- 1E10. Moving Reference Frames
- 1E10.10 Cart On A Sheet Pull a sheet of paper along a table while a cart crosses the paper.
- 1E10.15 Moving Blackboard Using a large movable reference frame on wheels and a walking student, equations of relative speed can be deduced by non science majors.
- 1E10.20 Frames Of Reference Movie Youtube URL; also available on Dragon and in 16mm film.
- 1E10.31 Stick On A Wheel A ruler placed on the top of a rolling wheel moves twice as fast as the wheel or can.
- 1E20. Rotating Reference Frames
- 1E20.10 Foucault Pendulum Lead ball pendulum hung from fifth floor visible on second floor in tall room.
- 1E20.19 Foucault Pendulum Articles Discussion of the Foucault pendulum.
- 1E20.20 Foucault Pendulum Model on a Rotating Turntable A pendulum is mounted on a rotating turntable.
- 1E30. Coriolis Effect
- 1E30.11 Draw the Coriolis Curve Move a magic marker in a straight line across a rotating disc.
- 1E30.26 Coriolis Dish & TV A ball oscillates in a spherical dish at rest, and follows various curved paths when the dish is rotated at different speeds. A TV camera is mounted to the rotating frame.
- 1E30.27 Coriolis Rotating Platform and Video A ball is launched on a rotating platform and the motion is analyzed with Logger Pro.
- 1E30.28 Coriolis Ball On Turntable Roll a ball across a rotating turntable that has been covered with carbon paper.
Wesleyan University Dept. of Physics
