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E2-50: PULSAR MODEL - FLASHLIGHTS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate beaming pattern of pulsars and pulsed binary X-ray sources.
E2-49: PULSAR MODEL - RADIOWAVES
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show the changing field pattern from a rotating dipole.
E2-48: NON-TWINKLING PLANET
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate why a planet does not "twinkle" like a star.
E2-47: TWINKLING STAR
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show how air currents cause the "twinkling" of a star.
E2-46: ECLIPSING BINARY STAR MODEL - SPHERES
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate the orbits of stars in an eclipsing binary.
E2-45: ECLIPSING BINARY STAR MODEL - LIGHTS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show how we view a rotating binary star.
E2-44: BINARY STAR MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate the orbital motion of a binary star system.
E2-43: ROTATING STAR FIELD
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show the apparent motion of the night sky.
E2-36: DENSITY STRATIFICATION - FORMATION OF PLANETS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Demonstrates how density stratification (differentiation) in interior of planets occurs.
E2-24: UMBRA AND PENUMBRA - COLOR FILTERS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Identify the source of penumbra regions.
E2-23: UMBRA AND PENUMBRA - EXTENDED SOURCE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show umbra and penumbra with an extended source, as in an eclipse.
E2-11: SOLAR PLASMA MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Mass driver and ring heater show coronal holes and coronal heating.
E2-03: CRATER FORMATION MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate how a crater forms as a result of an impact or a blast from below.
E1-21: GRAVITATIONAL LENS OPTICAL MODEL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Demonstrate optical characteristics of a gravitational lens.
E1-12: MARBLE IN GLASS BOWL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Demonstrate orbits in a gravitational potential well.
E1-01: CAVENDISH EXPERIMENT - MODEL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Aid in describing the Cavendish experiment.
C7-51: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - PELLET GUN
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using a ballistic pendulum.
C7-43: AIR TABLE - SMALL - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate collisions of pucks on an air table in rooms not accessible by the large air table.
C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision.
C7-21: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM - COLLISION AND PROJECTILE
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Illustrate conservation of momentum and conservation of energy.
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K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
Shows the relationship between the electric and magnetic field vectors in a plane-polarized traveling electromagnetic wave
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K8-03 LIGHT NANOSECOND
Shows the distance light travels in one nanosecond
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K8-04: SPEED OF LIGHT
Measure the speed of light Read More
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K8-05: ELECTROMAGNETIC PLANE WAVE MODEL
Illustrate the geometry of a polarized electromagnetic plane wave Read More
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K8-11: MICROWAVES - STANDING WAVES
Demonstrate microwave standing waves Read More
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K8-12: RADIOWAVES - STANDING WAVES
Demonstrate standing waves using radio waves Read More
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K8-13: RADIOWAVES - LECHER WIRE STANDING WAVES
Illustrate standing electromagnetic waves in a high-impedance transmission line Read More
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K8-14: RADIOWAVES - STANDING WAVES IN AN ANTENNA
Show standing waves in a dipole antenna Read More
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K8-21: MICROWAVES - WAVEGUIDES
See what microwave waveguide components look like and to discuss their functions Read More
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K8-22: MICROWAVES - TUBULAR WAVEGUIDE
Demonstrate transmission of microwaves in a tubular "waveguide" Read More
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K8-31: TRANSMISSION LINE SAMPLE
Show a large coaxial cable transmission line Read More
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K8-32: PULSES IN TRANSMISSION LINES
Demonstrate the reflection of pulses in terminated and unterminated transmission lines and to determine the speed of an electromagnetic wave… Read More
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K8-33: NANOSECOND CABLES
Cables which delay a signal by a fixed time interval Read More
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K8-41: HERTZIAN DIPOLES
Show the shape and polarization of the radiation field around a dipole antenna Read More
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K8-42: RADIOWAVES - ENERGY AND DIPOLE PATTERN
Demonstrates transmission of energy in electromagnetic waves. Shows the radiation pattern of the dipole antenna
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K8-43: RADIOWAVES - FREQ MEASUREMENT WITH OSCILLOSCOPE
Experimentally determine the frequency of the radiowave transmitter Read More
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K8-44: RADIOWAVES - COUPLING OF WAVES
Illustrate inductive coupling using radio waves Read More
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K8-45 RADIO WAVES FROM SPARK
Demonstrates that a spark contains radio waves
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K8-46: Radio Waves & Faraday Cage
Demonstrate that a conductive cage blocks transmission of RF waves. Read More
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K8-51: MICROWAVE OVEN
Demonstrate operation and experimentation with a microwave oven Read More
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K8-52: MICROWAVE MAGNETRON
Show students what the magnetron tube from a typical microwave oven looks like Read More
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