{"id":10104,"date":"2018-08-06T16:44:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T21:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/?p=10104"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:08:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:08:34","slug":"center-of-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/2018\/08\/center-of-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"Center of Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that an object will balance if its center of mass is directly in line with its base?\u00a0 Here is a simple experiment\u00a0you can do at home to explore the center of mass of an object:<\/p>\n<p>1) Cut an unusual shape out of cardboard; your shape should be &#8220;amoeba-like&#8221;, not a typical shape\u00a0and not symmetrical<br \/>\n2) Punch a hole near an edge of the shape and use that hole to hang the shape; a push pin in the wall or stick taped to the table works well for this<br \/>\n3) Hang a string with weight on the end from the same spot and use a pen or marker to draw a straight line on the cardboard exactly where the string is<br \/>\n4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 two or three more times.<\/p>\n<p>What do you notice about the spot where the lines intersect?\u00a0 Can you balance your shape on your fingertip there?<br \/>\nExtend this experiment by trying different shapes or sizes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How you find the center of mass of an object?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nb-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10104"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10106,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10104\/revisions\/10106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogginbuilders.com\/NBwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}