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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Hook's Law Apparatus
This sturdy Hooke's Law apparatus features a mirrored scale to eliminate parallax error.
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Ball-Bearing Clamp Pulley
Smooth-running ball-bearing clamp pulley for use with inclined planes, force experiments, or demonstrations of work and machines, this durable, lightweight plastic pulley fastens to surfaces up to 18 mm thick.
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Moment of Force Apparatus
The Moment of Force Apparatus contains everything needed to study principles of mass, levers, moments, forces, and equivalence.
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Inclined Plane Set
Present a Wide Variety of Standard Force and Motion Activities.
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K’NEX Education Intro to Simple Machines: Levers and Pulleys
Identify All Three Classes of Levers and Their Key Parts
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Estes Preassembled Rocketry Parachutes
Lightweight, tear-resistant parachutes in a variety of sizes.
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Collision Track
This track includes everything needed to demonstrate three basic concepts of physics: acceleration, collision, and force.
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Density ID Set
A set of 15 samples of different materials used to challenge students to identify materials based on measurement of their density. For some specimens this will be straightforward. In other cases, it will lead to a discussion of uncertainty in measurements and data, and to an awareness that different materials may have nearly the same density.
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Pulley Demo, Advanced, Set
Nine pulleys and an innovative device combine to create a classroom demonstrations for each topic on pulleys in your curriculum.

