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<strong>Amusement</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Physics</strong> Day<br />
Classroom Master Materials List<br />
Basic Skills<br />
Time<br />
❏ Stopwatch<br />
Distance<br />
❏ Meter stick<br />
❏ Masking tape<br />
Eye Level Height<br />
❏ Meter stick<br />
❏ Masking tape<br />
❏ Ruler for sighting along<br />
Altitude Tracker<br />
❏ Cardboard or file folders<br />
(6 by 8 inches)<br />
❏ Altitude Tracker templates<br />
❏ 6-inch-length dental floss<br />
❏ One washer<br />
❏ One straw<br />
❏ Glue<br />
❏ Scissors<br />
❏ Clear tape<br />
❏ Push pin<br />
Altitude Estimation Methods<br />
❏ Altitude Tracker<br />
❏ Ruler<br />
❏ Pencil<br />
❏ Protractor<br />
❏ Calculator (optional)<br />
Accelerometer<br />
❏ Plastic thermometer tube<br />
❏ Rubber band (large)<br />
❏ Two end caps<br />
❏ Two masses or fishing sinkers<br />
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Spring<br />
Red tape (1/8 inch wide)<br />
Paper clip<br />
White duct tape or masking tape<br />
(1/2 inch wide)<br />
Push pin<br />
String (12 inches long)<br />
Scissors<br />
Pliers<br />
Permanent marker<br />
Classroom Activities (per group)<br />
Pendulums—Part 1<br />
❏ Stopwatch<br />
❏ 1-meter-long string<br />
❏ One washer<br />
❏ Meter stick<br />
❏ Tape<br />
❏ Paper clip<br />
❏ Ring or support stand<br />
❏ C-clamp<br />
Pendulums—Part 2<br />
❏ Stopwatch<br />
❏ 60-centimeter-long string<br />
❏ 10 washers or masses<br />
❏ Meter stick<br />
❏ Tape<br />
❏ Film canister<br />
❏ Ring or support stand<br />
❏ C-clamp<br />
❏ Velcro®<br />
Collisions—Part 1<br />
❏ Plastic ruler with center groove<br />
(30 centimeters long) or similar items<br />
for tracking marbles, such as grooved<br />
wooden molding<br />
❏ Eight identical marbles<br />
Collisions—Part 2<br />
❏ Two plastic rulers with center groove<br />
(30 centimeters long) or similar items<br />
for tracking marbles, such as grooved<br />
wooden molding<br />
❏ Two identical books or boards to use<br />
as ramp supports (5 centimeters high)<br />
❏ Two identical marbles<br />
Marble Run—Part 1<br />
❏ Three half pieces of copper pipe<br />
insulation (18 feet in length or<br />
5.49 meters)<br />
❏ Masking tape<br />
❏ Meter stick<br />
❏ Stopwatch<br />
❏ One marble<br />
Marble Run—Part 2<br />
❏ Three half pieces of copper pipe<br />
insulation (18 feet in length or<br />
5.49 meters)<br />
❏ Masking tape<br />
❏ Meter stick<br />
❏ Stopwatch<br />
❏ One marble<br />
❏ Digital camera (optional)<br />
Marble Run—Part 3<br />
❏ Two half pieces of copper pipe<br />
insulation (12 feet in length or<br />
3.66 meters)<br />
❏ Masking tape<br />
❏ Meter stick<br />
❏ Stopwatch<br />
❏ One marble<br />
Marble Run—Part 4<br />
❏ Two half pieces of copper pipe<br />
insulation (12 feet in length or<br />
3.66 meters)<br />
❏ Masking tape<br />
❏ Meter stick<br />
❏ Stopwatch<br />
❏ One marble<br />
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<strong>Amusement</strong> <strong>Park</strong> <strong>Physics</strong> <strong>With</strong> a <strong>NASA</strong> <strong>Twist</strong><br />
EG–2003–03–010–GRC
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