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ASTR 100


J6-03: ELECTROMAGNET WITH JUNK - WITHOUT CORE

Category: J6 Electromagnets

Purpose: Demonstrate electromagnetism.

F2-12: HOT AIR BALLOON

Category: F2 Buoyancy

Purpose: Show that hot air is less dense than cold air by operating a hot air balloon.

N3-22: SUBTRACTIVE FILTERS AND THEIR SPECTRA

Category: N3 Color

Purpose: Compare colors and spectra of negative filters.

D1-55: ROTATING ELASTIC RINGS

Purpose: Demonstrate "centrifugal reaction" and to indicate why the earth is oblate.

E2-63: EXPANDING UNIVERSE

Category: E2 Astronomy

Purpose: Demonstrate the concept of the expansion of the universe.

E2-61: GALAXY MODEL

Category: E2 Astronomy

Purpose: Illustrate our galaxy.

E2-50: PULSAR MODEL - FLASHLIGHTS

Category: E2 Astronomy

Purpose: Illustrate beaming pattern of pulsars and pulsed binary X-ray sources.

E2-37: PLATONIC SOLIDS AND KEPLER

Category: E2 Astronomy

Purpose: Visualize the Platonic solids and Kepler's dream for using them to explain planetary orbits.

E2-36: DENSITY STRATIFICATION - FORMATION OF PLANETS

Category: E2 Astronomy

Purpose: Demonstrates how density stratification (differentiation) in interior of planets occurs.

E2-33: RETROGRADE MOTION

Category: E2 Astronomy

Purpose: Demonstrate the observation of another planet as seen from the earth.

E2-13: SUNSPOT MODEL

Category: E2 Astronomy

Purpose: Show how sunspots are darker than their surroundings due to lower temperatures.

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.

N2-32: ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF GLASS

Category: N2 Line Spectra

Purpose: Demonstrate absorption spectrum of glass doped with various chemicals.

N2-21: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF MERCURY - SUPERPRESSURE LAMP

Category: N2 Line Spectra

Purpose: Show a line spectrum with superposed continuum.

G4-03: RIPPLE TANK - DOPPLER EFFECT

Purpose: Show how wave fronts crowd together in front of and spread out behind a moving source.

N1-01: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE

Purpose: Demonstrate continuous spectrum

O2-22: STROBOSCOPE AND FALLING WATER

Category: O2 Visual Latency

Purpose: Demonstrate how a stroboscope works, and illustrate persistence of vision.

O3-21: BENHAM TOP

Category: O3 Color Vision

Purpose: Demonstrate perception of color due to periodic excitation of the eye.

P3-61: FLUORESCENT LIQUIDS

Purpose: Show fluorescence of different chemicals.
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