Learn how conservation of angular momentum helps acrobats to flip and twist. Observe how acrobats in the Big Apple Circus tuck their arms and legs in order to spin faster. Details »
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Observe how the acrobats in the Big Apple Circus know how to counteract torques and use their centers of mass to stay balanced. Understand that torques act upon the acrobats and could cause them to rotate and fall out of balance. Details »
Observe how a solo trapeze act and a grandfather clock are both pendulums and recognize the period of a pendulum is affected by the length of the pendulum. Details »
Witness how trapeze artists in the Big Apple Circus soar across the ring due to linear momentum. Understand how the principle of conservation of momentum affects the trapeze act. Details »
Discover how the conservation of energy helps make aerial acrobatics from the Big Apple Circus possible and recognize the difference between kinetic, potential and elastic energy. Details »
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