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University of Tennessee: Newton's 3rd Law Tutorial
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This site from the University of Tennessee provides an explanation of Newton's third law with text and drawings. Diagrams illustrate the force on an object and the reaction force…
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http://labman.phys.utk.edu/phys135/modules/m4/3rdLaw.htm
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PhET Simulation: Balancing Act
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In this PhET simulation, you can investigate how a teeter-totter balances, by moving objects of different masses to various positions. Can you make the teeter-totter balance? This…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balancing-act
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Atwood Machine in Fluid Model
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W. Christian and J. José Goncalves
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The Atwood Machine in a Fluid model shows two masses connected by strings and pulleys immersed in a water tank. Each mass is acted on by gravitational, buoyant, and drag forces.…
https://www.compadre.org/informal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10410&DocID=...
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Chaotic Pendulum
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This video is about the chaotic pendulum exhibit at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco. The pendulum has three connected double pendulums. When it is set into motion,…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/chaotic-pendulum
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South Pole Foucault Pendulum
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This webpage is an informal record of observations of the motion of a Foucault pendulum at the South Pole. Several photographs show the pendulum itself and steps in its construction,…
http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/00s/southpolefoucault.html
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20G Centrifuge
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This NASA page is an image set illustrating the 20g centrifuge at the Ames Research Center. The photographs include two of human subjects strapped in the place at one end of the…
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/multimedia/images/2006/20gcentrifuge.h...
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What is a "fictitious force"?
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This scientific American webpage by the physicist David Politzer explains examples of fictitious force, including the Coriolis force and also the motion of tea leaves when tea is…
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-a-fictitious-force/
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Tensile Structure
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This Wikipedia page provides an overview of tension structures and describes the important architects and engineers who use this form of construction. The page includes the history…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensile_structure
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Making a supersonic jet in your kitchen
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This short article from the online APS journal Physics summarizes the results of a study of a splash produced by an object pulled through the surface of water. The article includes a…
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v3/4
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Physicists determine air gives liquids their splash
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This article reports on a University of Chicago investigation that shows how the splash of a drop depends on the pressure and chemical nature of the gas that the drop falls through.…
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050331/splash.shtml
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