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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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K7-01: RL CIRCUIT - 50 MICROSECOND TIME CONSTANT
Illustrate RL time constant Read More
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K7-02 RL CIRCUIT - L/R TIME CONSTANT
Shows L/R time constant for a slow circuit
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K7-03 INDUCTOR DELAYING A LAMP
Demonstrates the timing of current in a switched inductor circuit
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K7-04: RL CIRCUIT - FIELD COLLAPSE WITH FLUORESCENT BULB
Demonstrate the magnitude of induced voltage Read More
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K7-05: SERIES MOTOR AND LIGHT BULB CONUNDRUM
Generate thought about how a motor works Read More
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K7-11 RC CIRCUIT - RC TIME CONSTANT - OSCILLOSCOPE
Observe the shape of the charging and discharging curves. Measures an RC time constant. Read More
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K7-12: RC CIRCUIT - RC TIME CONSTANT - PROJECTION METERS
Measure an RC time constant and to observe the shape of the charging and discharging curves Read More
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K7-14: RC CIRCUIT - 100 MICROSECOND TIME CONSTANT
Demonstrate a reasonably fast RC circuit Read More
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K7-15: CURRENT IN RC CIRCUIT?
Demonstrate charging of a capacitor in a possibly counterintuitive way Read More
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K7-21: RLC CIRCUIT - 10 KHZ - RESONANCE
Demonstrate resonance in an RLC circuit Read More
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K7-22: RLC CIRCUIT - 10 KHZ - DAMPED OSCILLATIONS
Demonstrate damped oscillations in an RLC circuit Read More
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K7-23: RLC CIRCUIT - 60 HZ
Show phase relationship between components of a 60 Hertz RLC circuit Read More
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K7-24: RLC CIRCUIT - 60 HZ WITH LIGHT BULB LOAD
Demonstrate a series RLC circuit in a graphic way Read More
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K7-26: RLC CIRCUIT - 0.3 HZ RESONANCE
Plot a graph of resonance behavior in a very low frequency resonant circuit Read More
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K7-27: RLC CIRCUIT - COMPLETE
Show the phase shift between components in a series RLC circuit Read More
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K7-29: RLC CIRCUIT - 0.6 HZ TRANSIENTS
Demonstrate transients using a circuit with a very long time constant Read More
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K7-30: RLC CIRCUIT - RINGING
Demonstrate ringing in a simple RLC circuit Read More
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K7-31: RLC CIRCUIT - OVER/UNDER/CRITICAL DAMPING
Demonstrate over/under/critical damping in a series RLC circuit Read More
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K7-41: RC CIRCUIT - DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION
Demonstrate differentiation and integration using RC circuits Read More
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K7-42: BARRICADE FLASHER
Demonstrate a barricade flasher circuit Read More
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K7-43: RELAXATION OSCILLATOR - NEON LAMP
Demonstrate a pulse circuit with different pulse rates Read More
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K7-44: RLC CIRCUIT - 10KHZ - DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION
Demonstrate differentiation and integration using an RC circuit Read More
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K7-45: LOW AND HIGH PASS FILTERS
Demonstrate use of a series RL circuit as a low-pass filter and a series RC circuit as a high-pass filter Read More
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K7-61: TESLA COIL
Demonstrate a tesla coil, including how magnetic induction and a resonant RLC circuit is used in the production of high-voltage… Read More
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