ASTR101
N1-01: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate continuous spectrum
P3-62: FLUORESCENT CHALK
Category: P3 Atoms and Molecules
Purpose:
Demonstrate fluorescence in different materials.
P3-61: FLUORESCENT LIQUIDS
Category: P3 Atoms and Molecules
Purpose:
Show fluorescence of different chemicals.
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
I4-12: BOILING WATER BY PUMPING
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate water boiling under reduced pressure.
E2-41: TRANSPARENT CELESTIAL GLOBE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate some relationships between the earth, the sun, and certain heavenly bodies
E2-32: EPICYCLE MODEL - PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM OF PLANETS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate the epicycle nature of Ptolemy's model of the solar system
A2-13: ELLIPSE DRAWING BOARD
Category: A2 Mathematics
Purpose:
Demonstrate one method of drawing ellipses
A1-03: DENSITY - VARIOUS BRICKS
Category: A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose:
Demonstrate the concept of density
C3-04: INERTIA - LEAD BRICK AND HAND
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrates inertia of rest
N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrates continuous spectrum
M7-31 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
Category: M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
Purpose:
Colloidal sunset demonstration
L4-23 BENDING OF LASER BEAM IN SUGAR SOLUTION
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a medium with a continually varying index of refraction
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Shows the relationship between the electric and magnetic field vectors in a plane-polarized traveling electromagnetic wave
K2-62 CAN SMASHER - ELECTROMAGNETIC
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Blasts a soda can into two pieces using electromagnetism
J1-24 ELECTROSTATIC HAIR RAISING
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
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C5-01: NEWTON'S THIRD LAW - STATIC DYNAMOMETERS
Demonstrate action-reaction in the static case
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C5-02 SPRING AND PULLEY PARADOX
Show that the action-reaction pairs have equal magnitude Read More
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C5-11: AIR TRACK - ACTION-REACTION PAIRS
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
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C5-12: BALLISTIC CANNON CARTS
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
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C5-13 WATER ROCKET
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C5-14 ROCKET TRIKE
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C5-15: REACTION FORCE ON AIR BLOWER
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion
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C5-16: HERO'S ENGINE
Demonstrate action and reaction in a rotational system.
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C5-17: ROCKET BOTTLE
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C5-18 FAN CART
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C5-19: ACTION AND REACTION - INSTRUCTOR AND CART
Demonstrate action-reaction pairs in a dramatic way Read More
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C5-20: PUTT PUTT STEAM BOAT
Demonstrate action-reaction using an intriguing device.
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C5-31: AIR TRACK - SAILING UPWIND
Illustrate sailing upwind Read More
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C5-32: SAILING UPWIND - HAIRDRYER AND SAILBOAT
Illustrate sailing upwind Read More
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C5-41: HOURGLASS PROBLEM
Demonstrate the solution to the famous "hourglass problem," or Galileo's water bucket
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C5-51: BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPHY
Demonstrate the science of ballistocardiography
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