ASTR 100
E2-13: SUNSPOT MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show how sunspots are darker than their surroundings due to lower temperatures.
E2-03: CRATER FORMATION MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate how a crater forms as a result of an impact or a blast from below.
N2-32: ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF GLASS
Category: N2 Line Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate absorption spectrum of glass doped with various chemicals.
N2-21: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF MERCURY - SUPERPRESSURE LAMP
Category: N2 Line Spectra
Purpose:
Show a line spectrum with superposed continuum.
G4-03: RIPPLE TANK - DOPPLER EFFECT
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Show how wave fronts crowd together in front of and spread out behind a moving source.
M1-01: LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED SINGLE SLIT
Purpose:
Demonstrate single slit diffraction.
N1-01: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate continuous spectrum
O2-22: STROBOSCOPE AND FALLING WATER
Category: O2 Visual Latency
Purpose:
Demonstrate how a stroboscope works, and illustrate persistence of vision.
O3-21: BENHAM TOP
Category: O3 Color Vision
Purpose:
Demonstrate perception of color due to periodic excitation of the eye.
P3-61: FLUORESCENT LIQUIDS
Category: P3 Atoms and Molecules
Purpose:
Show fluorescence of different chemicals.
E2-35: PLANETS - RELATIVE SIZES MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate the relative sizes of the planets
E2-21: PHASES OF THE MOON
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show the relationship between the phases of the moon and the relative earth-sun-moon positions.
I1-63: HYDROGEN EXPLOSION
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Produce a hydrogen explosion
C5-19: ACTION AND REACTION - INSTRUCTOR AND CART
Category: C5 Third Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate action-reaction pairs in a dramatic way
I5-12: ADIABATIC EXPANSION OF AIR - FOG IN BOTTLE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate adiabatic cooling of air
N1-07: VARIATION OF SPECTRUM WITH LAMP INTENSITY
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate continuous spectrum as the brightness of the source changes
N2-02: DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - THREE SOURCES - EXPENDABLE GRATINGS
Category: N2 Line Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate diffraction spectrum of white light along with line spectra of mercury and cadmium.
D5-13: FOCAULT PENDULUM - MODEL
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Model the Foucault pendulum
C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Show that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is independent of mass
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H1-01 BELL IN VACUUM
Demonstrates sound wave requirement for a medium
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H1-02 SPEAKER AND CANDLE
Demonstrates longitudinal behavior of sound waves
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H1-03: BELLS
Use bells as a sound source Read More
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H1-04: BELL IN VACUUM - PORTABLE
Small version of the standard bell in vacuum demonstration Read More
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H1-11: MICROPHONE AND OSCILLOSCOPE
Show the wave shape of various sounds Read More
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H1-12: VISIBLE WAVEFORMS ON LARGE SPEAKER
Show the loudspeaker motion produced by waves of various shapes Read More
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H1-13 WAVEFORM GENERATOR, SPEAKER AND OSCILLOSCOPE
Demonstrates waveform and sound of standard waves
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H1-21: SPEED OF SOUND - PHASE CHANGE
Determine the speed of sound Read More
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H1-22: SPEED OF SOUND - USING PULSES
Determine the speed of sound in air Read More
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H1-24: SPEED OF SOUND IN HELIUM
Determine the speed of sound as a function of gas density Read More
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H1-25: SPEED OF SOUND BETWEEN TWO MICROPHONES
Measure the speed of sound by determining the travel time of a pulse between two microphones Read More
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H1-26: SPEED OF SOUND IN GARDEN HOSE
Direct measurement of the speed of sound in air Read More
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H1-27: SPEED OF SOUND - LISSAJOUS FIGURES
Measurement of the speed of sound in air using Lissajous figures Read More
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H1-31: SOUND LEVEL METER
Demonstrate use of a sound level meter Read More
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H1-32: WAVETEK AND AUDIO CART - EQUAL SOUND LEVEL STEPS
Illustrate the effect on the ear of successive changes of exactly 10 dB Read More
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H1-41: ULTRASONIC MOTION DETECTOR
Demonstrate how an ultrasonic motion detector works Read More
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H1-43: ULTRASONICS AND HEARING
Demonstrate that there exist ultrasonic waves with frequencies above the range of human hearing Read More
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H1-44: ULTRASONIC MOTION DETECTOR WAVE FORM
Show the wave form of the ultrasonic signal created by the ultrasonic motion detector Read More
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H1-51: AUDIOTAPE 42 MIN - SCIENCE OF SOUND - SHORT VERSION
Illustrate various audio phenomena Read More
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H1-52: AUDIOTAPE 82 MIN - SCIENCE OF SOUND - LONG VERSION
Illustrate various audio phenomena Read More
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H1-53: AUDIOTAPE 8 MIN - WOMB SOUNDS
Hear heartbeats Read More
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