These hollow aluminum meter sticks are rigid and straight.
- 6x Aluminum Meter Sticks
Product Summary
These aluminum meter sticks are rigid and straight. Because they are hollow, the aluminum meter stick has about the same mass as a wooden meter stick.
Bonus Application:
Use an aluminum meter stick to demonstrate Lenz's Law by dropping a neodymium magnet through its hollow core. The magnetic drag will cause the magnet to drop very slowly; much slower than a coin drops.
What's Included
- 6x Aluminum Meter Sticks
Product Specifications
| Length | 1 m |
| Resolution | 1 mm |
| Mass (per stick) | 150 g |
| Width | 28 mm |
| Thickness | 7 mm |
| Inner Width | 26.4 mm |
| Inner Thickness | 5.4 mm |
Experiment Library
Perform the following experiments and more with the Aluminum Meter Sticks (6 Pack).
Visit PASCO's Experiment Library to view more activities.
Exploring Torque
Students explore the concepts associated with torque and balance using the Meter Stick Torque Set. They develop the mathematical relationship between the force vector and the position vector by making predictions and testing them.
Exploring Physical Pendulums
Students use a meter stick as a physical pendulum to explore the factors that affect the period and the mathematical properties of the physical pendulum period equation.
Falling Beam
Students predict the angular velocity of a meter stick that has rotated from the vertical position to the horizontal position. They derive an expression to predict the angular velocity for an arbitrary angle from the horizontal....
Exploring a Rotating System
Students construct and collect data with an experimental system to determine angular velocity, angular acceleration, applied torque, and the rotational inertia of the meter stick component.
