Below are a sample some popular demonstrations used in a particular class. Consider using these in your classes, or learn more about a demo you saw while taking that class.
PHYS106 Demonstrations - List
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E2-22 UMBRA AND PENUMBRA
Illustrates shadow umbra and penumbra Read More
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G1-01 EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
Illustrates simple harmonic motion Read More
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G2-01 MASS ON SPRING - HAND HELD
Demonstrates resonance and phase shift at resonance Read More
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G3-01 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TRAVELING WAVES
Demonstrates traveling waves Read More
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G3-21 TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING
Demonstrates traveling waves Read More
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G3-28 SUSPENDED SLINKY
Shows longitudinal and transverse traveling waves & standing waves Read More
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H1-01 BELL IN VACUUM
Demonstrates sound wave requirement for a medium Read More
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H2-21 AUDIBLE YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT - GROUP LISTENING
Demonstrates interference of sound waves with two coherent sources Read More
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H2-32: SPEAKER WITH BAFFLE
Demonstrates diffraction and interference of sound waves Read More
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H3-61 BEAKER BREAKER
Breaks a glass beaker with sound Read More
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I2-04 WIEN'S LAW OF THERMAL RADIATION
Shows that higher temperature blackbodies radiate with shorter wavelengths Read More
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I4-31 ICE BOMB
Demonstrates forces created by freezing water Read More
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I5-11 ADIABATIC PROCESS - AIR PISTON WITH THERMISTOR
Demonstrates adiabatic compression and expansion of air Read More
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K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
Shows the relationship between the electric and magnetic field vectors in a plane-polarized traveling electromagnetic wave Read More
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L2-05 PERVERTED IMAGE - AXES IN MIRROR
Counterintuitive investigation of the nature of the image of a plane mirror Read More
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L2-06 MAGIC TRICK - DISAPPEARING RABBIT
Magic trick using a plane mirror Read More
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L3-03 LARGE CONVEX MIRROR (60cm)
To show the image of a convex mirror Read More
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L3-16 FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES BY MIRRORS
To demonstrate that concave mirrors can focus heat waves Read More
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L3-19 PENNY AND PARABOLIC MIRRORS
Classic illusion of penny levitating above a pair of parabolic concave mirrors Read More
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L3-31 GIANT 160cm MIRROR - CONCAVE AND CONVEX
Dramatic demonstration of images of concave and convex mirrors Read More
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L4-01 OPTICAL BOARD - RECTANGULAR SLAB
Demonstrates refraction. Shows displacement of rays in a uniform slab of glass Read More
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L4-02 REFRACTION - BEER MUG IN WATER
Illustrates refraction Read More
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L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Demonstrates how a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle Read More
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L4-31 DISAPPEARANCE OF GLASS IN LIQUID
Demonstrates how index of refraction affects what we see in a fluid bath Read More
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L5-11 LASER WATERFALL
To demonstrate total internal reflection of a laser beam in a water jet Read More
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L5-12 PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL
To demonstrate total internal reflection Read More
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L5-23 FIBER OPTICS TREE
Artistic application of fiber optics Read More
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L6-12 MAGNIFYING LENS IN WATER
Shows that focal properties of a lens depend on the medium in which the lens is located Read More
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M1-11 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED DOUBLE SLITS
Demonstrates double slit interference Read More
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M2-01 LASER DIFFRACTION - PINHOLES
Demonstrates laser diffraction by pinholes Read More
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M3-01 MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER - LASER LIGHT
Shows laser light fringes using a Michelson interferometer Read More
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M7-03 TWO POLAROIDS AND LIGHT SOURCE
Demonstrates polarization of light Read More
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M7-31 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
Colloidal sunset demonstration Read More
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M8-01 POLAROIDS AND KARO SYRUP
Demonstration of an optical cavity Read More
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N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Demonstrates continuous spectrum Read More
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N3-02 ADDITIVE COLOR MIXING - PROJECTORS
Demonstrates additive color mixing of light Read More
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O1-01: EYE MODEL - OPTICS
Demonstrate the optics of the eye and corrections of optical defects Read More
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O2-03: PERSISTENCE OF VISION - MAGIC WAND
Demonstrate persistence of vision in a neat way Read More
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O2-11 PULFRICH PENDULUM
Demonstrate visual latency and the Pulfrich phenomenon in a very dramatic way Read More
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O3-22 BIDWELL'S DISC
Demonstrates positive and negative color afterimages Read More
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