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F2-23: BUOYANCY PARADOX - INVERTED BLOCK
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate buoyancy in a paradoxical way.
F2-22: BUOYANCY PARADOX - ACCELERATED FRAME
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Illustrate dramatically the concept of buoyancy.
F2-10: BUOYANT BUBBLES
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate buoyancy and diffusion in an interesting way.
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?"
F2-03: CARTESIAN DIVER - EXPLICIT VERSION
Category: F2 Buoyancy
Purpose:
Demonstrate explicitly how a cartesian diver works by showing how the water enters the diver when the pressure in the cylinder is increased.
N3-41: SPLITTING OF SPECTRUM INTO COMPLEMENTARY COLORS
Category: N3 Color
Purpose:
Show complementary colors by removing a band from the white light spectrum.
N3-33: MAXWELL'S EXPERIMENT - THREE-COLOR MIXING
Category: N3 Color
Purpose:
Demonstrate three-color mixing with positive colors.
N3-31: COLOR SEPARATION TRANSPARENCIES
Category: N3 Color
Purpose:
Illustrate color mixing of negative color transparencies.
F1-21: LIPLESS STRAW
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate the role of atmospheric pressure in the operation of a drinking straw.
F1-15: PRESSURE GLOBE
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
To illustrate several interesting phenomena related to air pressure
F1-14: PISTON DIAMETER VS TRAVEL - WORKING MODEL
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Show that with an incompressible fluid the bigger piston moves more slowly than the smaller piston.
D5-24: ROTATING PENDULA - LENGTH VS. HEIGHT
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Show that pendula of different length suspended from the same point rotating at the same angular speed rise to the same vertical height.
D5-23: ROTATING BEAD ON LOOP
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Demonstrate the presence of a "critical parameter" which determines the dynamic behavior of a simple physical system.
D5-22: ROTATING PENDULUM
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Demonstrate the presence of a "critical parameter" which determines the dynamic behavior of a simple physical system.
D5-21: BALL ROLLING ON ROTATING DISC
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Show that a sphere rolling on a rotating disc will move in circles.
F1-13: CONSTANT WATER PRESSURE
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Demonstrate a mechanism which produces a constant water pressure.
F1-12: PASCAL'S LAW - COILED TUBE PARADOX
Category: F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
Purpose:
Illustrate Pascal's law in a dramatic way.
D5-12: CORIOLIS EFFECT - WATER JET
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Model the Coriolis effect.
D5-11: CORIOLIS EFFECT - BALL ON ROTATING PLATFORM
Category: D5 Rotational Esoterica
Purpose:
Illustrate the Coriolis effect.
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K2-01 EARTH INDUCTOR
Induces an emf by moving a coil through Earth's magnetic field
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K2-02 INDUCTION IN A SINGLE WIRE
Demonstrates magnetic induction
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K2-03 FARADAY'S EXPERIMENT ON INDUCTION
Demonstrates the induction between two coils
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K2-04 FARADAY'S EXPERIMENT - EME SET - 20, 40, 80 TURN COILS
Shows that the induced current is proportional to the number of turns in the secondary coil
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K2-05: FARADAY'S EXPERIMENT - CONCENTRIC COILS
Demonstrate mutual induction Read More
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K2-11: SELF-INDUCTION
Demonstrate self-induction Read More
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K2-12: SELF-INDUCTION - DEMOUNTABLE TRANSFORMER
Demonstrate back-EMF in an inductor Read More
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K2-21: RUHMKORFF INDUCTION COIL
Demonstrate induction of a very high voltage using a small voltage source Read More
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K2-22 INDUCTION COIL WITH LIGHT BULB
Demonstrates magnetic induction with 110 VAC Read More
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K2-24: MUTUAL INDUCTION
Demonstrate mutual induction Read More
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K2-25: MUTUAL INDUCTION - DEMOUNTABLE TRANSFORMER
Demonstrate mutual induction and to show the effect of various core materials Read More
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K2-26: MUTUAL INDUCTANCE STANDARD
Demonstrate the standard for mutual inductance Read More
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K2-27: MUTUAL INDUCTION - M12 eq M21 MEASUREMENT
Demonstrate that the mutual inductance between two coils is independent of which one is the primary Read More
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K2-28: DEMOUNTABLE TRANSFORMER - 10 KV ARC
Demonstrate that a large voltage increase is attainable using a transformer Read More
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K2-29: COIL AND MAGNET WITH LED SENSOR
Demonstrate that the sign of the induced voltage depends on the direction of the field as well as whether the… Read More
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K2-40: MAGNETIC ACCELERATOR
Demonstrate magnetic potential energy Read More
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K2-41: LENZ'S LAW - ROLLING RODS
Demonstrate eddy currents and Lenz's law
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K2-42 LENZ'S LAW - MAGNET IN ALUMINUM TUBE
Demonstrates Lenz's law
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K2-43: LENZ'S LAW - PERMANENT MAGNET AND COILS
Demonstrates Lenz's law
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K2-44 EDDY CURRENT PENDULUM
Shows the damping of pendula due to eddy currents
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K2-45: EDDY CURRENTS - MAGNET AND SOFT DRINK CAN
Demonstrate eddy currents and Lenz's law Read More
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K2-46: MAGNET LEVITATION ABOVE SPINNING DISC
Demonstrate Lenz's law in a dramatic way Read More
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K2-47: SPEEDOMETER MODEL
Demonstrate operating principle of some speedometers Read More
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K2-48: EDDY CURRENT MOTOR`
Show the use of eddy currents in producing a motor with few moving parts and no electrical brushes Read More
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K2-49: MAGNETIC STIRRER
Illustrate how a magnetic stirrer works Read More
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K2-61 THOMSON'S COIL
Demonstrates a number of concepts in magnetic induction
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K2-62 CAN SMASHER - ELECTROMAGNETIC
Blasts a cola can into two pieces using electromagnetism
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K2-63: DISPLACEMENT CURRENT MODEL
Illustrate the geometry for displacement current Read More
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K2-64: UNIPOLAR GENERATOR
Demonstrate unipolar generation of DC voltage, which may involve an explanation other than electromagnetic induction Read More
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K2-65: INDUCTION AND CAPACITOR FLASHLIGHT
Demonstrate a weird but high-tech method for constructing a flashlight Read More
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