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Work, Energy and Power

Lunar Leaper
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Lunar Leaper

Age
16 to 18
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Gravity on the Moon is about 1/6th that on the Earth. A pole-vaulter 2 metres tall can clear a 5 metres pole on the Earth. How high a pole could he clear on the Moon?
Powerfully fast
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Powerfully fast

Age
16 to 18
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Explore the power of aeroplanes, spaceships and horses.
High Jumping
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High Jumping

How high can a high jumper jump? How can a high jumper jump higher without jumping higher? Read on...
Go spaceship go
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Go spaceship go

Age
16 to 18
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Show that even a very powerful spaceship would eventually run out of overtaking power
Light weights
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Light weights

Age
16 to 18
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See how the weight of weights varies across the globe.
Escape from planet Earth
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Escape from planet Earth

Age
16 to 18
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How fast would you have to throw a ball upwards so that it would never land?
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Slingshot

Age
16 to 18
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Play with the energetic forces in this sling shot
The ultra particle
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The ultra particle

Age
16 to 18
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Explore the energy of this incredibly energetic particle which struck Earth on October 15th 1991
Sweeping Satellite
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Sweeping Satellite

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Derive an equation which describes satellite dynamics.