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Tag Archives: centre of mass

28/2017

Centre of mass toys

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The pupils realised that you can make a really stable toy by making sure that the centre of mass is below the point (the pivot). Robbie showed that maybe tightrope walking is not as hard as it looks – just get a long bendy pole!

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Tagged centre of mass forces science structures
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28/2017

Centre of mass trick! Balancing forks.

Posted in Science
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The pupils all managed to do the fork balancing trick! It looks impossible, but because the centre of mass of the two forks is somewhere between the two handles, it is possible to balance them using a cocktail stick and a glass (or measuring cylinder!)

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Tagged centre of mass forces science
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