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PHYS260


G3-02: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES

Purpose: Demonstrate constructive and destructive interference using pulses.

G1-35: MASS ON SPRING - EFFICIENT MODEL

Purpose: Illustrate the motion of a mass on a spring.

G1-34: AIR TRACK - SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION

Purpose: Demonstrate simple harmonic motion of a mass held by two springs.

F4-11: LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW OF AIR

Category: F4 Fluid in Motion

Purpose: Demonstrate laminar and turbulent flow.

G2-05: AIR TRACK - DRIVEN AND DAMPED OSCILLATIONS

Purpose: Illustrate the behavior of a driven and damped oscillator.

F2-23: BUOYANCY PARADOX - INVERTED BLOCK

Category: F2 Buoyancy

Purpose: Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way.

F2-07: BUOYANCY - PEPSI AND DIET PEPSI

Category: F2 Buoyancy

Purpose: Show the difference in density between soft drinks with and without sugar.

F2-04: BUOYANCY - SPHERE AND WATER

Category: F2 Buoyancy

Purpose: Challenge the students' thinking about the buoyant force by considering the question: "Will a round object, without a flat top and bottom surface, experience a buoyant force, as does a cylinder?"

F1-05: DOES WATER SEEK ITS OWN LEVEL?

Purpose: A trick to challenge the students.

F1-04: EQUILIBRIUM TUBES

Purpose: Demonstrate that pressure is transmitted equally throughout a fluid.

F1-02: FLUID PRESSURE VS DEPTH - ANEROID GAUGE

Purpose: Show water pressure versus depth with an aneroid gauge.

G4-31: MOIRE PATTERNS

Purpose: Show a type of interference pattern.

G4-03: RIPPLE TANK - DOPPLER EFFECT

Purpose: Show how wave fronts crowd together in front of and spread out behind a moving source.

J4-51: THEREMIN

Purpose: Demonstrate the theremin

J1-12: INDUCTION - ELECTROSCOPE

Purpose: Demonstrate charging by induction.

J3-02: ELECTRIC FIELD OF RING OF CHARGE - MODEL

Purpose: Aid in the visualization of the electric field of a ring of charge

J4-41: CAPACITORS

Purpose: Display a variety of capacitors
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