PiP Feb 2015
I2-28: WATER BALLOON AND CANDLE
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
To demonstrate the transfer of heat by water
I4-17: AIR BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate dramatically that the volume of vapor is greater than the volume of the same amount of liquid.
I4-16: DRINKING BIRD
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Stimulate thought about heat exchange and liquid-vapor phase transitions.
I4-14: CHANGE OF STATE WITH BANG
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate that the volume of a gas is much greater than the volume of the same amount of liquid.
I2-44: CONVECTION - CANDLE IN CYLINDER
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
Demonstrate the mechanism of convection.
I1-18: BIMETALLIC STRIP THERMOMETERS
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Allow students to see how bimetallic strips are used in thermometers and thermostats.
I1-17: THERMOSTAT - MODEL
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Model of use of a bimetal strip in a thermostat.
L3-18: FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Illustrate focusing of heat in a very dramatic way.
I1-63: HYDROGEN EXPLOSION
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Produce a hydrogen explosion
C5-17: ROCKET BOTTLE
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate the rocket principle in a dramatic way
L3-14 LARGE CONCAVE MIRROR (60cm)
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Shows types of images from a concave mirror
I5-22 FIRE SYRINGE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates heating air by compression
I4-15 CONDENSATION OF STEAM - GALLON CAN COLLAPSE
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Illustrates forces produced by the pressure drop when steam condenses into water
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
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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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