ASTR 100
E2-13: SUNSPOT MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show how sunspots are darker than their surroundings due to lower temperatures.
E2-03: CRATER FORMATION MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate how a crater forms as a result of an impact or a blast from below.
N2-32: ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF GLASS
Category: N2 Line Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate absorption spectrum of glass doped with various chemicals.
N2-21: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF MERCURY - SUPERPRESSURE LAMP
Category: N2 Line Spectra
Purpose:
Show a line spectrum with superposed continuum.
G4-03: RIPPLE TANK - DOPPLER EFFECT
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Show how wave fronts crowd together in front of and spread out behind a moving source.
M1-01: LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED SINGLE SLIT
Purpose:
Demonstrate single slit diffraction.
N1-01: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate continuous spectrum
O2-22: STROBOSCOPE AND FALLING WATER
Category: O2 Visual Latency
Purpose:
Demonstrate how a stroboscope works, and illustrate persistence of vision.
O3-21: BENHAM TOP
Category: O3 Color Vision
Purpose:
Demonstrate perception of color due to periodic excitation of the eye.
P3-61: FLUORESCENT LIQUIDS
Category: P3 Atoms and Molecules
Purpose:
Show fluorescence of different chemicals.
E2-35: PLANETS - RELATIVE SIZES MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate the relative sizes of the planets
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
C5-19: ACTION AND REACTION - INSTRUCTOR AND CART
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate action-reaction pairs in a dramatic way
I5-12: ADIABATIC EXPANSION OF AIR - FOG IN BOTTLE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate adiabatic cooling of air
N1-07: VARIATION OF SPECTRUM WITH LAMP INTENSITY
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate continuous spectrum as the brightness of the source changes
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.
D5-13: FOCAULT PENDULUM - MODEL
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Model the Foucault pendulum
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
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D1-01 STROBOSCOPE AND FAN
Demonstrates rotational motion using stroboscope Read More
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D1-11: CYCLOID - LIGHT BULB ON WHEEL
Demonstrate cycloidal motion Read More
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D1-12: ADDITION OF ANGULAR VELOCITIES
Illustrate the complex motion resulting from addition of two angular velocities Read More
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D1-21: ANGULAR VELOCITY - OBERBECK CROSS
Measure the angular velocity of a rotating object Read More
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D1-30: TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Show that the instantaneous velocity of an object executing uniform circular motion is tangent to the circle Read More
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D1-31: TRAJECTORY FROM SPIRAL
Show that forces are required to create circular motion Read More
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D1-32: TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT
Show that the instantaneous velocity of an object executing uniform circular motion is tangent to the circle Read More
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D1-33 ROTATING MASS ON STRING
Illustrates centripetal force and that instantaneous velocity is tangent to the circular path Read More
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D1-34 ROTATING MASS ON SPRING
Illustrates centripetal force Read More
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D1-35 CENTRIPETAL FORCE - ROTATING MASS
Measures the required centripetal force for an object to move with uniform circular motion Read More
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D1-36: AIR TABLE - CENTRIPETAL FORCE
Show that centripetal force varies with angular velocity Read More
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D1-37 MUDSLINGER
Illustrates centripetal force and that instantaeous velocity is tangent to the circular path Read More
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D1-39: PENNY AND COAT HANGER
Demonstrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction in a dramatic way Read More
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D1-40: CENTRIPETAL FORCE ON ROTATING RUBBER BAND
Demonstrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction Read More
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D1-41 ROTATING WATER BUCKET
Demonstrates centripetal force and centrifugal reaction Read More
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D1-42: ROTATING WATER BUCKET WITH SPONGE
Illustrate centripetal force and centrifugal reaction with a trick Read More
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D1-43: INERTIAL FORCES - BALLS IN ROTATING JARS
Demonstrate inertial forces in bodies submerged in air and in water Read More
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D1-44: ACCELEROMETERS AND FRAMES OF REFERENCE
Demonstrate the direction of the acceleration in both rotational and translational coordinate systems Read More
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D1-51 BANKED CURVE MODEL
Aid in explaining banked turns Read More
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D1-52: FAIRGROUND ROTOR
Illustrate the application of rotational forces Read More
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D1-53 LOOP-THE-LOOP
Demonstrates conservation of energy in a rotating object and centripetal force Read More
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D1-55: ROTATING ELASTIC RINGS
Demonstrate "centrifugal reaction" and to indicate why the earth is oblate Read More
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D1-61: Rolling versus Sliding
Applies conservation of energy to a rolling object Read More
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D1-62: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY IN ROLLING BODY
Demonstrate conversion of gravitational potential energy into translational and rotational kinetic energy Read More
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D1-63: MAXWELL PENDULUM - LARGE
Demonstrate transformations between gravitational potential energy and rotational kinetic energy Read More
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D1-64: MAXWELL PENDULUM - SMALL
Demonstrate transformations between gravitational potential energy and rotational kinetic energy Read More
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D1-65: YO-YO
Illustrate transformation between various forms of energy and to perform yo-yo tricks Read More
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D1-81: TRICYCLE
Illustrate a tricky problem in rotational dynamics Read More
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D1-82: ROLLING FRICTION
Show the direction of the frictional force when a rolling object is accelerated Read More
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D1-83: SPOOL
Illustrate a counterintuitive problem in rotational dynamics Read More
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D1-84: SPINNING CYLINDRICAL SHELL
A counterintuitive demonstration of rotational dynamics Read More
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