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Equilibrium and Torque

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Arbor Scientific

This lab has two activities. In the first, students investigate the arrangement of masses on a center-pivot lever required to produce balance. They will develop the idea that both force and lever arm produce torque, and that both quantities must be considered when trying to produce equilibrium.

This post was posted in Labs, Forces and was tagged with equilibrium, torque, balance, levers, force vectors

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