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ASTR 100


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.

E2-35: PLANETS - RELATIVE SIZES MODEL

Category: E2 Astronomy

Purpose: Illustrate the relative sizes of the planets

E2-21: PHASES OF THE MOON

Category: E2 Astronomy

Purpose: Show the relationship between the phases of the moon and the relative earth-sun-moon positions.

I1-63: HYDROGEN EXPLOSION

Purpose: Produce a hydrogen explosion

C5-19: ACTION AND REACTION - INSTRUCTOR AND CART

Purpose: Demonstrate action-reaction pairs in a dramatic way

I5-12: ADIABATIC EXPANSION OF AIR - FOG IN BOTTLE

Purpose: Demonstrate adiabatic cooling of air

N1-07: VARIATION OF SPECTRUM WITH LAMP INTENSITY

Purpose: Demonstrate continuous spectrum as the brightness of the source changes

N2-02: DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - THREE SOURCES - EXPENDABLE GRATINGS

Category: N2 Line Spectra

Purpose: Demonstrate diffraction spectrum of white light along with line spectra of mercury and cadmium.

D5-13: FOCAULT PENDULUM - MODEL

Purpose: Model the Foucault pendulum

E2-01: WORLD GLOBE

Category: E2 Astronomy

Purpose: Illustrate the globe

C4-34: GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE FALL

Purpose: Show that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is independent of mass
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