Unit III Equipment List

Work and Energy

PRISMS Project
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0150


III-1 Car, several bathroom scales, rugs (1 per class) OR inclined plane (board and ring stand with clamp) skate or skate cart or dynamics cart, spring scale, weight (1 per 3-4 students), tape measure, meter stick.
III-2 Skate or skate-cart, inclined plane with slot through center, spring scale, ring stand and clamp (1 per 3-4 students), meter stick, weights
III-3 Board or inclined plane from III-2, card board milk carton, objects that roll (1 per 2-3 students).
III-4 Hot-wheels track, 2 m board to support track, small car, car launcher, assortment of small spheres, small weights, meter stick, stopwatch, tape (1 per 4 students).
III-5 Single or compound archery bow, weights, meter stick (1 per class)
III-6 Hot-wheels track, small car, assortment of small spheres, small weights, tape (1 per 4 students)
III-7 Hot-wheels track with loop, small car, meter stick, timing device (1 per 4 students)
III-8 Video tape (1 per class)
III-9 Five-gallon plastic bucket, cord, two long sticks, rags, assorted balls, paper glider, support (1 per class)
III-10 Large and small super ball OR different size plastic balls from deoderant, ping-pong balls (several per class)
III-11 Stopwatch, meter stick, weight machine, or barbells
III-12 Stopwatch, meter stick, weight machine, free weights, stairs, climbing rope, or other device that a measurable force acts through a distance (assortment per class)
III-13 Stopwatch, car with manual transmission, 10-speed bike, two meter sticks, level, hill (1 per class)

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