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J2-33: TESLA COIL - PORTABLE
Purpose:
Easy-to-use high-voltage device for use in various demonstrations or just to draw a nice spark.
J2-01: WIMSHURST MACHINE
Purpose:
Generate high electrostatic potentials.
J1-13: ELECTROSTATIC INDUCTION
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Illustrate charging by induction.
L6-08: REAL IMAGE OF CONVERGING LENS - LIGHT BULB
Category: L6 Lenses
Purpose:
Show the real image of a converging lens.
H2-55: BEATS AND RESONANCE - TUNING BOXES
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Illustrate beats and resonance.
H2-26: PHASE REVERSAL BETWEEN STEREO SPEAKERS - MUSIC
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrate interference of sound in a dramatic way.
G3-29: SUSPENDED SLINKY - PORTABLE
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show longitudinal and transverse traveling waves and standing waves.
G3-27: AIR TABLE - TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal waves using an air table.
G3-26: AIR TRACK - LONGITUDINAL WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate longitudinal waves with a series of spring-coupled air track gliders.
G3-24: SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - TRAVELING WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show travelling waves.
G3-05: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - PARTIAL REFLECTIONS
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show that a wave will be partially reflected at a point where the impedance changes.
G3-04: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - STANDING WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves.
G3-03: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - REFLECTION OF PULSES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate reflection of pulses from fixed ends and free ends.
G3-02: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate constructive and destructive interference using pulses.
L5-13: PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL WITH LASER
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrate total internal reflection with laser light.
G1-17: PENDULUM WITH LARGE-ANGLE OSCILLATION - PORTABLE
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate large-angle pendular oscillations and the 360 degree pendulum.
G2-11: RESONANT SAW BLADES - HAND DRIVEN
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Show that a mechanical oscillator responds with a maximum amplitude to its own resonant frequency.
G2-05: AIR TRACK - DRIVEN AND DAMPED OSCILLATIONS
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Illustrate the behavior of a driven and damped oscillator.
M2-03: LASER DIFFRACTION - POISSON'S BRIGHT SPOT
Category: M2 Diffraction - Circular
Purpose:
Demonstrate the Poisson (or Arago) bright spot.
G4-14: SPOUTING BOWL
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate resonance in a dramatic way
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K5-01: PIEZOELECTRICITY
Demonstration of a piezoelectric crystal Read More
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K5-02: PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTAL - AUDIBLE
Demonstrate that a piezoelectric crystal converts electrical impulses into physical vibrations Read More
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K5-03: PIEZOELECTRIC IGNITOR
Show a commercial use for piezoelectricity Read More
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K5-04: PIEZOELECTRIC GUN
Application of piezoelectricity to produce copious quantities of electric charge Read More
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K5-11: BATTERY MODEL
Simple model of a battery using a human as the source of energy Read More
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K5-12 BATTERY AND CURRENT - WORKING MODEL
Model of battery with circuit attached
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K5-13: ELECTRIC CURRENT - MODEL
Indicate how electrons really flow through a conductor Read More
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K5-14: ELECTRIC CELL
Demonstrate how an electric cell is formed Read More
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K5-16: CARRIER CURRENT DENSITY MODEL
Model the density of carriers crossing a plane Read More
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K5-21: AC PLUG CIRCUIT CHECKER
Check the wiring of 110VAC power sockets Read More
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K5-22: AC PLUG CIRCUIT CHECKER CHECKER
Demonstrate each different kind of wiring error Read More
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K5-23: ROTATING TWO-COLOR LED
Demonstrate that what comes out of a 110 VAC plug is in fact alternating current Read More
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K5-31 OHM'S LAW
Demonstrates relationship between current, voltage, and resistance Read More
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K5-32: RESISTANCE VS DIAMETER AND LENGTH
Determine how resistance varies as a function of diameter and length for the same material Read More
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K5-33 CONDUCTIVITY OF SALT SOLUTION
Shows that pure water is not conducting, but a solution of an electrolyte is conducting
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K5-34: THERMAL COEFFICIENT OF RESISTANCE IN COPPER
Show that the resistance of copper changes linearly with temperature Read More
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K5-35: RESISTORS AT LN TEMPERATURE
Illustrate materials with both positive and negative temperature coefficients of resistivity Read More
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K5-36: RESISTORS AT LN TEMPERATURE - LIGHT BULB INDICATOR
Demonstrate materials with both positive and negative temperature coefficients of resistance Read More
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K5-41: V-I CURVES FOR OHMIC AND NON-OHMIC DEVICES
Illustrate resistive properties of resistors and diodes Read More
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K5-42: TRANSISTOR
Demonstrate a transistor circuit Read More
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K5-43: NON-OHMIC DEVICE - V VS. I
Demonstrates the non-linearity of the V vs I curve for a diode
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K5-44: NON-OHMIC DEVICE - LIGHT BULB
Show the change in resistance of a light bulb with temperature Read More
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K5-45: SEMICONDUCTOR MODEL
Model of semiconductor Read More
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