One Sunday afternoon, in the early spring, we went to the property of the local physicist at Celo. Every year, he does a large scale outdoor physics project, involving anyone in the community who would like to assist. This year, he decided to just add modifications and updates to past projects including a multi-pendulum wave (note the many bowling balls), a bowling ball ramp with rings (which the bowling ball passes through on its parabolic motion), and a wonderful series of short metal pipes that sound as a steel bearing rolls down the hill over them. This last one must have had more than forty pipes of varying lengths, which could be arranged to allow a variety of melodies.
Ri, Aneka, and Dad helped to make some adjustments to another set of pipes that would sound as the pendulum-wave apparatus was run. We also met Oak's dad, who is an expert at making an interesting type of Japanese bamboo flute that requires very fine variations in diameter along the resonant cavity.
The physicist also teaches documentary film making at Appalachian State University in Boone. He has a great workshop--dad was very jealous!
Ri, Aneka, and Dad helped to make some adjustments to another set of pipes that would sound as the pendulum-wave apparatus was run. We also met Oak's dad, who is an expert at making an interesting type of Japanese bamboo flute that requires very fine variations in diameter along the resonant cavity.
The physicist also teaches documentary film making at Appalachian State University in Boone. He has a great workshop--dad was very jealous!