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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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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