Human Dynamics Cart

Item #P3-3617

$198.00 Bundle Discount

Unit Price	$198.00
10+	$188.00

Human-scale demonstrations of force, motion, and momentum

Turn students into part of the physics system. Arbor Scientific’s Human Dynamics Cart is a rugged, ride-on cart designed for teaching force, motion, and momentum with human-scale demonstrations. By putting a student directly on the cart, abstract ideas like inertia, net force, impulse, and conservation of momentum become immediate, visible, and unforgettable. This Arbor-exclusive design is built for safety, durability, and repeated classroom use.

Because students can sit, push, pull, and collide (in controlled ways), the Human Dynamics Cart creates powerful moments where learners don’t just see physics happen—they feel it, making it an ideal anchor for kinematics and dynamics units. Use two carts to explore force pairs and collisions in two-body systems.

Why Teachers Love the Human Dynamics Cart

Arbor-exclusive, classroom-built design: Purpose-designed for physics instruction—not a repurposed lab cart—so it’s stable, durable, and predictable.
Human-scale learning: Forces and momentum are large enough to see clearly, making graphs, videos, and sensor data far more compelling.
High engagement, high retention: Students remember lessons where they were the moving object.
Flexible use across grade levels: Scales from qualitative middle school demos to quantitative AP/college-level investigations.

Resources

Human Dynamics Cart Instructional Guide

p>What You Can Teach with the Human Dynamic Cart

The Human Dynamics Cart is commonly used for:

Newton’s First Law (Inertia): Why motion continues—or doesn’t—when forces change
Newton’s Second Law: Net force vs. acceleration with student-applied pushes
Momentum & impulse: How mass and velocity affect system behavior
Conservation of momentum: Push-offs, collisions, and student-to-student interactions
Friction & rolling resistance: Comparing surfaces and applied force
Energy & work (extensions): Human work input vs. system motion

How Teachers Use the Human Dynamics Cart with Students

Student-as-system demos: One student rides while another applies a measured push, letting the class observe acceleration and response.
Push-off investigations: Two students push off from each other to see momentum conservation in action.
Sensor-based labs: Pair with motion sensors, force sensors, or video analysis to collect real data from large-scale motion.
Prediction → test → explain cycles: Students predict outcomes, run trials, then reconcile results with Newton’s laws.
Whole-class anchor phenomena: Teachers often start a unit with a dramatic cart demo, then return to it as concepts deepen.

The Human Dynamics Cart isn’t just a piece of equipment—it’s a centerpiece experience that helps students connect physics equations to the forces they apply and the motion they feel.

Products being sold are not toys. They are for Educational / Laboratory use only. They are not for use by children 12 and under.

Specs:

Dimensions: 22" H x 22" L x 3/4" W

Weight: Capacity of 250 lbs

Some assembly required

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