Physics on Wheels

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Physics on Wheels is one of Pacific Science Center's most popular (and durable) Science On Wheels portable exhibitions. Since 1990, it has appeared annually at hundreds of schools and community events. It explains physical principles through interaction with gyroscopes, mirrors, lasers, electromagnets, and other technical wonders.

Each Physics on Wheels portable exhibition collection includes a total of 28 activities that encourage students to investigate levers and balance, electricity and magnetism, reflection and refraction, sound and vibration, matter and pressure, and mass and momentum. (Appropriate Grade Levels: K-8)

For more information about buying a replicated copy of Physics of Wheels, please contact Felicia Maffia - felicia_maffia@pacsci.org - (206)443-4626.

Interactives:

Bernoulli Funnel and Ball
Students press a button to begin the flow of air upwards through the cone, then toss a ball into the air stream to see what happens when air blows over a curved surface.

Eye of the Storm
Can the human body conduct electricity? Students will find out when they use their hands to discharge static electricity that has built up inside a plasma sphere.

Large Fresnel Lens
It sure looks funny, but this groovy 4 ft-by-3 ft. Fresnel lens bends light even more efficiently than its bulbous cousins.

Laser Light Transformer
Discover how light from a small laser reacts to being shot through a variety of turntable-mounted lenses.
  • Balance 14 on 1
  • Balance Pans
  • Balancing Act
  • Break the Force
  • Design a Circuit
  • Do You Believe Your Eyes?
  • Electromagnet
  • Energy Conservation Signs
  • Gravity Well
  • Kaleidoscope
  • Large Magnet
  • Large Magnifier
  • Magnetic Poles
  • Monochord
  • Multi-Image Fresnel Lenses
  • Parabolic Mirror
  • Pendulums on a Pendulum
  • Periscope
  • Polarizing Filters
  • Science Spinners
  • Steel Drum
  • Watt's Up? Watt Is It?
  • What's the Matter?
  • Whisper-Ma-Phone