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Students experiment with a section of plastic tubing that is set up to act like a spring. First they study the forces it exerts as a function of the amount the tubing is stretched and then they make a "slingshot" and use the conservation of energy to calculate how high you can "shoot" a mass with the slingshot.

Course Level

Introductory

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Equipment

Number of set-ups available: 10 Per lab station: 2 C-clamps 3 ring stand clamps 2 ring stand bars (medium size) 1 three pronged clamp 1 ring stand/medium length bar 1 meterstick 4 200 gm hooked weights 4 100 gm hooked weights 1 U shaped steel projectile 1 ball of string 1 pair of scissors 1 balance 1 plastic tray to hold loose materials 1 rubber tubing/cylindrical ring stand attachments 1 foam pad

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