Center of Gravity Activity Outline

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Center of GravityActivity Outline

• Created for CVCA Physics
• By
• Dick Heckathorn
• 10 January 2K 5

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Materials Needed

• Meter stick clamp large friction block
• Plate, book bear on string
• Clamp, bike wheel beans in glass with
• earth-moon apparatus wooden spools
• Map USA, Ohio ball in cup of water
• Stand, pivot, clamp belt hook
• Foam hanging hammer
• Bat board and bottle
• bird books
• fisherman
• double cone, incline plane
• Cone shaped cups

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10-1
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1 Center of Gravity

• Demo
• Center of Gravity of Meter Stick
• Plus Clamp

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1 Center of Gravity

• Demo
• Center of Gravity of Book

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1 Center of Gravity

• Demo
• Weight on Bike Wheel

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1 Center of Gravity

• Demo
• Two Wooden Cylinders

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2 Center of Mass
10-6
138
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2 Center of Mass

• Demo
• Center of Mass
• Of
• Earth - Moon

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3 Locating Center of Gravity

• Demo
• Center of Mass
• Of
• United States

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3 Locating Center of Gravity

• Demo
• Center of Mass
• Of
• Ohio

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3 Locating Center of Gravity

• Demo
• Center of Mass
• Of
• Foam

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3 Locating Center of Gravity

• Demo
• Center
• Of
• Mass
• Of
• Bat

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3 Locating Center of Gravity

• Demo
• Center of Mass
• Of
• Bird

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3 Locating Center of Gravity

• Demo
• Center of Mass
• Of
• Fisherman

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3 Locating Center of Gravity

• Concept
• Development
• 10-1

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4 Toppling
10-10a
140
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4 Toppling
10-10b
140
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4 Toppling
10-10c
140
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4 Toppling

• Demo
• Incline Plane
• With
• Cylinder Double Cone

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10-11
140
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10-12
140
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4 Toppling

• Handout
• Tower of Pisa

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141
10-13
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10-23
145
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C. D. 10-1 Page 43 (4b)
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5 Stability

• Investigate
• Cone

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10-14a
142
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10-14b
142
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10-14c
142
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10-15
142
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5 Stability

• Demo
• Large Friction Block

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5 Stability

• Demo
• Balancing Bear

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Where is the center of mass of the Tower?
10-19
144
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5 Stability

• Demo
• Beans Plus

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5 Stability

• Demo
• Ping
• Pong
• Ball
• In Cup
• of Water

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5 Stability

• Discussion
• Dead Mans Curve

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6 Center of Gravity of People

• Investigate
• Tipping Over Spool

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6 Center of Gravity of People

• Investigate
• Up From Chair

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141
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6 Center of Gravity of People

• Investigate
• Touch
• Toes

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6 Center of Gravity of People

• Investigate
• Toes
• touching
• wall
• Then Up on Toes

C Dev
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6 Center of Gravity of People

• Investigate
• Heels
• Touching Wall
• Then
• Bending
• Over

10-24
145
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6 Center of Gravity of People

• Investigate
• Pick Up Chair

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Where is the center of mass?
10-22
145
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Miscellaneous

• Investigate
• Belt Hook

Act 1
148
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Miscellaneous

• Investigate
• Hanging Hammer

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Act 3
148
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Miscellaneous

• Investigate
• Board and Bottle

TE 3
148
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Miscellaneous

• Investigate
• Stacking Books

TE 6
149
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The Problem
Application 1
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Solution
Application 2
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Thats all folks!
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