Follow
Home
About Us
Facility Staff
Directions
Demonstration Services
Demonstrations
Place an Order
For Regularly Held Classes
For Special Events
How to Place a Demonstration Request
Demonstrations by Class
Requested Demonstrations
Faculty Forum
Outreach Forms
Liquid Nitrogen for Demonstrations
Tools & Resources
Demonstration Videos
Teaching Aid Animations
Directory of Simulations
LecDem Blog
UMD Physics Climate Committee
Discussion Forum
Links for Educators
Archived LecDem Site (~1996-2008)
Bibliography
UMD Society of Physics Students
Outreach Program Demonstrations
Outreach Programs
Outreach Program Materials
Popular Demos for Classes
News
UMD COVID-19 Dashboard
Outreach Program Homepage
UMD Physics Summer Programs
Conference for Undergraduate Underrepresented Minorities in Physics
Maryland STEM Festival
Profiles in Physics @ UMD
Quotes from our fans!
Physics is Phun October 2022
Contact Us
PHYS122
J4-04 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR - IONIZATION OF AIR
Category:
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose
:
Demonstrates the mobility of ions
J4-01 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR
Category:
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose
:
Demonstrates that potential difference across a capacitor is proportional to the plate separation
J3-24 HOLLOW CONDUCTING SPHERE
Category:
J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose
:
Demonstrates that charge resides on the outside surface of a conductor
J3-23 FARADAY CAGE - RADIOWAVES
Category:
J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose
:
Demonstrates that radio waves cannot penetrate a Faraday cage
J3-21 FARADAY CAGE
Category:
J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose
:
Demonstrates that the electric field within a closed conducting surface is zero
J3-13 POTENTIAL SURFACE MODEL WITH E FIELD VECTORS
Category:
J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose
:
Illustrates the relationship between the electrostatic potential and the electric field
J3-08 VAN DE GRAAFFS - INTERACTING FIELDS
Category:
J3 Electric Fields and Potential
Purpose
:
Shows field lines for two identical charges
J2-14 LIGHTNING ROD SIMULATOR
Category:
J2 Electrostatic Devices and Applications
Purpose
:
Demonstrates how lightning rods really work
J2-03 VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR WITH GROUND SPHERE
Category:
J2 Electrostatic Devices and Applications
Purpose
:
Demonstrates the operation of a Van de Graff generator and illustrates electrostatic concepts
J1-26 VAN DE GRAAFF - REPULSION OF PIE PANS
Category:
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose
:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-25 VAN DE GRAAFF - TRAINED RABBIT
Category:
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose
:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-24 ELECTROSTATIC HAIR RAISING
Category:
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose
:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-21 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - CHARGED CYLINDERS
Category:
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose
:
Demonstrates electrostatic attraction and repulsion
J1-06: FUN-FLY-STICK
Category:
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose
:
Demonstrates electrostatic fundamentals
J1-01 TRIBOELECTRICITY - CHARGING BY FRICTION
Category:
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose
:
Demonstrates "charging by friction"
H4-04 FOURIER ANALYSIS - DIGITAL OSCILLOSCOPE
Category:
H4 Music
Purpose
:
Demonstrates the Fourier spectrum of complex waves
H3-71 STROKED ALUMINUM ROD
Category:
H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose
:
Illustrates longitudinal standing waves in an aluminum rod.
