Physics isn’t all about equations, though. Here’s a real experiment you can do with a couple of steel ball bearings, a strong magnet, and a toilet paper tube:

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You can take this project a step further by adding a magnetic force to accelerate the balls to a faster speed when they collide with the magnet, and thus transfer even more kinetic energy at impact:

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