ASTR 100
E2-13: SUNSPOT MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show how sunspots are darker than their surroundings due to lower temperatures.
E2-03: CRATER FORMATION MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate how a crater forms as a result of an impact or a blast from below.
N2-32: ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF GLASS
Category: N2 Line Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate absorption spectrum of glass doped with various chemicals.
N2-21: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF MERCURY - SUPERPRESSURE LAMP
Category: N2 Line Spectra
Purpose:
Show a line spectrum with superposed continuum.
G4-03: RIPPLE TANK - DOPPLER EFFECT
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Show how wave fronts crowd together in front of and spread out behind a moving source.
M1-01: LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED SINGLE SLIT
Purpose:
Demonstrate single slit diffraction.
N1-01: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate continuous spectrum
O2-22: STROBOSCOPE AND FALLING WATER
Category: O2 Visual Latency
Purpose:
Demonstrate how a stroboscope works, and illustrate persistence of vision.
O3-21: BENHAM TOP
Category: O3 Color Vision
Purpose:
Demonstrate perception of color due to periodic excitation of the eye.
P3-61: FLUORESCENT LIQUIDS
Category: P3 Atoms and Molecules
Purpose:
Show fluorescence of different chemicals.
E2-35: PLANETS - RELATIVE SIZES MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate the relative sizes of the planets
E2-21: PHASES OF THE MOON
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show the relationship between the phases of the moon and the relative earth-sun-moon positions.
I1-63: HYDROGEN EXPLOSION
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Produce a hydrogen explosion
C5-19: ACTION AND REACTION - INSTRUCTOR AND CART
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate action-reaction pairs in a dramatic way
I5-12: ADIABATIC EXPANSION OF AIR - FOG IN BOTTLE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate adiabatic cooling of air
N1-07: VARIATION OF SPECTRUM WITH LAMP INTENSITY
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate continuous spectrum as the brightness of the source changes
N2-02: DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - THREE SOURCES - EXPENDABLE GRATINGS
Category: N2 Line Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate diffraction spectrum of white light along with line spectra of mercury and cadmium.
D5-13: FOCAULT PENDULUM - MODEL
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Model the Foucault pendulum
C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Show that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is independent of mass
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A2-01: CARTESIAN COORDINATE AXES
Illustrate a standard right-handed cartesian coordinate system Read More
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A2-02: XYZ AXES ON EXTENDED HANDLE
Aid in discussing angular momentum Read More
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A2-11: CIRCUMFERENCE VS. DIAMETER - CHAIN ON CYLINDER
Show the relationship between the diameter and the circumference of a circle Read More
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A2-12: SLATED SPHERE
Demonstrate rotation and spherical geometry Read More
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A2-13: ELLIPSE DRAWING BOARD
Demonstrate one method of drawing ellipses Read More
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A2-14: DISSECTIBLE CONE
Illustration of the conic sections Read More
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A2-15: HYPERBOLOID FROM STRAIGHT LINES
Approximate the hyperboloid Read More
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A2-16: SADDLE POINT MODEL
Illustrate the geometry of a saddle point Read More
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A2-17: CLOSED CURVES AND CAPPING SURFACES
Illustrate various complicated closed curves Read More
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A2-21: MAGNETIC VECTOR BOARD
Demonstrate properties of vectors Read More
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A2-22: MAGNETIC VECTORS - LECTURE HALL BLACKBOARDS
Demonstration of vector properties Read More
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A2-23: VECTOR PRODUCT
Illustrate the product of two vectors Read More
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A2-24: TWO-DIMENSIONAL VECTOR ALGEBRA
Illustrate aspects of vector algebra Read More
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A2-32: HEIGHT MEASUREMENT BY TRIGONOMETRY
Determine the height of a student using trigonometry
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A2-33: DIRECTION COSINES MODEL
Aid in perception of the components of a three-dimensional vector
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A2-51: PROBABILITY BOARD - PROJECTION
Demonstrates Gaussian distribution Read More
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