PHYS131
A1-31: VOLUME MEASURE DEMONSTRATION
Category: A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose:
Illustrate metric volume units
A1-03: DENSITY - VARIOUS BRICKS
Category: A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose:
Demonstrate the concept of density
F3-11: SURFACE TENSION - CAPILLARY TUBES
Category: F3 Surface Tension
Purpose:
Demonstrate surface tension in capillary tubes
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
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
J1-21 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - CHARGED CYLINDERS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic attraction and repulsion
J1-11 ELECTROPHORUS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates an electrophorus
J1-06: FUN-FLY-STICK
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic fundamentals
J1-01 TRIBOELECTRICITY - CHARGING BY FRICTION
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates "charging by friction"
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
I2-22 THERMODYNAMICS BY TOUCH
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
Demonstrates that touching a material tells something about its conductivity, not necessarily its temperature
G1-60 CHAOS - TWO BIFILAR PENDULA
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrates chaotic motion
G1-52 STRINGLESS PENDULUM
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrates an example of SHM
F2-01 ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrates the buoyant force on a body submerged in a fluid to be equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
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
E1-11: POTENTIAL WELL -MODEL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Demonstrates motion of planets or satellites in an inverse square gravitational field
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F4-01: VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS
Compare the viscosities of water and mineral oil. Read More
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F4-02: VISCOSITY OF AIR
Demonstrate that air is viscous. Read More
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F4-04: SILLY PUTTY
Demonstrate a non-Newtonian fluid. Read More
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F4-05: PARACHUTE TOY
Demonstrate how a parachute quickly reaches its terminal velocity. Read More
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F4-11: LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW OF AIR
Demonstrate laminar and turbulent flow. Read More
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F4-12: UNMIXING - GLYCERIN AND DYE
Illustrate laminar flow by "unmixing" two fluids
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F4-13: FLUID FLOW MODEL
For use as a model in developing equations for fluid flow. Read More
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F4-14: WIND TUNNEL
Show air flow around different objects. Read More
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F4-21: LIQUID IN SPINNING SPHERE
Show the behavior of a liquid when subjected to a centripetal force. Read More
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F4-22: SPINNING WATER BUCKET
Illustrate the reaction force on spinning water and the shape of the water surface. Read More
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F4-23: WATER PENDULUM
Show the surface of a container of water in a swinging pendulum. Read More
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F4-25: CYCLONE IN A BOTTLE
Illustrate vorticity in a perhaps tricky way. Read More
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F4-31: SIPHON
Illustrate how a siphon works. Read More
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F4-32: SIPHON - CHAIN MODEL
Illustrate how a siphon works. Read More
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F4-33: PYTHAGOREAN CUP
Demonstrate the siphon in a surprising way. Read More
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F4-34: SIPHON BALANCE
Demonstrate properties of the siphon using a counterintuitive example. Read More
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F4-41: DRUM AND CANDLE
Demonstrate the circular vortex. Read More
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F4-42: SMOKE RINGS USING GARBAGE CAN
Create large smoke rings and illustrate the circular vortex. Read More
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F4-51: VACUUM PUMP MODEL
Illustrate how a mechanical vacuum pump works. Read More
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F4-52: FORCE PUMP - MODEL
Demonstrate the operation of a force pump. Read More
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F4-53: ARCHIMEDES' SCREW
Demonstrate a pump mechanism invented by Archimedes. Read More
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F4-61: HERO'S FOUNTAIN
Illustrate fluid dynamics in a perhaps surprising way. Read More
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F4-63: MARIOTTE'S BOTTLE
Show the range of water jets from different heights along a water column. Read More
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