Mechanics Learning Activities
Avantor offers a complete catalogue of instruments and tools useful for demonstrating key, basic concepts of physics that are applicable to everyday life both in and out of the laboratory. Demonstrate core ideas such as acceleration down a plane, friction, potential and kinetic energy, electrical conductivity, magnetic fields, wavelengths and velocity of sound, and more. Durable educational materials are designed for heavy use with consistent levels of handling, and all models are easy to use.
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Skill Sticks
With a bit of glue, a little imagination, and these skill sticks, your students can build just about anything they can come up with.
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Estes Viking Model Rockets
Intermediate-level rocket with five fiberboard fins and a streamer recovery system.
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Estes Alpha Model Rockets
Easy-to-assemble intermediate-level rocket with laser cut balsa fins.
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Estes Wizard Model Rockets
Intermediate-level rocket with laser-cut balsa fins and streamer recovery system.
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Estes Standard Rocket Engines
Get your model rockets in the air with these popular rocket engines.
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Estes Preassembled Rocketry Parachutes
Lightweight, tear-resistant parachutes in a variety of sizes.
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Estes Green Eggs Model Rockets
Launch an egg and test recovery systems with this reliable, sturdy model rocket.
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Estes Alpha III Model Rockets
Easy-to-assemble beginner level rocket with pre-colored parts.
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Ballistics Car
The Ballistics Car demonstrates an integral law of motion.
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Estes Porta Pad II Launch Systems
Portable, durable, and easy to use - the classic model rocket launch pad.
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Drilled Balls for Physics Experiments
Ideal for Collision and Pendulum Demonstrations
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21st Century Balance
This balance is the first major advancement in teaching simple machines in decades.
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Whirling Table
Use hands on power to investigate rotational dynamics.
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Air Track, Complete with Gliders
With the Air Track, students can investigate motion phenomena at a precise level of measurement.
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K’NEX Education Intro to Simple Machines: Levers and Pulleys
Identify All Three Classes of Levers and Their Key Parts