everyone, I'm so glad you're watching!
The Pasco rotary motion sensor can make angular position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time graphs. I have the new wireless version, which works via bluetooth with my phone or ipad on the free "Sparkvue" app. That's what I used when I had the two objects connected by a string over a disk.
The rotational platform is a big investment. When we built our new science building in 2012, I had a nearly blank check to buy equipment - so I bought the Pasco complete rotational system. Just the base and the disk attachment would be enough. It's structured so that a Pasco-branded photogate can mount beneath the disk and measure angular velocity rather, um, more elegantly than I did on Monday's show. But I only have Vernier-brand photgates, which don't fit.
When I did my open lab for teachers a few years back, we spent a few hours taking a trip to the hardware store to create the $5 version of this rotation system. Get some 1/2 inch PVC pipe and two 90-degree attacher joints.* Make a "T" out of the PVC. Place the bottom part of the T over top of a securely-mounted ringstand... the top of the T will rotate pretty cleanly. You can wind a string around the PVC to provide a torque, just like I did on Monday's show!
*Can you tell from the language use here that I have no skills with hardware?
Brad Williams showed a brief video of his $5 version on twitter: https://twitter.com/bwilliams025/status/1245050610359119877?s=20
ReplyDeleteAwesome, Brad, thank you!
If you built the PVC version again: We built something similar at a training, and superglued a glass marble at the middle of the "T", so the ring stand rubbed on the marble instead of the plastic... surprisingly low friction for a DIY set up.
ReplyDeleteFOUND IT - the massive red pulley is here: https://us.vwr.com/store/product/8871512/demonstration-rod-mounted-pulley
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