ASTR 100
E2-73: AUDIOTAPE 18 MIN - SOUNDS FROM SPACE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Tape of signals from several early artificial satellites.
I5-21: HEATING AIR BY COMPRESSION
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate heating air by compression.
I4-51: SUBLIMATION OF DRY ICE - PROJECTION
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate sublimation of carbon dioxide (dry ice) from a solid into a gas.
I4-17: AIR BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate dramatically that the volume of vapor is greater than the volume of the same amount of liquid.
K8-51: MICROWAVE OVEN
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Demonstrate operation and experimentation with a microwave oven.
I1-51: RUBBER AT LN TEMPERATURE
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Demonstrate how a normally elastic material at room temperature becomes rigid at very low temperatures.
I1-19: LAVA LAMP
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Demonstrate differential thermal expansion between two liquids, and to take us all back to the 1960s.
J6-03: ELECTROMAGNET WITH JUNK - WITHOUT CORE
Category: J6 Electromagnets
Purpose:
Demonstrate electromagnetism.
F2-12: HOT AIR BALLOON
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Show that hot air is less dense than cold air by operating a hot air balloon.
N3-22: SUBTRACTIVE FILTERS AND THEIR SPECTRA
Category: N3 Color
Purpose:
Compare colors and spectra of negative filters.
D1-55: ROTATING ELASTIC RINGS
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate "centrifugal reaction" and to indicate why the earth is oblate.
E2-63: EXPANDING UNIVERSE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Demonstrate the concept of the expansion of the universe.
E2-50: PULSAR MODEL - FLASHLIGHTS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate beaming pattern of pulsars and pulsed binary X-ray sources.
E2-37: PLATONIC SOLIDS AND KEPLER
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Visualize the Platonic solids and Kepler's dream for using them to explain planetary orbits.
E2-36: DENSITY STRATIFICATION - FORMATION OF PLANETS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Demonstrates how density stratification (differentiation) in interior of planets occurs.
E2-33: RETROGRADE MOTION
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Demonstrate the observation of another planet as seen from the earth.
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I5-01 MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT OF HEAT - SHOT BAG
Demonstrates that heat can be produced from mechanical work
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I5-02: TRANSFORMATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO HEAT
Demonstrate transformation of mechanical energy into heat. Read More
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I5-03: MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT OF HEAT - JOULE'S METHOD
Determine the mechanical equivalent of heat. Read More
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I5-11 ADIABATIC PROCESS - AIR PISTON WITH THERMISTOR
Demonstrates adiabatic compression and expansion of air
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I5-12: ADIABATIC EXPANSION OF AIR - FOG IN BOTTLE
Demonstrate adiabatic cooling of air Read More
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I5-15: ADIABATIC EXPANSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE
Illustrate adiabatic cooling by producing dry ice
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I5-21: HEATING AIR BY COMPRESSION
Demonstrate heating air by compression. Read More
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I5-22 FIRE SYRINGE
Demonstrates heating air by compression
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I5-31 STEAM ENGINE - STATIONARY
Working model of a steam engine
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I5-32: STIRLING ENGINE
Demonstrates a Stirling engine
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I5-33 STEAM ROLLER
Toy steam roller with real steam engine
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I5-41: ENDOTHERMIC REACTION - ENTROPY
Aid a discussion of entropy. Read More
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I5-51: SPECIFIC HEAT - ALUMINUM AND COPPER
Illustrate calorimitry and to determine experimentally the specific heats of aluminum and of copper. Read More
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I5-52: ELECTRIC CALORIMETER
Determine the equivalence between electrical energy and heat energy (the electrical equivalent of heat). Read More
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