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| valign="top"| The Apollo astronauts conducted the now famous experiment where the drop a hammer and a feather on the moon. Due to the lack of atmosphere the two objects fall together under only the influence of gravity.
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| valign="top"| This clip shows how the mass of a metre rule can be determined by using moments. It is a very simple experiment that you can easily try out yourself.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdbNazqkG1M
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk
 
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|valign="top"| This video clip compares the motion of a ball and a feather, when falling through the atmosphere and when falling in a vacuum.
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|valign="top"| In this clip the forces acting on a suspended beam are calculated using moments. The results are also confirmed by looking at the readings on two force meters.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC8J1jO0gWw
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJcZ-KoL9o
 
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|valign="top"| This video clip compares the motion of a ball and a feather, when falling through the atmosphere and when falling in a vacuum.
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|valign="top"| This clip shows how to find the point at which the weight of a human body acts (when lying on a plank) and that the body can be balanced at this point.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJcZ-KoL9o
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNlTX4_ZX-k
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       Theory          Exercises          Video      


Finding the Mass of a Metre Rule
Image:Rule.JPG This clip shows how the mass of a metre rule can be determined by using moments. It is a very simple experiment that you can easily try out yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdbNazqkG1M


The Suspended Beam
Image:Beam.jpg In this clip the forces acting on a suspended beam are calculated using moments. The results are also confirmed by looking at the readings on two force meters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC8J1jO0gWw



Balance a Body
Image:Balance .jpg This clip shows how to find the point at which the weight of a human body acts (when lying on a plank) and that the body can be balanced at this point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNlTX4_ZX-k