ASTR 100
E2-41: TRANSPARENT CELESTIAL GLOBE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate some relationships between the earth, the sun, and certain heavenly bodies
A2-13: ELLIPSE DRAWING BOARD
Category: A2 Mathematics
Purpose:
Demonstrate one method of drawing ellipses
I5-15: ADIABATIC EXPANSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate adiabatic cooling by producing dry ice
C3-04: INERTIA - LEAD BRICK AND HAND
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrates inertia of rest
N3-02 ADDITIVE COLOR MIXING - PROJECTORS
Category: N3 Color
Purpose:
Demonstrates additive color mixing of light
N2-05 DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - MISCELLANEOUS TUBES
Category: N2 Line Spectra
Purpose:
Shows several atomic and molecular line spectra
N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrates continuous spectrum
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
J5-01 MAGNETIC FIELD OF A BAR MAGNET
Category: J5 Magnetostatics
Purpose:
Visualize the magnetic field around a bar magnet
J1-26 VAN DE GRAAFF - REPULSION OF PIE PANS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-24 ELECTROSTATIC HAIR RAISING
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-06: FUN-FLY-STICK
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic fundamentals
I6-01 GAS PRESSURE - MODEL
Purpose:
Illustrates the molecular nature of gas pressure
I5-22 FIRE SYRINGE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates heating air by compression
I2-04 WIEN'S LAW OF THERMAL RADIATION
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
Shows that higher temperature blackbodies radiate with shorter wavelengths
H2-42 DOPPLER EFFECT - TUNING FORK ON STRING
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrates Doppler effect
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D3-01 MASSES SLIDING ON ROTATING CROSSARM
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum Read More
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D3-02: MASS ON STRING - ORBITS WITH VARYING RADIUS
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum Read More
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D3-03 ROTATING CHAIR AND WEIGHTS
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum Read More
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D3-04: ROTATING STOOL AND WEIGHTS
Demonstrate conservation of angular momentum. Read More
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D3-05 ROTATING CHAIR AND BICYCLE WHEEL
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum Read More
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D3-06: ROTATING CHAIR - HELICOPTER MODEL
Demonstrate conservation of angular momentum
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D3-07: ROTATING PLATFORM
Demonstrate rotational kinematics and inertia. Read More
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D3-12: SWING MODEL
Model the pumping of a swing using conservation of angular momentum. Read More
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D3-21: INVERSE SPRINKLER - GLASS MODEL
This is a non-working sprinkler that was used for data in an American Journal of Physics paper. Read More
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D3-22: INVERSE SPRINKLER - METAL MODEL
Demonstrate the Feynman inverse sprinkler effect. Read More
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D3-31: AIR TABLE - TETHERBALL
Show qualitatively an example of non-conservation of angular momentum. Read More
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D3-32: KEYWHIP
Demonstrate angular momentum conservation in a surprising way. Read More
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D3-33: Centripetal Acceleration - Rotating Ball and Brick
Illustrate centripetal force and its relationship to velocity and radius. Read More
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D3-41: AIR TABLE - RECTANGULAR PUCK COLLISIONS
Qualitatively show conservation of angular momentum in collisions of a circular puck with a rectangular puck. Read More
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