Re: Student Question

Article View: bit.listserv.physhare

Article #1021

Back to bit.listserv.physhare Previous Next

#1021

From: Steve Luzader
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 15:40

12 lines
1256 bytes

   David Bailey's suggested experiment about the egg timer reminds me
of a demonstration I used to do about the birds in the truck.  Put a
beaker of water on one side of a double pan balance and add masses to
the other side until it's balanced.  Ask the students what will happen
if you put the end of your finger in the water but don't actually
touch any part of the beaker.  Will the pan with the beaker stay put,
move up, or move down when the end of your finger is in the water?  (I
leave the answer as an exercise for the reader.)

Steve Luzader
Frostburg State University
sluzader@fre.fsu.umd.edu

Technical Details

Message-ID: <009882FE.1409A460.58@fre.fsu.umd.edu>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.dell.com!paladin.american.edu!auvm!FRE.FSU.UMD.EDU!e2ppluz

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 16cfd8,91a3a49e55a63c18,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid16cfd8,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-29 21:51:38 PST
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.dell.com!paladin.american.edu!auvm!FRE.FSU.UMD.EDU!e2ppluz
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.physhare
Message-ID: <009882FE.1409A460.58@fre.fsu.umd.edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 10:40:22 EST
Sender: Sharing resources for high school physics <PHYSHARE@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
From: Steve Luzader <e2ppluz@FRE.FSU.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: Student Question
Lines: 11