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PHYS104
B3-03: LEVER - WRECKING BAR
Category:
B3 Simple Machines
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the mechanical advantage of a lever
D4-22: MONORAIL CAR
Category:
D4 Gyroscopes
Purpose
:
Demonstrate gyroscopic stability
H4-34: GUITAR AND OSCILLOSCOPE
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Illustrate how a guitar works
I1-63: HYDROGEN EXPLOSION
Category:
I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose
:
Produce a hydrogen explosion
C5-19: ACTION AND REACTION - INSTRUCTOR AND CART
Category:
C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Demonstrate action-reaction pairs in a dramatic way
I2-10: DEWARS - SILVERED AND UNSILVERED
Category:
I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose
:
Illustrate the function of silvering a dewar
I2-12: RADIATION FROM COLD OBJECT
Category:
I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose
:
Show radiation from a cold object
N2-02: DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - THREE SOURCES - EXPENDABLE GRATINGS
Category:
N2 Line Spectra
Purpose
:
Demonstrate diffraction spectrum of white light along with line spectra of mercury and cadmium.
C5-17: ROCKET BOTTLE
Category:
C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate the rocket principle in a dramatic way
G2-07: PSYCHOACOUSTIC VIBRATION TRANSDUCER
Category:
G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose
:
Challenge your students to recognize pseudoscience while illustrating resonance
C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Show that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is independent of mass
C5-32: SAILING UPWIND - HAIRDRYER AND SAILBOAT
Category:
C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate sailing upwind
C7-23: MEDICINE BALL AND SKATEBOARD
Category:
C7 Collisions
Purpose
:
Demonstrate large-scale collisions
D1-52: FAIRGROUND ROTOR
Category:
D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose
:
Illustrate the application of rotational forces
D1-44: ACCELEROMETERS AND FRAMES OF REFERENCE
Category:
D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the direction of the acceleration in both rotational and translational coordinate systems
I5-15: ADIABATIC EXPANSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE
Category:
I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose
:
Illustrate adiabatic cooling by producing dry ice
K8-42: RADIOWAVES - ENERGY AND DIPOLE PATTERN
Category:
K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose
:
Demonstrates transmission of energy in electromagnetic waves. Shows the radiation pattern of the dipole antenna
C2-21 PROJECTILES DROPPED AND SHOT
Category:
C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
P4-01: Radiation Monitor (Geiger Counter)
Category:
P4 Nuclei and Particles
Purpose
:
Demonstrates radioactivity, the Radiation Monitor (Geiger Counter), and some differences between alpha, beta, and gamma radiation
N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Category:
N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose
:
Demonstrates continuous spectrum
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A General Materials and Mathematics
A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
A2 Mathematics
B Statics
B1 Center of Mass Statics
B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
B3 Simple Machines
B4 Elasticity
C Kinematics and Dynamics
C1 Center of Mass Motion
C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
C3 First Law of Motion
C4 Second Law of Motion
C5 Third Law of Motion
C6 Friction
C7 Collisions
C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
D Rotational Mechanics
D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
D2 Moment of Inertia
D3 Angular Momentum
D4 Gyroscopes
D5 Rotational Esoterica
E Gravitation and Astronomy
E1 Gravitation and Orbits
E2 Astronomy
F Fluid Mechanics
F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
F2 Buoyancy
F3 Surface Tension
F4 Fluid in Motion
F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
G Vibrations and Mechanical Waves
G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
H Sound
H1 Nature of Sound
H2 Wave Properties of Sound
H3 Standing Sound Waves
H4 Music
H5 The Ear
H6 The Voice
I Thermodynamics
I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
I2 Transfer of Heat
I3 Gases
I4 Changes of State
I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
I6 Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics
I7 Solid State and Low Temperature Physics
J Electostatics and Magnetostatics
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
J2 Electrostatic Devices and Applications
J3 Electric FIelds and Potential
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
J5 Magnetostatics
J6 Electromagnets
J7 Magnetic Materials
K Electromagnetic Principles
K1 Forces on Moving Charges
K2 Electromagnetic Induction
K3 Transformers
K4 Motors and Generators
K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
K7 RLC Circuits
K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
L Geometrical Optics
L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
L2 Plane Mirrors
L3 Curved Mirrors
L4 Refraction
L5 Total Internal Reflection
L6 Lenses
L7 Optical Instruments
M Wave Optics
M1 Interference and Diffraction - Slits and Gratings
M2 Diffraction - Circular
M3 Interferometers
M4 Thin Film Interference
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
M6 Holograms
M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
M8 Optical Activity and Birefringence
M9 Circular Polarization
N Spectra and Color
N1 Continuous Spectra
N2 Line Spectra
N3 Color
O Vision
O1 Image Production
O2 Visual Latency
O3 Color Vision
O4 Optical Illusions
P Modern Physics
P1 Relativity
P2 Quantum Mechanics
P3 Atoms and Molecules
P4 Nuclei and Particles
Q Biophysics
Q1 Musculoskeletal Systems
Q2 Organs
Q3 Genetics and Molecular Biology
C7-01: AIR TRACK - ELASTIC COLLISIONS
Demonstrate conservation of energy and conservation of momentum in elastic collisions
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C7-02: AIR TRACK -INELASTIC COLLISIONS
Demonstrate conservation of momentum in elastic collisions
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C7-03: AIR TRACK - SCATTERING WITHOUT CONTACT
Show that elastic scattering can occur between two objects without actual physical contact between the objects
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C7-04: AIR TRACK - COLLISION VELOCITY MULTIPLIER
Illustrate velocity multiplication with a three-to-one mass ratio collision
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C7-11: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES
Demonstrates conservation of energy and conservation of linear momentum in multiple elastic collisions
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C7-12: COLLISION OF BALLS - ONE LIGHTER MASS
Show what happens when one mass in a collision ball set is different from the others
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C7-13: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - GRADUATED MASSES
Demonstrate how the velocity is multiplied by a sequence of collisions between balls of decreasing mass
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C7-14: COLLISIONS OF BALLS WITH FLOOR
Illustrate collisions of different balls with the floor
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C7-15 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - 3 TO 1 MASS RATIO
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls
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C7-16: HAPPY AND UNHAPPY BALLS
Illustrate coefficient of restitution
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C7-17 SUPERBALL
Illustrates nearly elastic collisions
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C7-18 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - ASTROBLASTER
Shows velocity multiplication in colliding balls
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C7-19: GAUSSIAN GUN
Demonstrate transfer of energy in an elastic collision
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C7-21: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM - COLLISION AND PROJECTILE
Illustrate conservation of momentum and conservation of energy
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C7-23: MEDICINE BALL AND SKATEBOARD
Demonstrate large-scale collisions
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C7-24: SILLY PUTTY
Show collisions with an unusual material
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C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision
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C7-26: BOUNCING PUTTY AND NON-BOUNCING SUPERBALL
Show unusual collisions
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C7-42: AIR TABLE - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Qualitatively demonstrate elastic and inelastic two-dimensional collisions
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C7-43: AIR TABLE - SMALL - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Demonstrate collisions of pucks on an air table in rooms not accessible by the large air table
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C7-44: COLLISIONS - HOVERPUCKS
Demonstrate two-dimensional collisions
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C7-51: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - PELLET GUN
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using a ballistic pendulum
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C7-52: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - LABORATORY MODEL
Demonstrate operation of the standard laboratory type ballistic pendulum
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C7-53: AIR TRACK - SPEED OF AIR GUN PELLET
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using conservation of momentum in an inelastic collision
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