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.
Aluminum Overflow Can and Catch Bucket
Supplier: VWR International
This sturdy, seamless aluminum can measures 10 cm Ø.
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Ward's® Potential and Kinetic Energy Tracks
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
This activity illustrates the relationships of mass, potential energy, and kinetic energy with marble races.
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CENCO® Rotational Platform
Supplier: Wards
Teachers can present high-intensity demonstrations in rotational inertia or experiment with forces involved with a bicycle gyroscope with this Rotational Platform.
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CENCO® Second Law of Motion Apparatus
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
Bring your physics equipment into the 21st century with the new and improved CENCO second law of motion apparatus.
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Elasticity Demonstrator
Supplier: Avantor
Low cost easy to use lab for studying elastic and inelastic collisions.
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Essential Physics Demo: Spring Scale
Supplier: Wards
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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Ward's® Mini Hovercraft Launcher
Supplier: VWR International
Launch mini hovercrafts with different initial velocities.
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Equilibrium Apparatus
Supplier: Avantor
Incredibly simple alternative to traditional force tables.
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Science Olympiad© 2025 - 2026 Boomilever Kit
Supplier: Avantor
Prepare for upcoming competitions with this practice kit, the only kits officially licensed and approved by Science Olympiad!
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CENCO® Quantitative Centripetal Force Apparatus
Supplier: Wards
The Quantitative Centripetal Force Apparatus' simple concept and robust construction guarantee reliable lab success.
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Fundamentals of Physics Newton Cart
Supplier: Wards
Hands-On and Versatile Demonstration of Mechanics
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Ward's® Bocce Ball Pendulum
Supplier: Wards
Large scale demonstration of harmonic motion.
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Puck Set
Supplier: Avantor
Ideal for studying collisions in two dimensions, these pucks can be supported on plastic beads or levitated with air from the balloons to reduce friction. Use on any smooth, flat surface. The pucks measure 10 cm in diameter, and one puck is twice the mass of the other two.
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Ward's® NYS Investigations Pressure Block Set
Supplier: United Scientific Supplies
Corresponds to the NYS earth and pace science investigation: The sky is the limit.
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Science Olympiad© 2025 - 2026 Scrambler Kit
Supplier: Avantor
Prepare for upcoming competitions with this practice kit, the only kits officially licensed and approved by Science Olympiad!
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Supplier: Kimberly-Clark
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Supplier: Kimberly-Clark
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Supplier: VWR International