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.
PHYS161 Demonstrations - List
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A2-22: MAGNETIC VECTORS - LECTURE HALL BLACKBOARDS
Demonstration of vector properties Read More
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B2-32 EQUILIBRIUM OF TORQUES - LARGE
Demonstrate balanced torques Read More
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B4-01 HOOKE'S LAW
Demonstrate the linear relationship between force and stretching for a simple spring Read More
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C2-01 AIR TRACK - CONSTANT VELOCITY AND UNIFORM ACCELERATION
Demonstrate constant velocity and uniform acceleration with minimal friction Read More
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C2-06 BALL DROP ON ROPE - EQUAL AND UNEQUAL INTERVALS
Illustrate the geometrical effect of free fall Read More
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C2-11 RACING BALLS
Illustrate linear kinematics Read More
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C2-22 MONKEY AND HUNTER
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion Read More
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C3-02 INERTIA - TABLE CLOTH TRICK
Dramatically demonstrate inertia Read More
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C4-02 AIR TRACK - A eq F/M
Illustrate the experimental basis for Newton's second law of motion Read More
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C4-21 ATWOOD MACHINE
Illustrate the second law of motion. Experimentally determine the acceleration due to gravity Read More
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C5-13 WATER ROCKET
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C6-02: INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BLOCK
Demonstrates that the coefficient of static friction is greater than the coefficient of sliding friction, and determines the coefficient of… Read More
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C7-11: COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES
Demonstrates conservation of energy and conservation of linear momentum in multiple elastic collisions Read More
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C7-17 SUPERBALL
Illustrates nearly elastic collisions Read More
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C8-04 HILL TRACK
Demonstrates conservation of energy Read More
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C8-14 JUMPING CLAMP
Demonstrates mechanical potential energy transforming into kinetic energy Read More
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D1-01 STROBOSCOPE AND FAN
Demonstrates rotational motion using stroboscope 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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D1-41 ROTATING WATER BUCKET
Demonstrates centripetal force and centrifugal reaction Read More
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D1-51 BANKED CURVE MODEL
Aid in explaining banked turns 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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D2-01 RING AND DISC ON INCLINED PLANE
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object Read More
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D2-02: Miscellaneous Rolling Bodies On Inclined Plane
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object Read More
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D2-31 OBERBECK CROSS
Illustrates rotational analog of Newton's second law of motion Read More
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D3-01 MASSES SLIDING ON ROTATING CROSSARM
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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D3-05 ROTATING CHAIR AND BICYCLE WHEEL
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum Read More
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D4-03: BICYCLE WHEEL GYROSCOPE ON PIVOT
Demonstrates gyroscopic precession and nutation Read More
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F1-06 WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL
Shows that pressure is dependent on depth, not shape of container Read More
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F2-01 ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE
Demonstrates the buoyant force on a body submerged in a fluid to be equal to the weight of the displaced fluid Read More
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F2-05 BUOYANCY - BOAT AND ROCK
Illustrates buoyancy Read More
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F2-06: BUOYANCY - SINKING BOAT
Illustrates buoyancy Read More
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F5-06 BEACH BALL - COANDA EFFECT
Illustrates the Coanda effect Read More
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F5-22 VENTURI TUBE WITH PING PONG BALLS
Illustrates the venturi effect Read More
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G1-01 EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
Illustrates simple harmonic motion Read More
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G1-11 COMPARISON OF SHM AND UCM
Demonstrates the relationship between simple harmonic motion and uniform circular motion Read More
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G1-14 PENDULA WITH DIFFERENT MASSES
Demonstrates independence of a simple pendulum's period with mass of the bob Read More
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G1-33 MASSES AND SPRINGS WITH SPIDER
Compares frequencies of various mass-spring combinations Read More
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G1-52 STRINGLESS PENDULUM
Demonstrates an example of SHM Read More
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H3-61 BEAKER BREAKER
Breaks a glass beaker with sound Read More
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