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Swings and slides

Ann-Marie Pendrill1 and Gary Williams2

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The use of playground rides as teaching tools is discussed with the emphasis being on slides and swings. A variety of different aspects of physics are covered including force, acceleration, friction, electrostatics and reflection. The physics content would be applicable to most age groups at some level.


PACS

45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Dates

Issue 6 (November 2005)

Received 19 September 2005



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