Astronomy Fundamentals
E2-48: NON-TWINKLING PLANET
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate why a planet does not "twinkle" like a star.
E2-47: TWINKLING STAR
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show how air currents cause the "twinkling" of a star.
E2-43: ROTATING STAR FIELD
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show the apparent motion of the night sky.
E2-34: BASIC ORRERY (PLANETARIUM)
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Demonstrate the sun-earth-moon spatial relationship and related concepts..
E2-33: RETROGRADE MOTION
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Demonstrate the observation of another planet as seen from the earth.
E2-31: SOLAR SYSTEM MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate the approximate angular disposition of the planets around the sun.
E2-24: UMBRA AND PENUMBRA - COLOR FILTERS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Identify the source of penumbra regions.
E2-23: UMBRA AND PENUMBRA - EXTENDED SOURCE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show umbra and penumbra with an extended source, as in an eclipse.
E2-02: MEASUREMENT OF RADIUS OF EARTH
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Demonstrate how the radius of the earth can be measured using trigonometry.
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.
E2-41: TRANSPARENT CELESTIAL GLOBE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate some relationships between the earth, the sun, and certain heavenly bodies
A2-13: ELLIPSE DRAWING BOARD
Category: A2 Mathematics
Purpose:
Demonstrate one method of drawing ellipses
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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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