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Welcome to Hands-On Mechanics! This site serves as a resource for mechanics educators everywhere. The content on this site is user generated and features demonstrations and activities intended to enhance the mechanics classroom. Topics covered here include statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials.

Please feel free to use the activities and demonstrations you find here in your classroom. If you have interesting and innovative activities or demonstrations that you have developed yourself, please create an account and submit them here!

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                    Statics

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                   Dynamics

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       Mechanics of Materials

             Fluid Mechanics

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       Thermal Energy

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