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Balancing Stick
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This activity from the Exploratorium provides a vivid demonstration of the effect of an object's rotational inertia (moment of inertia).  The challenge is to balance a stick with a large piece of clay stuck to it in various locations and to decide which location makes the stick easiest to balance.  The site supplies an explanation of the physics and suggests a way to do the experiment that clarifies the observation.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing_stick/
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Motion, Forces, and Energy
- Rotational Dynamics
- High School
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- Informal Education
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2006 Exploratorium
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Keywords: angular inertia, angular momentum, center of gravity, center of mass, rotational inertia, rotational momentum
Record Cloner: Cloned from ComPADRE Item 3732 July 6, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated: May 06, 2008 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 August 4, 2006
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AIP Format
Balancing Stick (Exploratorium, San Francisco, 2006), WWW Document, (http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing_stick/).
APA Format
Balancing Stick. (2006, August 4). Retrieved September 7, 2010, from Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing_stick/
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Balancing Stick. San Francisco: Exploratorium, August 4, 2006. http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing_stick/ (accessed 7 September 2010).
MLA Format
Balancing Stick. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 2006. 4 Aug. 2006. 7 Sep. 2010 <http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/balancing_stick/>.
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