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Drop a Ball from a Moving Car
If you know the speed of the car and height of a ball above a bucket, you can predict how far in front of the bucket to drop the ball so it will land in the bucket. It’s physics!
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Generative AI and ChatGPT - Quickstart with Examples - Conclusion + Download Final Project
In this video, we will wrap up the FACTS SEARCH project and review the key concepts covered throughout the section. We will also download the final project, encompassing all the implemented features and functionalities. This clip is from...
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The Blowouts
In 1968, thousands of Latino students walked out of school in Los Angeles to protest against racial inequality in the classroom. Their collective action, known as the Blowouts, was a defining moment of the Chicano Movement.
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The Untold Know Nothings
In the mid 19th century a new political party, the Know Nothings, set the stage for xenophobia and nationalism to take root in American politics.
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The Haymarket Affair
One of the worst miscarriages of justice in U.S. history, the Haymarket Affair, a labor action in support of an eight-hour working day, led to the unlawful executions of four Chicago residents.
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Paint Mixing
This video will demonstrate how to mix paint with a paint brush as well as a palette knife. Pure vs. mixed colors will also be discussed.
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Printing Without a Press
This video will demonstrate how to print a collagraph plate without heavy-duty printmaking equipment.
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Lunch Counter Stools
In 1960, four Black students staged a sit-in in North Carolina to protest against racial segregation in the United States. The stools they sat on are the most visited artifacts at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum.
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Centripetal Acceleration Introduction
Why is there a “center seeking” centripetal acceleration? A step-by-step walk through of the answer to this question.
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Graphing Resistivity
What data is needed on the x and y axes of a graph that will have a straight, best-fit line with a slope equal to the resistivity of nichrome? We collect the data and answer this question.
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Average Power Delivered by a Car Engine - Example Problem
A 1400 kg Prius uniformly accelerates from rest to 30 km/hr in 9.25 seconds and 42 meters. If an average force of drag of 8.0 N acts on the car, what is the average power developed by the engine in horsepower?
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Angular Momentum Cross Product
Angular Momentum as the cross product is demonstrated and derived. This is an AP Physics C: Mechanics topic. Content Times: 0:00 Newton’s Second Law Review 0:45 The Demonstration 1:05 The Derivation 4:56 Back to Newton’s Second Law 6:34...
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Demonstrating Calculus with a Ball and Force Platform
Example: A 321 g rubber, playground ball is dropped from a height of 77.8 cm above a force platform. The data for the force of impact collected at 1000 data points per second as a function of time is shown. Please determine a bunch of...
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Force vs. Time on a Dynamics Cart
When the forces in a free body diagram don’t change students often think that Newton’s Second Law will yield the same results. This demonstration shows that is not true. This is a step-by-step analysis of tension force as a function of...
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Merry-Go-Round - Conservation of Angular Momentum Problem
A 25 kg child is sitting on the edge of a merry-go-round. The merry-go-round has a mass of 255 kg and is rotating at 2.0 radians per second. The child crawls to the middle of the merry-go-round. What is the final angular speed of the...
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What is the Maximum Speed of a Car at the Top of a Hill?
What is the maximum linear speed a car can move over the top of a semi-circular hill without its tires lifting off the ground? The radius of the hill is 1.8 meters.
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Force of Impact Equation Derivation
Rearranging Newton’s Second Law to derive the force of impact equation.
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Common Point Particle Angular Momentum Triangle
The #AngularMomentum of a #PointParticle moving at a constant velocity is shown to be constant.
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Mints on a Rotating Turntable - Determining the Static Coefficient of Friction
A turntable is turning 45 revolutions per minute. Mints are located 0.030 m, 0.080 m, and 0.130 m from the center of the record. Determine what you can about the coefficient of static friction between the turntable and the mints.
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(Energy Solution) Acceleration of a Wheel descending on a Rope
A rope is wrapped around a bicycle wheel with a rotational inertia of 0.68MR^2. The wheel is released from rest and allowed to descend without slipping as the rope unwinds from the wheel. In terms of g, determine the acceleration of the...
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2D Conservation of Momentum using Air Hockey Discs and Unit Vectors
A 28.8 g yellow air hockey disc elastically strikes a 26.9 g stationary red air hockey disc. If the velocity of the yellow disc before the collision is 33.6 i cm/s and after the collision it is [4.79 i - 9.57 j] cm/s, what is the...
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Center of Mass by Integration (Rigid Objects with Shape)
How to find the center of mass of rigid objects with shape using an integral is shown. The center of mass of a right triangle is derived and demonstrated. Want Lecture Notes and/or Animated GIFs?...
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Impulse Comparison of Three Different Demonstrations
A racquetball is dropped on to three different substances from the same height above each: water, soil, and wood. Rank the _______ during the collision with each substance in order from least to most. (a) Impulse. (b) Average Force of...