The private company SpaceX regularly launches satellites into geostationary orbits. SpaceX posts videos of these flights with telemetry data displaying the time from launch, altitude, and rocket speed in real time. In this paper this telemetry information is used to determine the velocity boost of the rocket as it leaves its circular parking orbit…

Costume jewelry beads are employed to demonstrate how a beam of beads are able to transform into a simple pendulum (single bead) where the pendulum length remains constant throughout. These beads are common and inexpensive for instructors, as well as attractive and exciting for students. Beads are removed from the top, keeping the same pendulum…

End-pipe corrections seldom come to mind as a suitable topic for an introductory physics lab. Yet, the end-pipe correction formula can be verified in an engaging and inexpensive lab that requires only two supplies: plastic-tube toys called boomwhackers and a meter-stick. This article describes a lab activity in which students model data from…