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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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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