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Flashing LED Ball

Have you ever seen those toy bouncy balls that flash when bounced? This page puts a theory forward for how they work.

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http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae415.cfm

That's the way the ball bounces

The first of several pages looking at why balls bounce or fail to bounce. Part of the Sport Science section of the San Francisco Exploratorium.

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http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/ball_bounces/index.html

Collision

This site demonstrates two-dimensional collisions. Two balls of different masses can be shot at each other and the resulting collision and direction of the balls is shown

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http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/more_stuff/Applets/Collision/jarapplet.html

Motion of a ping-pong ball

If you press hard enough on the ball you will find ping-pong ball running away from you. However, a few seconds later, the ping-pong starts to rolling back.

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http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/class/demolab/java/rotateDisk/pingpong.html

TIMS The Bouncing Ball

Teacher sheet for the bouncing ball experiment.

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http://yn.la.ca.us/cec/cecsci/cecsci.136.txt

Virtual billiards Java Applet

1-dimensional collisions with variable velocity billiard balls

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http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp//kap6/cd155a.htm

Launch Ball

An addictive set of puzzles using physics principles. You have to get the ball into the goal, but you'll need to use physics to do it.

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http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/

SportScience and Engineering in Education

This site highlights the science in sport particularly Formula 1, shoe design and various types of balls.

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http://www.cookeassociates.com/seesite/index.htm

The Atwood Machine

Two masses on either side of a pulley with variables of mass and friction. Enter values for the masses of the two balls then hit go to see them fall!

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http://www.msu.edu/user/brechtjo/physics/atwood/atwood.html

Plasma Balls

Well, essentially, they are glass globes with 'lightning bolts' coming from a central electrode to the surface of the sphere. If you touch the globe, the lightning will normally follow your hand.

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http://www.egglescliffe.org.uk/physics/fun/plasma/plasma.html

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