Swinging Wonders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A traditional desk toy, the “Swinging Wonders” is an excellent example of energy conservation and elastic collisions. Set a ball in motion. When it hits the remaining balls, one end ball picks up the motion and carries on. If you start two balls, the energy will be transferred so that two end balls pick up the motion. And so on…