ASTR101
N1-01: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate continuous spectrum
P3-62: FLUORESCENT CHALK
Category: P3 Atoms and Molecules
Purpose:
Demonstrate fluorescence in different materials.
P3-61: FLUORESCENT LIQUIDS
Category: P3 Atoms and Molecules
Purpose:
Show fluorescence of different chemicals.
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
I4-12: BOILING WATER BY PUMPING
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate water boiling under reduced pressure.
E2-41: TRANSPARENT CELESTIAL GLOBE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate some relationships between the earth, the sun, and certain heavenly bodies
E2-32: EPICYCLE MODEL - PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM OF PLANETS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate the epicycle nature of Ptolemy's model of the solar system
A2-13: ELLIPSE DRAWING BOARD
Category: A2 Mathematics
Purpose:
Demonstrate one method of drawing ellipses
A1-03: DENSITY - VARIOUS BRICKS
Category: A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
Purpose:
Demonstrate the concept of density
C3-04: INERTIA - LEAD BRICK AND HAND
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrates inertia of rest
N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrates continuous spectrum
M7-31 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
Category: M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
Purpose:
Colloidal sunset demonstration
L4-23 BENDING OF LASER BEAM IN SUGAR SOLUTION
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a medium with a continually varying index of refraction
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Shows the relationship between the electric and magnetic field vectors in a plane-polarized traveling electromagnetic wave
K2-62 CAN SMASHER - ELECTROMAGNETIC
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Blasts a soda can into two pieces using electromagnetism
J1-24 ELECTROSTATIC HAIR RAISING
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
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H2-01: FOCUSING OF SOUND WITH CONCAVE REFLECTORS
Demonstrate how sound waves can be focused by concave reflectors. Read More
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H2-02: PARABOLIC MICROPHONE
Show what a parabolic microphone is and to demonstrate its sensitivity individually. Read More
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H2-03: ACOUSTIC RADAR
Illustrate how RADAR and SONAR work Read More
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H2-11: SOUND LENS
Demonstrate focusing of sound by refraction in a sound lens Read More
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H2-21 AUDIBLE YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT - GROUP LISTENING
Demonstrates interference of sound waves with two coherent sources
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H2-22: INTERFERENCE - TRANSPARENCIES
An optical analog to the interference pattern from two identical sound sources. Read More
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H2-24: AUDIBLE YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT - MIC AND SCOPE
Demonstrate interference of sound with two coherent sound sources in a quantitative way. Read More
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H2-25: QUINCKE'S INTERFERENCE TUBES
Demonstrate interference of sound waves in a perhaps surprising way. Read More
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H2-26: PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS - MUSIC
Demonstrate interference of sound in a dramatic way. Read More
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H2-27: PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS - OSCILLATOR
Dramatically demonstrate interference between two identical sources. Read More
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H2-28: FOURIER SYNTHESIZER - ADDITION OF WAVES
Demonstrate addition of two sine waves with variable phase difference. Read More
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H2-31: ACOUSTIC COLLIMATOR
Demonstrate the effect of frequency on diffraction of sound. Read More
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H2-32: SPEAKER WITH BAFFLE
Demonstrates diffraction and interference of sound waves
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H2-33: SPEAKER AND EXPONENTIAL HORN
Demonstrate the effect of an exponential horn enclosure. Read More
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H2-41 DOPPLER BALL
Demonstrates Doppler effect
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H2-42 DOPPLER EFFECT - TUNING FORK ON STRING
Demonstrates Doppler effect
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H2-51 BEATS - AUDIO OSCILLATORS, SPEAKER & OSCILLOSCOPE
Hear audio beats and see their wave forms on an oscilloscope
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H2-52: BEATS AND RESONANCE - TUNING BARS
Demonstrate beats, and to demonstrate resonance between two identical tuning bar resonators. Read More
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H2-53 BEATS - AUDIO OSCILLATORS AND SPEAKERS
Hear beats
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H2-54: BEATS - MOIRE PATTERN MODEL
Model for beats between mistuned audio oscillators. Read More
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H2-55: BEATS AND RESONANCE - TUNING BOXES
Illustrate beats and resonance. Read More
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