Example student projects from Classical Mechanics I at GT. (a) A bead travels along a confining circular track spun via a magnetic stirrer and settles at an equilibrium position dependent on angular velocity. (b) A student-fabricated ballistic pendulum (green modeling clay on strings) measures the muzzle velocity of a BB gun. (c) A pendulum suspended in liquid demonstrates damping dynamics dependent on fluid viscosity. (d) A pendulum mounted on a motorized wheelchair enables investigation of non-inertial reference frames. (e) A chamber of dyed water on a potter’s wheel provides experimental confirmation of the predicted parabolic free-surface shape when spun.