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Motion

Motion in physics is usually defined in terms of displacement, time, velocity and acceleration. Review Flinn Scientific's resources and videos as you prepare your next lesson in motion.

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Projectile Motion with Water Droplets

Help your students understand the independence of horizontal and vertical projectile motion! This stunning demo will mesmerize your students and solidify a crucial kinematics concept that is often difficult to visualize.

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Balloon Rocket Blastoff

Have you ever watched a rocket or space shuttle soaring through the sky? How is it possible for these massive objects to move through the air? The basic principle behind rocket flight is Newton’s third law of motion. In this activity, students will experiment with Newton’s third law by launching balloon rockets across the classroom.

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Rubber Band Cannon

What student wouldn’t like to shoot rubber bands in class? Give your students the chance to safely use their rubber band-firing skills while learning about projectile motion with a Rubber Band Cannon.

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Modeling Projectile Motion - Super Value Kit, AP7039

Modeling Projectile Motion shows how you can visually demonstrate the parabolic path of a projectile with this easy-to-assemble apparatus.

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Orbital Speed—Demonstration Kit, AP7319

Orbital Speed Demonstration Kit shows how you can demonstrate the concepts of orbital speed and centrifugal force with this kit.

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Shoot the Monkey Demonstration Kit, AP6439

Shoot the Monkey Demonstration Kit allows you to easily perform the monkey and hunter demonstration with this affordable apparatus.

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The Bungee-Jumping Egg—Super Value Laboratory Kit, AP6381

The Bungee-Jumping Egg Super Value Laboratory Kit shows how students are challenged to design the most exhilarating and safe bungee jump using scientific and engineering practices.

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Force and Motion—Super Value Laboratory Kit, AP6929

Force and Motion Super Value Laboratory Kit shows this all-in-one kit that allows students to conduct five experiments investigating balanced and unbalanced forces, friction, potential and kinetic energy, acceleration and conservation of momentum.

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Ballistics Pendulum, AP7110

Ballistics Pendulum shows how you can use this device to demonstrate the conservation of momentum.

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Air Puck Set, AP6917

Air Puck Set will show you how to get students engaged and moving with this fun set that can be used with experiments on Newtons three laws of motion.

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Rotational Turntable, AP4609

Rotational Turntable shows how going in circles can get you somewhere when using this device as part of your physical science unit on rotational mechanics.

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Second Law of Motion Apparatus, AP4737

Second Law of Motion Apparatus shows how you can bring greater reality to Newton's second law with this entertaining demonstration.

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Ballistics Car, AP4637

Ballistics Car demonstrates how you can give your students visual meaning to key motion concepts with this simple-to-operate ballistics car.

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Psworks Photogate Timer, AP6998

PS Works Photogate Timer will meet your high speed timing needs in the physics lab. The timer measures to the one ten thousandth of a second.

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Inclined Plane Lab Activities

Inclined Plane Lab Activities shows that inclined planes are an invaluable tool for student experiments on force, motion and work.

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Gyroscope Bicycle Wheel, AP4610

How To Use the Gyroscope Bicycle Wheel demonstrates the conservation of angular momentum and rotational kinetic energy.

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Projectile Motion with Water Droplets

Projectile Motion with Water Droplets is a Flinn Physical Science Minute that shows you how to help your students visualize the parabolic path of projectiles and the independence of horizontal and vertical motion.

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Putt-Putt Steam Boat

Putt-Putt Steam Boat shows how an old-fashioned toy steamboat runs on steam by converting chemical and heat energy into mechanical energy.

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Putt-Putt Steam Boat

Light a small candle inside a toy boat and watch it coast around the water while making a “putt putt” noise. Use this old-fashioned toy to illustrate how chemical energy is converted into mechanical energy as phase changes occur.

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A hard-boiled egg will spin both counter-clockwise and clockwise. Do you believe this is true of all shapes of stones?

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Center of Gravity Toss

Observe the motion of an irregularly shaped object as it spins around its center of mass. The path of the spinning object reveals that the net force of gravity pulls down on the object at its center of mass. The center of mass of the irregularly shaped object follows a simple parabolic trajectory when the object is tossed into the air.

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Spring Combinations

Show what happens when springs are combined in parallel and series. The results might surprise you.

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Bungee-Jumping Egg

Bungee jumping would not be as “safe” as it appears to be without relying on some basic physics principles, such as the conservation of energy and Hooke’s law for springs. A safe bungee jump occurs when no one is injured. An exhilarating bungee jump is one in which no one is injured, the free fall lasts as long a time as possible, and the bungee jumper comes as close to the ground as possible without touching it. In this activity, the law of conservation of energy and Hooke’s law will be used to build a safe and exhilarating model bungee jump of an egg!

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Free Fall in a Vacuum

Use this economy-choice “Guinea and Feather Tube” to show students that all objects fall at the same rate due to gravity, just as Galileo predicted!

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Shoot the Monkey Demonstration

A very clever monkey named Mittens has escaped from a zoo. Mittens climbs up a tree to escape the pursuing zookeeper. The only way the zookeeper can get her down now is by hitting her with a stun dart. However, Mittens is wise to the zookeeper’s plan. Not wanting to be hit with the dart, Mittens believes that if she lets go of the tree branch at the same time the zookeeper shoots the dart, the dart will sail over her head as she falls safely to the ground to flee to another tree. The zookeeper knows that Mittens is a very clever monkey. He has a feeling that Mittens will let go of the tree branch as soon as the dart is fired. Where should the zookeeper aim the dart in order to hit the monkey as she falls? Luckily, the zookeeper knows something that Mittens doesn’t—the zookeeper knows a little something about physics.

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Gyroscope Bicycle Wheel

Why is a moving bicycle much more stable than one that is stopped? The answer lies in the momentum of the wheels. The following activities can be used to demonstrate the properties of a rotating bicycle wheel (or a gyroscope).

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Circular Motion Paradox

You accelerate around a sharp curve and you feel like you are being thrown toward the outside of the car. Are you being thrown into the car or is the car accelerating into you? What would happen to a helium-filled balloon floating inside the car when the car accelerates around the corner? Which way would it move?

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When an oblong, boat-shaped object—known as a celt, rattleback or wobblestone—is rotated about its vertical axis in a particular direction, it will stop rotating, begin oscillating, and then spin in the opposite direction. Here’s how to construct your own mysterious celt from an ordinary spoon.