| DCS # | DEMONSTRATION | REFERENCE | ABSTRACT |
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| 1D15.00 | Velocity, Position, and Acceleration | | |
| 1D15.01 | showing acceleration | ref. | see 1G20.75 |
| 1D15.10 | ultrasonic detector and students | PIRA 200 | Have a student walk to and from a sonic ranger while observing plots of position, velocity, and acc. |
| 1D15.10 | sonic ranger and students | 1D15.10 | Have a student walk toward and away from a sonic ranger while observing plots of position, velocity, and acceleration on a projection of the Mac. |
| 1D15.12 | Hobbie film loop - AAPT | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D15.12 | Hobbie films - AAPT | 1D15.12 | |
| 1D15.15 | kick a moving ball | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D15.15 | kick a moving ball | 1D15.15 | Kick a moving soccer ball on the floor or hit a moving croquet ball on the lecture bench with a mallet. |
| 1D15.20 | high road low road | PIRA 500 | |
| 1D15.20 | high road low road | 1D15.20 | Two balls race - one down a slight incline and the other down the same incline but including a valley. |
| 1D15.20 | high road low road | AJP 51(1),132 | Two objects start at the same velocity, one moves straight to the finish, the other traverses a valley. The problem: which wins? |
| 1D15.30 | catching the train | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D15.30 | catching the train | 1D15.30 | A ball accelerating down an incline catches and passes a ball moving at constant velocity on a horizontal track. |
| 1D15.35 | passing the train | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D15.35 | passing the train | 1D15.35 | A ball accelerates down an incline with a stripped rope moving at constant velocity in the background. The moment the ball has the same velocity as the rope is strikingly obvious. Repeat with the rope at a different constant velocity. |
| 1D15.36 | several ball and incline demos | AJP 55(5),407 | This McDermott article contains several ball on incline races to help distinguish the concepts of position, velocity, acceleration. |
| 1D15.40 | Galileo's circle | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D15.40 | Galileo's circle | 1D15.40 | Several rods are mounted as cords of a large circle with one end of each rod top center. Beads released simultaneously at the top all reach the ends the rods at the same time. |
| 1D15.40 | Galileo's circle | M-89 | Small balls roll down guides that form chords of a large inclined circle. A single click marks simultaneous arrival. |
| 1D15.40 | Galileo's circle | M-88 | Beads are released simultaneously to slide along cords of a large circle. |
| 1D15.41 | sliding weights on triangle | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D15.41 | sliding weights on triangle | Disc 02-09 | Lengths and angles of a wire frame triangle are chosen so that beads sliding down the wires traverse each side in the same time. |
| 1D15.45 | brachistochrone track | 7-2.6 | Three tracks - straight line, parabola, and cycloid are mounted together. Triggers at each end control a timer. Details. |
| 1D15.50 | brachistochrone | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D15.50 | brachistochrone | 1D15.50 | Each end of a track forms a brachistochrone. Balls released at any height on the brachistochrones reach the middle at the same time. |
| 1D15.50 | brachistochrone | M-93 | Two balls released on opposite sides of a cycloid always meet in the middle regardless of handicap. The ball on the cycloid always beats the ball on the incline. |
| 1D15.51 | brachistochrone is a tautochrone | AJP 53(6),519 | History of the brachistochrone as a tautochrone. |
| 1D15.52 | brachistochrone | TPT 28(8),537 | On constructing a large brachistochrone. |
| 1D15.53 | cycloidal slide track | AJP 53(5),490 | Use the brachistochrone and tautochrone properties of a cycloid to make an actual slide track in amusement parks. |
| 1D15.54 | brachistochrone | AJP 50(12),1178 | Solution to the brachistochrone problem. |
| 1D15.55 | triple track | PIRA 1000 | |
| 1D15.55 | tripple track | 1D15.55 | Balls roll down an incline, brachistochrone, and parabola. The ball on the brachistochrone wins. |