ASTR101
E2-73: AUDIOTAPE 18 MIN - SOUNDS FROM SPACE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Tape of signals from several early artificial satellites.
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.
I3-20: COLLAPSE OF CAN - LARGE CAN WITH MALLET
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Demonstrate collapse of a can by atmospheric pressure.
I3-16: COLLAPSE OF CAN - LARGE PUMP
Category: I3 Gases
Purpose:
Demonstrate the forces created by atmospheric air pressure.
L3-33: VANITY MIRROR
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Show the image produced by a cocave mirror.
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.
E2-36: DENSITY STRATIFICATION - FORMATION OF PLANETS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Demonstrates how density stratification (differentiation) in interior of planets occurs.
E2-13: SUNSPOT MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show how sunspots are darker than their surroundings due to lower temperatures.
E2-12: FUSION MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Demonstrate how nuclei attract each other if they come close enough together.
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.
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.
C4-32: FREE FALL IN VACUUM - DISK AND FEATHER
Category: C4 Second Law of Motion
Purpose:
Demonstrate that bodies of extremely different densities fall with equal acceleration in the absence of air friction.
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I6-01 GAS PRESSURE - MODEL
Illustrates the molecular nature of gas pressure
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I6-02: NITROGEN DIAMETER AND MEAN FREE PATH
Experimentally determine the diameter of the nitrogen molecule and to determine the order of magnitude of the mean free path… Read More
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I6-03 EQUIPARTITION OF ENERGY
Demonstrates equipartition of energy
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I6-11: BROWNIAN MOTION WITH TV
Demonstrates equipartition of energy
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I6-13: AIR TABLE - MODEL OF BROWNIAN MOTION
Simple model of Brownian motion. Read More
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I6-21 GAS DIFFUSION - MODEL
Models gas diffusion through a small hole
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I6-22: IODINE DIFFUSION TUBES
Demonstrate diffusion. Read More
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I6-23 DIFFUSION - FOOD COLOR IN WATER
Demonstrates diffusion
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I6-24: DIFFUSION VELOCITY
Show that the diffusion velocity is proportional to the RMS molecular velocity. Read More
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I6-25: DIFFUSION - DISTRIBUTION OF PING PONG BALLS
Demonstrate on a macroscopic scale using ping pong balls how random molecular motion causes substances to diffuse. Read More
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I6-31: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - BROWNIAN MOTION
Model Brownian motion. Read More
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I6-32: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - RANDOM MOTION IN GASES
Model random molecular motion. Read More
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I6-33: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - GAS PRESSURE
Model gas pressure. Read More
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I6-34: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - TEMPERATURE OF A GAS
Model gas pressure. Read More
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I6-35: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - DIFFUSION
Model gas diffusion. Read More
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I6-36: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - AVOGADRO'S HYPOTHESIS
Help justify Avogadro's hypothesis using a model. Read More
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I6-37: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - VAN DER WALLS FORCES
Introduce the concept of attractive force between molecules. Read More
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I6-38: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - BOYLE'S LAW
Model Boyle's law. Read More
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I6-39: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - CHARLES' LAW
Model Charles' law. Read More
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I6-40: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - SOLIDS
Model the behavior of solids. Read More
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I6-41: MOLECULAR MOTION DEMO - LIQUIDS
Model the behavior of liquids. Read More
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I6-51 ENTROPY - SORTING MARBLES
Demonstrates that increasing entropy requires less energy than decreasing entropy
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I6-52: ENTROPY - FOUR BALLS IN GAS DIFFUSION MODEL
Demonstrate that an ordered state is statistically possible. Read More
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I6-61: MAXWELL'S DEMON
Example of a "Maxwell Demon." Read More
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