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Science Teaching Aids
Student Gyroscope with Gimbal Ring and Stands
AUD 47.50(Ex GST)
AUD 47.50(Ex GST)
- Student gyroscope for classroom physics demonstrations
- Demonstrates gyroscopic motion and stability
- Useful for teaching guidance system principles
- Well-balanced, high-quality gyroscope as listed
- Adjustable bearings as listed
- Free-running bearings allow more than two minutes running time from a single cord-pull start
- Circular guard disks help prevent the starting cord from becoming trapped in the bearing
- 175 g solid metal rotor as listed
- Rotor moment of inertia listed as about 2 × 10⁻⁵ kg m²
- Mounted on a gimbal ring
- Supplied with two stands, including rotating frame and rocker feet stand
- Use under appropriate laboratory or educational supervision
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- Description
Description
The Student Gyroscope, also known as a classroom gyroscopic motion demonstrator, is designed for teaching rotational motion, inertia, precession and gyroscopic stability in physics classrooms, school science laboratories, university teaching laboratories and supervised educational environments. The apparatus is built around a well-balanced solid metal rotor mounted on a gimbal ring. When the rotor is spinning, students can observe how rotational motion affects stability, orientation and precession behaviour. This model is useful for demonstrating concepts linked to gyroscopes used in many guidance systems. It helps teachers connect visible classroom motion with mechanics principles such as angular momentum, torque, moment of inertia and rotational stability.
The gyroscope features adjustable free-running bearings for smooth operation. It can run for more than two minutes from a single cord-pull start, supporting repeated classroom demonstrations and observation time during lessons. The rotor mass is stated as 175 g, with a moment of inertia of about 2 × 10⁻⁵ kg·m². These supplied values support quantitative discussion in mechanics lessons where students compare rotational behaviour with theoretical concepts.
Circular guard discs on the axle help prevent the starting cord from becoming trapped near the bearings during launch. This supports more reliable starting during repeated demonstrations. Supplied accessories include plastic gimbals, a pivoting housing, one stand with a rotating frame, one stand with rocker feet and a 60 cm starting cord with handle. These components support varied demonstration setups for observing stability, precession and gyroscopic motion.
LabChoice Australia supplies Student Gyroscopes for school physics departments, university teaching laboratories, science classrooms and educational demonstration environments. They are suitable for supervised experiments covering rotational motion, inertia, precession, angular momentum and gyroscopic stability using appropriate classroom procedures.
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