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.
PHYS171 Demonstrations - List
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B1-06: Double Cone - Large
Demonstrate a center-of-mass paradox 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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C2-26 FUNNEL CART WITH MASS OVER PULLEY
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion Read More
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C2-27 FUNNEL CART ON INCLINE
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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C3-03 INERTIA - MASSES HANGING IN SERIES
Dramatically demonstrate inertia 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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C4-52 WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN CUP ON POLE
Illustrate apparent weightlessness in free fall Read More
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C5-02 SPRING AND PULLEY PARADOX
Show that the action-reaction pairs have equal magnitude Read More
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C5-13 WATER ROCKET
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C5-14 ROCKET TRIKE
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C5-18 FAN CART
Demonstrate Newton's third law of motion Read More
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C6-01 INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BOX AND WEIGHTS
Shows that the coefficient of friction does not depend upon the mass of the object although the frictional force does 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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C7-15 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - 3 TO 1 MASS RATIO
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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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C8-11 INTERNAL VS. EXTERNAL ENERGY - SPRING-COUPLED SUPERBALLS
Shows that when energy disappears from the center of mass motion it may be converted into internal energy Read More
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C8-14 JUMPING CLAMP
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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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D1-51 BANKED CURVE MODEL
Aid in explaining banked turns 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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D2-02: Miscellaneous Rolling Bodies On Inclined Plane
Demonstrates effect of rotational inertia on acceleration of an object Read More
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D3-01 MASSES SLIDING ON ROTATING CROSSARM
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum Read More
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D3-02: 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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D3-05 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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D5-01 TIPPE TOP
Gyroscopic effect examples Read More
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E1-11: POTENTIAL WELL -MODEL
Demonstrates motion of planets or satellites in an inverse square gravitational field Read More
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F1-01 FLUID PRESSURE VS. DEPTH
Demonstrates that fluid pressure increases linearly with depth and is isotropic Read More
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F1-06 WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL
Demonstrate that pressure is dependent only on depth, and not on the shape of the container Read More
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F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid Read More
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F5-09 HAIRDRYER AND PING PONG BALL - COANDA EFFECT
Demonstrate levitation by an air stream Read More
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F5-21 VENTURI TUBE WITH MANOMETERS
Illustrates the venturi 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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G3-28 SUSPENDED SLINKY
Shows longitudinal and transverse traveling waves & standing waves Read More
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I1-11 THERMAL EXPANSION - BALL AND HOLE
Illustrate thermal expansion in a paradoxical way Read More
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