| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 1C20.00 | Uniform Acceleration | | |
| 1C20.10 | penny and feather | PIRA 200 | Drop a penny and feather in a glass tube, first full of air and then evacuated. |
| 1C20.10 | penny and feather | 1C20.10 | Drop a penny and feather in a glass tube, first full of air and then evacuated. |
| 1C20.10 | penny and feather | M-79 | Invert a large glass tube containing a feather and bit of lead. |
| 1C20.10 | penny and feather | M-5a | Dropping the feather and coin in a vacuum. |
| 1C20.10 | guinea and feather | Disc 01-14 | Metal and paper discs are placed in identical tubes. |
| 1C20.11 | drop feather on book | 1C20.11 | |
| 1C20.12 | hammer and feather on Moom | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1C20.15 | drop lead and cork balls | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1C20.15 | cork and lead ball drop | 1C20.15 | |
| 1C20.15 | drop cork & lead balls | TPT 17(5),314 | Hint on how to drop a heavy and light object simultaneously with one hand. |
| 1C20.15 | drop iron and wood balls | M-80 | Iron and wood balls are dropped simultaneously. |
| 1C20.16 | drop ball and paper | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1C20.16 | drop ball and paper | 1C20.16 | Drop a ball and sheet of paper, then drop a ball and a wadded sheet of paper. |
| 1C20.17 | heavy and light balls pedagogy | AJP 30(9),656 | Try asking what height the light ball must be dropped from so it hits the floor at the same time as the light. |
| 1C20.20 | equal time equal distance drop | PIRA 500 | |
| 1C20.20 | equal time equal distance drop | 1C20.20 | Climb a ladder and drop two long strings with balls - one with equal distance intervals and the other with equal time intervals. |
| 1C20.20 | equal time equal distance drop | TPT 16(4),233 | String and Sticky Tape Series: directions for simple apparatus. |
| 1C20.20 | equal time equal distance drop | Mb-12 | Drop a long string of balls with spacing of 1,4,9,16. |
| 1C20.20 | equal time equal distance drop | 7-1.12 | Drop a string with wood blocks tied at 1,4,9,16 unit intervals. |
| 1C20.20 | equal time equal distance drop | M-84 | Drop a string with a series of lead balls attached. |
| 1C20.20 | string and weights drop | Disc 01-12 | Drop strings with weights. |
| 1C20.30 | inclined air track | PIRA 500 | |
| 1C20.30 | inclined air track | 1C20.30 | Place risers under one end of an air track. Use photogate timers to measure the velocity at two points. |
| 1C20.30 | inclined air track | 11-1.6 | Timing on an inclined air track: spark recording, photoelectric, periodic impact. |
| 1C20.30 | inclined air track | 7-1.5.1 | Interrupted photocell times a cart at the top and bottom of an incline. |
| 1C20.30 | constant acceleration | Disc 01-11 | Dots marking the position of the glider are superimposed on the screen as the glider accelerates down an inclined air track |
| 1C20.31 | inclined air track | M-3e | Use a stop clock and meter stick with the inclined air track. |
| 1C20.35 | inclined air track | AJP 45(10),1005 | Data for graphs of acceleration, velocity, or displacement as a function of time is obtained from a cart on an inclined air track as it accelerates down and rebounds. Details for a timing device using two spring contacts. |
| 1C20.36 | inclined air track | M-15e.2 | Record a cart on an inclined air track with strobe photography. |
| 1C20.40 | blinky track | PIRA 500 | |
| 1C20.40 | blinky track | 1C20.40 | Lights that flash every second are placed along an inclined and horizontal track such that they flash at the moment the ball passes. |
| 1C20.40 | acceleration "v" track | AJP 29(3),211 | Use a 1" x 1" extruded aluminum angle for an acceleration track raceway. |
| 1C20.40 | blinky track | AJP 47(3),287 | A ball rolls down a sloped track onto a flat track. A series of lights blinking every second is mounted on the track at intervals such that the ball passes as the light blinks. |
| 1C20.40 | blinky track | Mb-13 | Lights that flash every second are spaced along an incline and horizontal track such that they are flashing at the moment the ball passes. |
| 1C20.40 | blinky track | M-77 | The original blinky track. |
| 1C20.41 | blinky track with graphs | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1C20.41 | blinky track with graphs | 1C20.41 | Two sets of magnetic arrows are transferred from the blinky track to a magnetic blackboard. The arrows graphs show the position at blinks and the change in position at blinks. |
| 1C20.41 | rolling ball on incline | Disc 01-10 | Additions to the blinky track: magnetic strips can be removed from the track showing all d's, delta d's, and delta v's. Place these strips vertically to show position, velocity, and acceleration vs time. Graphs are simulations on disc but real at U of Wash. |
| 1C20.42 | blinky track - strobe photo | Mb-11 | Use a strobe and camera to record a ball rolling down an incline and across a flat. |
| 1C20.43 | ball on an incline | M-82 | A ball is accelerated down an incline onto a horizontal track where the velocity is measured. |
| 1C20.43 | ball on an incline with seconds pend | M-83 | A seconds pendulum is released when the ball enters the horizontal track (M-82) and is placed so it knocks the ball off the track. |
| 1C20.44 | inclined wire | M-78 | A taut inclined wire forms the incline. |
| 1C20.44 | car on an inclined wire | M-3d | A long wire is stretched diagonally across the chalkboard with chalk marks at every meter. A student times a low friction car as it accelerates to various marks. |
| 1C20.45 | ball on an incline | TPT 16(8),558 | A simple demonstration using a ball bearing rolling down the grove of a plastic meter stick. Analysis included. |
| 1C20.45 | slow roller on incline | TPT 1(2),82 | A solid wheel turning on a small axis rolls down an incline. The translational velocity is slow enough to make easy accurate measurements. |
| 1C20.45 | ball on an incline | 7-1.6 | Rolling a ball down an incline starting at 1/4 the way up and all the way up. |
| 1C20.46 | car on an incline | 7-1.5.2 | A car on an incline is timed from release until the end of a measured distance. |
| 1C20.50 | Duff's plane | M-76 | A chalk ball oscillates as it rolls down a trough in a 2x6. |
| 1C20.50 | Duff's plane | M-3c | A ball leaves a trail as it oscillates back and forth while rolling down a chalk covered trough. |
| 1C20.61 | dynamometer | 7-1.5.8 | A simple dynamometer rides a cart on a track. |
| 1C20.71 | photographing acceleration | 7-1.4 | Take an open shutter strobe wheel photo of a small fan cart. |