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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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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