A sand-carrying cart on a track leaves a trail of sand when it travels over a rotating table. This demonstrates the Coriolis Effect.
Showing posts with label Coriolis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coriolis. Show all posts
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Sunday, 30 June 2013
What on Earth is spin? - Brian Jones
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-on-earth-is-spin-brian-jones
Why does the Earth spin? Does a basketball falling from a spinning merry-go-round fall in a curve, as it appears to, or in a straight line? How can speed be manipulated while spinning? In short, why is the spinning motion so special? Brian Jones details the dizzyingly wide array of ways that spinning affects our lives.
Lesson by Brian Jones, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios.
Why does the Earth spin? Does a basketball falling from a spinning merry-go-round fall in a curve, as it appears to, or in a straight line? How can speed be manipulated while spinning? In short, why is the spinning motion so special? Brian Jones details the dizzyingly wide array of ways that spinning affects our lives.
Lesson by Brian Jones, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios.
Friday, 17 May 2013
Coriolis Effect: IDTIMWYTIM
Does your toilet water drain differently than in the other hemisphere? Is it because of the Coriolis effect? Hank has some things to clarify about these questions, and more in this edition of I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means.
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Sunday, 16 January 2011
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