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This video explores center of mass and torque and its role in balance for a circus acrobat balancing atop her partner's head. When the top acrobat's center of mass is not over the point of support, a torque results.
Next Generation Science StandardsMotion and Stability: Forces and Interactions (HS-PS2)
Students who demonstrate understanding can: (9-12)
Disciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)
Forces and Motion (PS2.A)
Relationship Between Energy and Forces (PS3.C)
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (K-12)
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking (5-12)
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)2. The Nature of Mathematics
2B. Mathematics, Science, and Technology
4. The Physical Setting
4F. Motion
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics AlignmentsHigh School â Algebra (9-12)
Seeing Structure in Expressions (9-12)
Creating Equations? (9-12)
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=13045">Show of Force Productions. Circus Physics: Center of Mass. Arlington: Public Broadcasting Service, 2010.</a>
AIP Format
(Public Broadcasting Service, Arlington, 2010), WWW Document, (https://www.thirteen.org/programs/circus/circus-circus-physics-center-of-mass/).
AJP/PRST-PER
Circus Physics: Center of Mass (Public Broadcasting Service, Arlington, 2010), <https://www.thirteen.org/programs/circus/circus-circus-physics-center-of-mass/>.
APA Format
Circus Physics: Center of Mass. (2010). Retrieved December 14, 2024, from Public Broadcasting Service: https://www.thirteen.org/programs/circus/circus-circus-physics-center-of-mass/
Chicago Format
Show of Force Productions. Circus Physics: Center of Mass. Arlington: Public Broadcasting Service, 2010. https://www.thirteen.org/programs/circus/circus-circus-physics-center-of-mass/ (accessed 14 December 2024).
MLA Format
Circus Physics: Center of Mass. Arlington: Public Broadcasting Service, 2010. Show of Force Productions. 14 Dec. 2024 <https://www.thirteen.org/programs/circus/circus-circus-physics-center-of-mass/>.
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Title = {Circus Physics: Center of Mass},
Publisher = {Public Broadcasting Service},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {14 December 2024},
Year = {2010}
}
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