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Newton's Second Law
I2-42: FALLING CANDLE
Category:
I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose
:
Demonstrate how a flame burns in the absence of normal convection.
G1-36: MASS ON SPRING WITH FORCE MEASUREMENT
Category:
G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose
:
Display the time dependence of the force of a mass oscillating on a spring.
G1-18: PENDULUM WITH FORCE SCALE
Category:
G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose
:
Show the tension in the string exerted by a swinging pendulum.
C4-61: ACCELERATION ON A SCALE
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate forces in an accelerating system.
C4-54: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MAGNET AND KEEPER
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate weightlessness in free fall.
C4-51: WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN BEAKER
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Demonstrate weightlessness in free fall.
C4-43: TERMINAL VELOCITY - STACKED COFFEE FILTERS
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate terminal velocity quantitatively.
C4-42: TERMINAL VELOCITY - FEATHER
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate terminal velocity.
C4-41: TERMINAL VELOCITY - BOTTLE IN TUBE
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
An easily observable terminal velocity experiment.
C4-32: FREE FALL IN VACUUM - DISK AND FEATHER
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Demonstrate that bodies of extremely different densities fall with equal acceleration in the absence of air friction.
C4-31: AIR TRACK - THE ACCELERATION OF GRAVITY
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Experimentally determine the acceleration of gravity.
C4-23: ATWOOD MACHINE WITH HEAVY PULLEY
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate the affect of a heavy pulley on the Atwood Machine.
C4-22: HORIZONTAL ATWOOD MACHINE
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the Horizontal Atwood Machine quantitatively.
C4-15: HELIUM BALLOON IN ACCELERATED BOX
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate the affect of density on acceleration in a counterintuitive way.
C4-14: AIR TRACK - ACCELEROMETER
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the behavior of a liquid accelerometer.
C4-13: ACCELEROMETER ON ROTATOR
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Show that the surface of a rotating liquid assumes a parabolic shape.
C4-12: ACCELEROMETER ON INCLINED PLANE
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate the behavior of a liquid accelerometer accelerating down an inclined plane.
C4-11: ACCELEROMETER - BALL IN WATER
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the direction of acceleration for both linear and circular cases.
C4-03: ACCELERATION BY ITERATED BLOWS
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Illustrate the numerical technique by which a computer carries out integration of the equation a = F/m.
C4-01: AIR TRACK - NEWTON'S SECOND LAW
Category:
C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose
:
Demonstrate F = ma.
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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
D2-01 RING AND DISC ON INCLINED PLANE
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object
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D2-02: Miscellaneous Rolling Bodies On Inclined Plane
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object
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D2-03: CANS ON INCLINED PLANE - WITH AND WITHOUT WATER
Illustrate the effect of moment of inertia on rolling acceleration.
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D2-04: MOMENT OF INERTIA RODS
Demonstrate dynamic effects of the center of mass and moment of inertia
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D2-05: DUMBBELL - VARIABLE MOMENT OF INERTIA
Demonstrate the effect of moment of inertia.
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D2-11: HINGED STICK AND FALLING BALL
Application of the rotational analog of Newton's second law.
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D2-12: TOPPLING CHIMNEY
Demonstrate how a toppling chimney breaks up.
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D2-13: RACING PENDULA
Illustrate in a counter-intuitive way the effect of moment of inertia on rotational acceleration.
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D2-21: CENTER OF PERCUSSION - BAT AND MALLET
Demonstrate the center of percussion using a baseball bat.
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D2-31 OBERBECK CROSS
Illustrates rotational analog of Newton's second law of motion
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D2-32: AIR TABLE - LINEAR AND ANGULAR ACCEL OF A DISC
Illustrate the accelerating disc problem.
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D2-41: MOMENTS OF INERTIA ABOUT THREE PRINCIPAL AXES
Illustrate the three principal axes of a thin aluminum plate.
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D2-42: MOMENT OF INERTIA -TORSIONAL CHAIR AND BOARD
Demonstrate moment of inertia using the torsional chair.
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D2-43: MOMENT OF INERTIA - TORSIONAL CHAIR AND WEIGHTS
Demonstrate the effect of moment of inertia.
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D2-51: BICYCLE WHEEL PENDULUM
Demonstrate the Parallel Axis Theorem.
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