The fundamental objective of Room 1 is to stimulate curiosity and questions - we want to encourage students to discover, through experience and observation, explanations of various phenomena that occur.
The 5 workstations:
NOW IS THE MOMENT!
The first laboratory workstation is
dedicated entirely to moment, torque.
It contains various experiments
such as the "torque wrench", where there are spanners of different
lengths and a threaded board.
The strength in our arm is the same,
but by using different spanners we get different results, until the
screw breaks inside the board. Why?
ENGINE ASSEMBLY LINE
The students use a pneumatic screwdriver,
like those available along the assembly line, to screw a clutch to the
crankcase and observe the forces that occur.
What happens? What
forces are applied to the hand? What similar phenomena occur in our
normal daily lives? We will also study how various types of material
behave under impact.
PIT STOP
The wheel on a racing bike rotates around its shaft,
but what helps to reduce friction to a minimum?
How can we decrease
losses in power and exploit all the engine power output? We take a
real-life pit stop to discover the world of friction.
DESMOPOWER
A Desmo heart beats inside every Ducati, but what
is the Desmodromic system exactly? What physics principles does it use?
How
does it differ from the traditional timing system?
SPRING SEATS
Two seats with a racing look, sustained by two
different spring systems.
Jumping onto the seats everyone incredibly
reaches the same frequency. Is it magic or are we using physics
principles without realizing it? And if so, which?
