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Mechanics FUNdamentals Robert W. Wood

Mechanics FUNdamentals By Robert W. Wood

Mechanics FUNdamentals by Robert W. Wood


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Summary

From making hot air balloons to transfering energy with marbles, the book features a wide range of experiments designed to teach the principles of heat expansion, specific gravity, static and moving fiction, balance, gravity, inertia and momentum, force and more.

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Mechanics FUNdamentals Summary

Mechanics FUNdamentals by Robert W. Wood

This activity book for children features 35 "see-for-yourself" activities that demonstrate basic concepts in mechanics. From making hot air balloons to transfering energy with marbles, the book features a wide range of experiments designed to teach the principles of heat expansion, specific gravity, static and moving fiction, balance, gravity, inertia and momentum, force and more.

Table of Contents

Experiments - needle floating on water; water supported by wire basket; the oil spot; transferring water by siphoning; weight of different fluids; moving dime; air takes up space; expanding air; hot air balloon; simple barometer; diving medicine dropper; boiled egg in basket; the candle and the funnel; floating ping pong ball; specific gravity; inclined plane and wedge; screw and lever; wheel and axle and pulley; static friction and moving friction; ball bearings reduce friction; balancing act; defying gravity; energy - potential and kinetic; pendulum; pendulums transfering energy; inertia and momentum; spinning can; turbines; centrifugal and centripetal forces; conservation of energy; law of falling bodies; direction of force and pull.

Additional information

CIN0070718075G
9780070718074
0070718075
Mechanics FUNdamentals by Robert W. Wood
Used - Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
1996-10-01
148
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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