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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Centripetal Force Kit
The Centripetal Force Kit is inexpensive and effective.
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Estes Fin Alignment Guide
Ensure perfect geometric alignment of your balsa fins on any Estes model rocket.
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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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Jr. Engineering Box: Pulleys and Gears
Add some student imagination and easily gathered items and students can start investigating pulleys and gears.
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Estes Altimeter
Add some tech power to your rocket experiments and take the guesswork out of altitude measurements.
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Garage Physics Ball Bearing Roller Coaster, Eisco Scientific
The perfect kit for students and educators studying gravitational potential energy, translational and rotational kinetic energy.
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G.S.C. International Projectile Launcher
Budget-friendly, yet reliable, this projectile launcher comes with plastic marbles for safety.
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Parabolic Collision Monkey and Hunter Apparatus
This apparatus illustrates the effect of gravity on projectile motion.
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Estes Big Daddy Model Rocket
This massive rocket is impressive in both size and power.
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Essential Physics Demo: Spring Scale
Affordable, Easy, Fun
Present these demonstrations in front of your class to excite your students about learning core physics concepts. Set up and execution are simple, so you can spend more time engaging your students. Ideal for introducing a unit or using as reinforcement after a lesson, these demos are available for all fundamental physical science topics.
Two 70 cm long spring scales allow students to easily see and demonstrate force experiments and equilibrium.
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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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Gravitational Torsion Balance and He–Ne–Laser
Gravitational Torsion Balance and He–Ne–Laser demonstrates gravitational attraction between two bodies and determines the gravitational constant.

