PHYS104
I3-33 HELIUM BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Demonstrates how a gas contracts when cooled
I2-22 THERMODYNAMICS BY TOUCH
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
Demonstrates that touching a material tells something about its conductivity, not necessarily its temperature
I2-21 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY IN METALS
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
Demonstrates thermal conductivity in various metals
I2-06 THERMOPILE WITH AUDIO OSCILLATOR
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
Observe infrared radiation
H3-24 OPEN AND CLOSED PIPES
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrates open and closed tube standing resonances
H3-14 TWIRL-A-TUNE
Category: H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose:
Demonstrates standing wave resonances in an open tube
H1-13 WAVEFORM GENERATOR, SPEAKER AND OSCILLOSCOPE
Category: H1 Nature of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrates waveform and sound of standard waves
H1-02 SPEAKER AND CANDLE
Category: H1 Nature of Sound
Purpose:
Demontrates longitudinal behavior of sound waves
H1-01 BELL IN VACUUM
Category: H1 Nature of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrates sound wave requirement for a medium
G3-51 ROPE WAVE GENERATOR - FREQUENCY VS. WAVELENGTH
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Shows the relationship between frequency and wavelength for fixed tension cord
G3-28 SUSPENDED SLINKY
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Shows longitudinal and transverse traveling waves & standing waves
G3-21 TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrates traveling waves
G2-21 COUPLED PENDULA
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Demonstrates coupling of motion between two pendula of the same length
G1-33 MASSES AND SPRINGS WITH SPIDER
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Compares frequencies of various mass-spring combinations
G1-15 PENDULA WITH 4 TO 1 LENGTH RATIO
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Shows that period of a simple pendulum is proportional to the square root of its length
G1-14 PENDULA WITH DIFFERENT MASSES
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrates independence of a simple pendulum's period with mass of the bob.
G1-01 EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrates simple harmonic motion
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C4-01: AIR TRACK - NEWTON'S SECOND LAW
Demonstrate F = ma Read More
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C4-02 AIR TRACK - A eq F/M
Illustrate the experimental basis for Newton's second law of motion Read More
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C4-03: ACCELERATION BY ITERATED BLOWS
Illustrate the numerical technique by which a computer carries out integration of the equation a = F/m Read More
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C4-11: ACCELEROMETER - BALL IN WATER
Demonstrate the direction of acceleration for both linear and circular cases Read More
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C4-12: ACCELEROMETER ON INCLINED PLANE
Illustrate the behavior of a liquid accelerometer accelerating down an inclined plane Read More
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C4-13: ACCELEROMETER ON ROTATOR
Show that the surface of a rotating liquid assumes a parabolic shape Read More
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C4-14: AIR TRACK - ACCELEROMETER
Demonstrate the behavior of a liquid accelerometer Read More
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C4-15: HELIUM BALLOON IN ACCELERATED BOX
Illustrate the affect of density on acceleration in a counterintuitive way Read More
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C4-21 ATWOOD MACHINE
Illustrate the second law of motion. Experimentally determine the acceleration due to gravity Read More
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C4-22: HORIZONTAL ATWOOD MACHINE
Demonstrate the Horizontal Atwood Machine quantitatively Read More
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C4-23: ATWOOD MACHINE WITH HEAVY PULLEY
Illustrate the effect of a heavy pulley on the Atwood Machine Read More
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C4-31: AIR TRACK - THE ACCELERATION OF GRAVITY
Experimentally determine the acceleration of gravity Read More
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C4-32: FREE FALL IN VACUUM - DISK AND FEATHER
Demonstrate that bodies of extremely different densities fall with equal acceleration in the absence of air friction Read More
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C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL
Show that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is independent of mass Read More
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C4-41: TERMINAL VELOCITY - BOTTLE IN TUBE
An easily observable terminal velocity experiment Read More
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C4-42: TERMINAL VELOCITY - FEATHER
Illustrate terminal velocity Read More
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C4-43: TERMINAL VELOCITY - STACKED COFFEE FILTERS
Illustrate terminal velocity quantitatively Read More
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C4-51: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN BEAKER
Demonstrate weightlessness in free fall Read More
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C4-52 WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN CUP ON POLE
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall Read More
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C4-53 WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS ON SPRING
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall Read More
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C4-54: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MAGNET AND KEEPER
Illustrate weightlessness in free fall Read More
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C4-61: ACCELERATION ON A SCALE
Illustrate forces in an accelerating system Read More
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C4-62 DROPPED SLINKY
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall Read More
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