Geometrical Optics
L2-27: Infinity Mirror - Portable
Category: L2 Plane Mirrors
Purpose:
Illusion with half-silvered mirror.
L7-42: VIRTUAL IMAGE - MIRROR AND LENS
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Calculate the position of a virtual image and the verify this by using parallax.
L7-41: REAL IMAGE - MIRROR AND LENS
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Determine the location of a real image in a complex lens-mirror system.
L7-34: SLIDE PROJECTOR - DISSECTED
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Show how a slide projector works and to view its parts.
L7-33: OVERHEAD PROJECTOR - DISSECTED
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Show how an overhead projector works and to view its components.
L7-31: PRINCIPAL PLANES
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustrate principal planes of a compound lens system.
L7-25: GALILEAN TELESCOPE - TV
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustratre how a Galilean telescope works.
L7-24: TERRESTRIAL TELESCOPE - TV
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustrate how a terrestrial telescope works.
L7-23: ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE - TV
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustratre how an astronomical telescope works.
L7-21: MAGNIFYING GLASS - TV
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustratre how a magnifying glass works.
L7-15: MICROSCOPE
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Demonstrate how the optics of a microscope produces a magnified image.
L7-14: OPTICAL BOARD - REFLECTING TELESCOPE
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Illustrate rays in one type of reflecting telescope.
L7-13: OPTICAL BOARD - GALILEAN TELESCOPE
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Model the optics of a Galilean telescope.
L7-12: OPTICAL BOARD - TELEPHOTO LENS
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Ilustrate the location of the principal planes in a telephoto lens.
L7-11: OPTICAL BOARD - ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Model the optics of an astronomical telescope.
L7-05: VIDEO CAMERA WITH VARIOUS LENSES
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Demonstrate various lenses for a video camera.
L7-04: DEPTH OF FIELD AND FIELD OF VIEW
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Demonstrate depth of field as a function of aperture setting, and to demonstrate field of view as a function of zoom setting on a TV lens.
L7-03: SHUTTER SPEED OF A CAMERA
Category: L7 Optical Instruments
Purpose:
Measure the shutter speed of a camera.
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B4-01 HOOKE'S LAW
Demonstrate the linear relationship between force and stretching for a simple spring. Read More
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B4-02: HOOKE'S LAW - COMPRESSING A SPRING
Demonstrate Hooke's law for a spring under compression.
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B4-03: SPRINGS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL
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B4-04: SPRING AND STRING THING
Illustrate series and parallel springs in a counterintuitive way.
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B4-11: ELASTIC LIMIT OF RUBBER BAND
Demonstrate Hooke's law and elastic limit.
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B4-12: ELASTIC LIMIT OF SOLDER SPRING
Demonstrate the elastic limit for an inherently inelastic object.
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B4-13: ELASTIC LIMIT OF A BALLOON
Burst a balloon.
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B4-14: ELASTIC LIMIT OF WIRE
Demonstrate the variation in tensile strength with wire diameter.
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B4-21: DEFLECTION OF BEAM - OPTICAL LEVER
Demonstrate the small deflection of an aluminum beam due to weighting between supports.
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B4-31: FAILURE OF WOOD IN COMPRESSION
Demonstrate the dependence of the compressional strength of wooden dowels on their diameter and length.
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B4-32: CAN CRUSHER - WALL STABILITY
Show how a small change in the geometry of the can wall can dramatically affect its ability to support a… Read More
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B4-33: EGG CRUSHER
Show that an egg can support unexpectedly high forces due to its curved shape.
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