Basketball, Rubber Ball, Metal Ball, Ring, Hollow Cylinder, Axel with Low Mass Wheels, and Construction Paper
Axel with Low Mass Wheels and Construction Paper

 

Code Number: 1Q40.60

Demo Title: Cons. of Angular Momentum - Ball or Cylinder Paper Pull

Condition: Good

Principle: Conservation of Angular Momentum

Area of Study: Mechanics

Equipment: 

Basketball, Rubber Ball, Metal Ball, Ring, Hollow Cylinder, Axel with Low Mass Wheels, and Construction Paper.

Procedure:

Place the desired object on the center of the construction paper.  Quickly pull the paper out from under the object.  The object will slide but also begin to spin as the paper is being pulled out from under it, but will stop dead when it comes off the paper and onto the table.

References:

  • Rod Cross, "Acceleration of a Ball Up an Incline", TPT, Vol. 61, #5, May 2023, p. 378.
  • Rod Cross, "Motion of a Ball on a Moving Surface", TPT, Vol. 54, #2, Feb. 2016, p. 76.
  • John W. Jewett Jr., "Angular Momentum Activities Using a Carpenter's Measuring Tape", TPT, Vol. 51, #9, Dec. 2013, p. 568.
  • Joe L. Ferguson, "Pulling the Rug from Under Round Objects", TPT, Vol. 39, #4, Apr. 2001, p. 224.
  • George Barnes, "Conservation of Momentum Demonstration Using a Piece of Sewer Pipe", AJP, Vol. 54, #8, Aug. 1986, p. 741.
1Q40.60 - University of Maryland QOTW #20
1Q40.60 - University of Maryland QOTW Question #52
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