H3-61 BEAKER BREAKER
Category:
H3 Standing Sound Waves
Purpose
:
Breaks a glass beaker with sound
H2-53 BEATS - AUDIO OSCILLATORS AND SPEAKERS
Category:
H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose
:
Hear beats
H2-42 DOPPLER EFFECT - TUNING FORK ON STRING
Category:
H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose
:
Demonstrates Doppler effect
Start
Prev
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Next
End
Page 6 of 7
A General Materials and Mathematics
A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
A2 Mathematics
B Statics
B1 Center of Mass Statics
B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
B3 Simple Machines
B4 Elasticity
C Kinematics and Dynamics
C1 Center of Mass Motion
C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
C3 First Law of Motion
C4 Second Law of Motion
C5 Third Law of Motion
C6 Friction
C7 Collisions
C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
D Rotational Mechanics
D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
D2 Moment of Inertia
D3 Angular Momentum
D4 Gyroscopes
D5 Rotational Esoterica
E Gravitation and Astronomy
E1 Gravitation and Orbits
E2 Astronomy
F Fluid Mechanics
F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
F2 Buoyancy
F3 Surface Tension
F4 Fluid in Motion
F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
G Vibrations and Mechanical Waves
G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
H Sound
H1 Nature of Sound
H2 Wave Properties of Sound
H3 Standing Sound Waves
H4 Music
H5 The Ear
H6 The Voice
I Thermodynamics
I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
I2 Transfer of Heat
I3 Gases
I4 Changes of State
I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
I6 Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics
I7 Solid State and Low Temperature Physics
J Electostatics and Magnetostatics
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
J2 Electrostatic Devices and Applications
J3 Electric FIelds and Potential
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
J5 Magnetostatics
J6 Electromagnets
J7 Magnetic Materials
K Electromagnetic Principles
K1 Forces on Moving Charges
K2 Electromagnetic Induction
K3 Transformers
K4 Motors and Generators
K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
K7 RLC Circuits
K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
L Geometrical Optics
L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
L2 Plane Mirrors
L3 Curved Mirrors
L4 Refraction
L5 Total Internal Reflection
L6 Lenses
L7 Optical Instruments
M Wave Optics
M1 Interference and Diffraction - Slits and Gratings
M2 Diffraction - Circular
M3 Interferometers
M4 Thin Film Interference
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
M6 Holograms
M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
M8 Optical Activity and Birefringence
M9 Circular Polarization
N Spectra and Color
N1 Continuous Spectra
N2 Line Spectra
N3 Color
O Vision
O1 Image Production
O2 Visual Latency
O3 Color Vision
O4 Optical Illusions
P Modern Physics
P1 Relativity
P2 Quantum Mechanics
P3 Atoms and Molecules
P4 Nuclei and Particles
Q Biophysics
Q1 Musculoskeletal Systems
Q2 Organs
Q3 Genetics and Molecular Biology
J5-01 MAGNETIC FIELD OF A BAR MAGNET
Visualize the magnetic field around a bar magnet
Read More
J5-02: MAGNETIC FIELD - EME SET - BAR MAGNET
Visualize the magnetic field of a bar magnet.
Read More
J5-03: MAGNETIC FIELD OF A BAR MAGNET - 3D VERSION
Three-dimensional field visualization of magnetic field of bar magnet.
Read More
J5-04: MAGNETS
Show various magnets
Read More
J5-05: MAGNET MODEL - FIELD LINES
Visualize the magnetic field of a bar magnet.
Read More
J5-06 MAGNET - BROKEN BUT NO MONOPOLE
Demonstrates that magnet poles come in pairs
Read More
J5-07: MAGNETIZED WIRE FIELD LINE INDICATOR
Demonstration of field lines using magnetized wires.
Read More
J5-11: MAGNETIC FIELD - EME SET - STRAIGHT WIRE
Visualize the magnetic field around a straight wire.
Read More
J5-12: MAGNETIC FIELD - EME SET - TWO-TURN HELIX
Visualize the magnetic field around a two-turn helix.
Read More
J5-13: MAGNETIC FIELD - EME SET - SOLENOIDS
Visualize the magnetic field around a solenoid.
Read More
J5-14 MAGNETIC FIELD AROUND SINGLE AND PARALLEL WIRES
Visualize the magnetic field around a wire and near two wires carrying opposite currents
Read More
J5-15: MAGNETIC FIELD OF A RING OF CURRENT - MODEL
Model the geometry for the magnetic field along the axis of a ring of current
Read More
J5-16 MAGNETIC FIELD OF WIRE, LOOP, SOLENOID
Visualize magnetic field lines for simple current configurations
Read More
J5-17: HELMHOLTZ COILS AND HALL PROBE
Investigate quantitatively the magnetic field of a pair of Helmholtz coils.
Read More
J5-18: OERSTED EXPERIMENT
Demonstrates that magnetic fields are generated around current-carrying wires
Read More
J5-19: MAGNETIC FIELDS OF PARALLEL AND ANTIPARALLEL CURRENTS
Show the magnetic fields of parallel and antiparallel current-carrying wires.
Read More
J5-20 OERSTED EXPERIMENT- LARGE COIL AND COMPASS
Demonstrates that magnetic fields are generated around current-carrying wires
Read More
J5-30: OMEGA LEVITRON
how an interesting demonstration of magnetism.
Read More
J5-31: QUADRUPOLE MAGNETIC FILED
Visualize the magnetic field of a quadrupole magnet.
Read More
J5-32: MAGNETIC LEVITATION - PERMANENT MAGNET AND ELECTROMAGNET
Demonstrate magnetic levitation.
Read More
J5-33 TORQUE ON A BAR MAGNET
Demonstrate the torque on a bar magnet in a magnetic field.
Read More
J5-35: MAGNETS INTERACTING ON PIVOTS
Show the interaction between two bar magnets
Read More
J5-36: MAGNETIC SPINNER
Demonstrate magnetic levitation.
Read More
J5-41: FLUX MODEL - MAGNETOSTATIC
Illustrate flux through plane at an angle.
Read More
J5-51: GAUSSMETER
Demonstrate use of a gaussmeter
Read More
1