Top Spinning for Over 50 Minutes

Description:  The top in this video continues spinning for 50 minutes with a single push. As amazing as that is it is still over six hours short of the world record. Students could design and test tops of their own that utilize either pushes or pulls.

Web Resources:  Spinning top - Wikipedia, Making a top that spins for 5 minutes - Instructables

This is my experimental top Nr. 15. It is an evolution and an extreme version of my top Nr. 10, which I expose here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rKrnUv6g8w In that video I explain what I have devised to make that top spin for a long time, and those considerations are still valid for the Nr.

The Ollie - Skateboarding Slow Motion

Description:  The Ollie is a difficult trick to perform since the skater is unable to pull on the skateboard. Students could watch this and other tricks and try to identify the pushes and pulls involved. Skateboarding is just one of many sports that students are already doing. They could analyze various sports to identify pushes and pulls.

Web Resources:  The Ollie - Wikipedia

PLEASE CLICK THE "SHOW MORE" BUTTON ~~~ I can't bone ollies on flatground, I can only bone em over obstacles, so here's a boned one over a trash can for your enjoyment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8w7jiasRdw The reason wny I can't bone my ollies on flatground is because, well, I never do ollies

Subscribe For Daily Videos! Get Skateboard Gear at http://www.theshredquarters.com Instagram & Twitter - @Andyschrock Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/officialandyschrock He did it! Ryden landed his first Ollie! I'm so proud of this little dude! It's crazy how much better he gets on his board considering he only skates once in awhile.

A Bed of Nails

Description:  Special caution should be taken when sitting down or getting up from a bed of nails. In this video, Steve Spangler used a motor to lift the entire bed of nails up and down safely. Each of the nails is pushing on the participant but since there are so many nails the force is distributed safely between all of the nails. This demonstration could be used in any physics unit discussing forces and pressure.

Web Resource:  Bed of Nails - Wikipedia

Ellen loves learning cool science tricks from Steve Spangler. When he asked her to lie on a bed of nails, she wasn't so sure it was a good idea!

Amazing Rube Goldberg Machines

Description:  Rube Goldberg machines are named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg who drew complicated steps involved in doing a fairly simple task (like pouring milk in a glass). Students can study these machines, or build their own, to show how energy can be converted through a series of interactions. In lower elementary classes they might be shown or built to show how pushes or pulls can change the motion of objects. As they move through school they should start to identify specific collisions, interactions, and conversions of energy.

Web Resources:  Rube Goldberg Machines - Wikipedia

http://www.2dhouse.com/rubegoldbergmachines.php - This was a fun short Rube Goldberg Machine we produced in house. Mostly an experiment but definitely quite interesting and very rewarding to create. We hope you enjoy :).

From the OK Go album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky" available at http://www.okgo.net/store Director: James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Producer: Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of "This Too Shall Pass" off the album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky".

Slow Motion Golf Ball Collision

Description:  In this dramatic slow motion video a golf ball collides with a piece of steel showing a large amount of compression. Different golf balls are designed to have varying amounts of compression based on the desired behavior of the ball. In a kindergarten class golf balls or baseballs are great examples of pushes causing changes in the motion of an object. In the upper grades this could be a great example of a collision. Students could investigate the behavior of different golf balls (or clubs) and even do some designing themselves.

Web Resource: Golf Ball - Wikipedia

Golf Ball hitting steel. http://bit.ly/zvQsrf

Amazing Slinky Tricks

Description:  The Slinky was invented by Richard James, an engineer, who was working with springs to support and stabilize equipment on a ship. Simple slinky tricks show how forces (pushes and pulls) change the direction of an object. Students can design a set of stairs, or obstacles, that the Slinky can navigate. In the secondary science classroom it can be used to investigate inertia, oscillations, and Hooke's law. This phenomenon can also be used to investigate wave properties.

Web Resource:  Slinky - Wikipedia

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Building the slinky escalator for never ending slinky stair traversal. http://woodgears.ca/toys/slinky.html

Giant Newton's Cradle

Description:  The coupled pendulum can be created with either string or a spring connecting the two pendulums. With each swing energy is transferred from one pendulum to the other. If the pendulums both have the same length one pendulum comes to a complete stop before alternating motion. This phenomenon can be used to show balanced and unbalanced forces, how motion can be used to predict future motion, and the conservation of energy.

Web Resources:  Giant Newton’s Cradle Website, Wikipedia article

Add me on Facebook: Click the LIKE button on Facebook to add me (http://www.facebook.com/brusspup) Thank you to http://www.giantnewtonscradle.com/ for loaning me this unit. Here are some stats for the unit seen in the video: - 17"w x 14"h x 10"d - Laser Cut Aircraft Aluminum Frame - 2.5" Nickel Plated Chrome Steel Spheres - Galvanized Aircraft Cable - Total Weight 10.96 lbs Check out their site to see this product and more.

The Walking Table

Description:  The walking table uses pushes and pulls to move the table wherever it needs to be. This phenomenon can be used in kindergarten to show the difference between the two main forces (pushes and pulls). In grade three it can be used to illustrate balanced (not walking) forces and unbalanced (walking) forces.

Web Resource: Scheublin & Lindeman Design Studio

Perplexus Epic 1-125 Demonstration

Description:  In this video YouTuber UncleDaver safely navigates challenges 1-125. This toy shows how pushes and pulls can be used to change the motion of an object. It is a much simpler version of a Rube Goldberg device. A simple version of the perplexus can be build using a box, marble, tape and blocks.

Web Resources: Perplexus website

This is a close up demonstration of how to navigate all 125 Perplexus Epic stages... without a drop! You can do this!!