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C2-21 PROJECTILES DROPPED AND SHOT
Category: C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
Purpose:
Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
C3-04: INERTIA - LEAD BRICK AND HAND
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrates inertia of rest
P1-02: LOCAL INERTIAL FRAME OF REFERENCE
Category: P1 Relativity
Purpose:
Illustrates an inertial frame of reference
I6-23 DIFFUSION - FOOD COLOR IN WATER
Purpose:
Demonstrates diffusion
I6-03 EQUIPARTITION OF ENERGY
Purpose:
Demonstrates equipartition of energy
I1-11 THERMAL EXPANSION - BALL AND HOLE
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Illustrates thermal expansion
G3-28 SUSPENDED SLINKY
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Shows longitudinal and transverse traveling waves & standing waves
F5-22 VENTURI TUBE WITH PING PONG BALLS
Category: F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
Purpose:
Illustrates the venturi effect.
F5-21 VENTURI TUBE WITH MANOMETERS
Category: F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
Purpose:
Illustrates the venturi effect
F5-09 HAIRDRYER AND PING PONG BALL - COANDA EFFECT
Category: F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
Purpose:
Illustrates levitation by an air stream
F2-21 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrates the reaction force using a liquid.
F1-06 WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Shows that pressure is dependent on depth, not shape of container
F1-01 FLUID PRESSURE VS. DEPTH
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrates that fluid pressure increases linearly with depth and is isotropic.
E1-11: POTENTIAL WELL -MODEL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Demonstrates motion of planets or satellites in an inverse square gravitational field
D4-03: BICYCLE WHEEL GYROSCOPE ON PIVOT
Category: D4 Gyroscopes
Purpose:
Demonstrates gyroscopic precession and nutation
D3-05 ROTATING CHAIR AND BICYCLE WHEEL
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D3-03 ROTATING CHAIR AND WEIGHTS
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D3-02: MASS ON STRING - ORBITS WITH VARYING RADIUS
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
D3-01 MASSES SLIDING ON ROTATING CROSSARM
Category: D3 Angular Momentum
Purpose:
Illustrates conservation of angular momentum
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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… Read More
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F2-02: CARTESIAN DIVER
Demonstrate a variety of fluid mechanics phenomena, including the compressibility of a gas, the incompressibility of water, Boyle's law, Pascal's… Read More
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F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Demonstrate explicitly how a Cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the… Read More
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F2-04: BUOYANCY - SPHERE AND WATER
Challenge the students' thinking about the buoyant force by considering the question: "Will a round object, without a flat top… Read More
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F2-05 BUOYANCY - BOAT AND ROCK
Illustrates buoyancy
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F2-06: BUOYANCY - SINKING BOAT
Illustrates buoyancy Read More
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F2-07: BUOYANCY - PEPSI AND DIET PEPSI
Show the difference in density between soft drinks with and without sugar. Read More
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F2-08: BUOYANCY - BATTLESHIP IN BATHTUB
Illustrate Archimedes' Law in a counterintuitive manner. Read More
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F2-10: BUOYANT BUBBLES
Demonstrate buoyancy and diffusion in an interesting way. Read More
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F2-11: HYDROMETER
Measure the density of a liquid. Read More
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F2-12: HOT AIR BALLOON
Show that hot air is less dense than cold air by operating a hot air balloon. Read More
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F2-13: BOUYANCY - EXPANDING BALLOON CONUNDRUM
Conundrum involving weight of an expanding balloon. 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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F2-22: BUOYANCY PARADOX - ACCELERATED FRAME
Illustrate dramatically the concept of buoyancy. Read More
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F2-23: BUOYANCY PARADOX - INVERTED BLOCK
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-24: ACCELERATED BUOYANT BALL
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-25: BALANCE PARADOX - BUOYANCY WITH CROSSOVER
Present buoyancy in a paradoxical way. Read More
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F2-26: BUOYANCY PARADOX - BALL IN TWO LIQUIDS
Demonstrate buoyancy with a counterintuitive element. Read More
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F2-27: Buoyancy Paradox - Two Spheres
Buoyancy of two spheres on a balance Read More
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F2-31: BUOYANT BALLS IN BEANS
Illustrate buoyancy in a surprising way. Read More
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F2-32: FLOATING SQUARE BAR
Illustrate buoyancy and the orientation in which a long square bar floats in a very dramatic way. Read More
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F2-41: DENSITY - SLOPE OF MASS VS VOLUME GRAPH
Determine the density of water. Read More
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