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M8-01 POLAROIDS AND KARO SYRUP
Category: M8 Optical Activity and Birefringence
Purpose:
Demonstration of an optical cavity
M7-31 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
Category: M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
Purpose:
Colloidal sunset demonstration
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
L3-16 FOCUSING OF HEAT WAVES BY MIRRORS
Category: L3 Curved Mirrors
Purpose:
Demonstrates that concave mirrors can focus heat waves
K8-45 RADIO WAVES FROM SPARK
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Demonstrates that a spark contains radio waves
K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Shows the relationship between the electric and magnetic field vectors in a plane-polarized traveling electromagnetic wave
K4-07 BICYCLE GENERATOR
Category: K4 Motors and Generators
Purpose:
Demonstrates a 110 VAC magnetoelectric generator, and the relationship of work to power output
K2-62 CAN SMASHER - ELECTROMAGNETIC
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Blasts a soda can into two pieces using electromagnetism
K2-44 EDDY CURRENT PENDULUM
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Shows the damping of pendula due to eddy currents
K2-42 LENZ'S LAW - MAGNET IN ALUMINUM TUBE
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrates Lenz's law
K2-02 INDUCTION IN A SINGLE WIRE
Category: K2 Electromagnetic Induction
Purpose:
Demonstrates magnetic induction
K1-03 FORCE ON CURRENT IN MAGNETIC FIELD
Category: K1 Forces on Moving Particles
Purpose:
Demonstrates force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field
J5-20 OERSTED EXPERIMENT- LARGE COIL AND COMPASS
Category: J5 Magnetostatics
Purpose:
Demonstrates that magnetic fields are generated around current-carrying wires
J2-14 LIGHTNING ROD SIMULATOR
Purpose:
Demonstrates how lightning rods really work
J2-03 VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR WITH GROUND SPHERE
Purpose:
Demonstrates the operation of a Van de Graff generator and illustrates electrostatic concepts
J1-21 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - CHARGED CYLINDERS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic attraction and repulsion
I6-23 DIFFUSION - FOOD COLOR IN WATER
Purpose:
Demonstrates diffusion
I5-22 FIRE SYRINGE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates heating air by compression
I5-11 ADIABATIC PROCESS - AIR PISTON WITH THERMISTOR
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates adiabatic compression and expansion of air
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K6-01 SERIES AND PARALLEL LIGHTS - TWO BULBS
Demonstrates the effect of series and parallel connections of two identical light bulbs
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K6-02: SERIES AND PARALLEL LIGHTS - FIVE BULBS
Demonstrate combinations of series and parallel light bulbs Read More
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K6-03 SERIES AND PARALLEL LIGHTS - BATTERY AND CLIP-ON WIRES
Shows voltages and currents in series & parallel circuits
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K6-11 CIRCUIT PARADOXES
Series-parallel circuits to encourage discussion about DC circuits Read More
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K6-12: SERIES/PARALLEL LIGHT CIRCUIT CONUNDRUM
Test your ability to analyze series/parallel circuit Read More
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K6-21: HEATING IN CURRENT-CARRYING WIRE
Show the conversion of electrical energy into heat Read More
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K6-22: ENERGY CONVERSION - IMMERSION HEATER
Demonstrate quantitatively the conversion of electrical energy into heat Read More
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K6-32: POTENTIOMETER
Find an unknown EMF using a voltage divider Read More
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K6-33: WHEATSTONE BRIDGE
Demonstrate operation of a Wheatstone bridge Read More
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K6-35: VOLTAGE DIVIDER
Show how a voltage divider can be used to produce any voltage up to the maximum of the source Read More
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K6-36: VISIBLE AMMETER
See some of the important parts inside an ammeter Read More
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K6-41: DIODE RECTIFIERS AND FILTERS
Demonstrate rectification of 60 Hz AC by a diode and by a bridge rectifier Read More
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K6-42: SINE WAVE AND RECTIFIED SINE WAVE
Show the AC output from a generator and how it is converted to full-wave rectified AC using a split ring commutator Read More
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K6-51: KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS
Apply Kirchhoff's laws to a simple two-loop problem Read More
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K6-52: IMPEDANCE MATCHING - BATTERY AND JOULEMETER
Demonstrate that the power transmission is maximized when the source impedance and the load impedance are equal Read More
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