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G3-05: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - PARTIAL REFLECTIONS
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Show that a wave will be partially reflected at a point where the impedance changes.
G3-04: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - STANDING WAVES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate standing waves.
G3-03: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - REFLECTION OF PULSES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate reflection of pulses from fixed ends and free ends.
G3-02: SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES
Category: G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate constructive and destructive interference using pulses.
L5-13: PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL WITH LASER
Category: L5 Total Internal Reflection
Purpose:
Demonstrate total internal reflection with laser light.
G1-17: PENDULUM WITH LARGE-ANGLE OSCILLATION - PORTABLE
Category: G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
Purpose:
Illustrate large-angle pendular oscillations and the 360 degree pendulum.
G2-11: RESONANT SAW BLADES - HAND DRIVEN
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Show that a mechanical oscillator responds with a maximum amplitude to its own resonant frequency.
G2-05: AIR TRACK - DRIVEN AND DAMPED OSCILLATIONS
Category: G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
Purpose:
Illustrate the behavior of a driven and damped oscillator.
M2-03: LASER DIFFRACTION - POISSON'S BRIGHT SPOT
Category: M2 Diffraction - Circular
Purpose:
Demonstrate the Poisson (or Arago) bright spot.
G4-14: SPOUTING BOWL
Category: G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
Purpose:
Demonstrate resonance in a dramatic way
N1-51: SPECTROMETER - HAND HELD
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrate spectra individually.
M1-42: IRIDESCENT GREEN JUNE BEETLE
Purpose:
Demonstrate a type of iridescence.
M1-41: PEACOCK FEATHER
Purpose:
Demonstrate a type of iridescence.
P1-01: MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT - MODEL
Category: P1 Relativity
Purpose:
Geometrical model of the Michelson-Morley experiment to aid explanation.
O1-04: IMAGE INVERSION ON RETINA - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
Category: O1 Image Production
Purpose:
Hand out small squares of black paper with pins to the class members to do this experiment.
P2-03: PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT IN ZINC - UV LAMP
Category: P2 Quantum Mechanics
Purpose:
Demonstrate the emission of photoelectrons.
P2-02: PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT IN ZINC - ARC LAMP
Category: P2 Quantum Mechanics
Purpose:
Demonstrate the emission of photoelectrons.
J1-05 CHARGED BALLOONS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates "charging by friction"
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M1-01: LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED SINGLE SLIT
Demonstrate single slit diffraction. Read More
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M1-02 LASER DIFFRACTION - VARIABLE SINGLE SLIT
Demonstrates single slit diffraction
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M1-04: LASER DIFFRACTION - WIRES
Show diffraction by wires of different size. Read More
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M1-05: FINGERS AND SODIUM SOURCE - VARIABLE SINGLE SLIT
See single slit diffraction. Read More
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M1-06: LASER DIFFRACTION - HUMAN HAIR
Demonstrate laser diffraction with a human hair. Read More
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M1-11 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED DOUBLE SLITS
Demonstrates double slit interference
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M1-12: INTERFERENCE - TRANSPARENCIES
Analog to the interference pattern from two identical light sources. Read More
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M1-13: INTERFERENCE - KLINGER TRANSPARENT SLIDES
Model interference between two point sources. Read More
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M1-14: MICROWAVES - INTERFERENCE OF TWO POINT SOURCES
Demonstrate interference using microwaves. Read More
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M1-15: MICROWAVES - YOUNG'S DOUBLE SLIT INTERFERENCE
Illustrate two-slit interference using microwaves. Read More
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M1-16: INTERFERENCE OF LIGHT - SOUND WAVE MODEL
Show explicitly how two waves with the same amplitude and frequency will interfere when their relative phase changes. Read More
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M1-21: LASER DIFFRACTION - MULTIPLE SLITS
Show the transition from one slit to multiple slits and the diffraction grating. Read More
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M1-22: LASER DIFFRACTION - GRATINGS
Demonstrate diffraction (well, actually interference) by a grating. Read More
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M1-32: SLITFILMS AND LONG FILAMENT BULB
Diffraction and interference by various slits and combinations of slits. Read More
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M1-33: LASER DIFFFRACTION - PHONOGRAPH RECORD
Demonstrate interference of a laser beam by a type of grating. Read More
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M1-34: LASER DIFFRACTION - COMPACT DISC
Demonstrate interference of a laser beam by a type of grating. Read More
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M1-35: LASER DIFFRACTION - VIDEODISC
Demonstrate diffraction of a laser beam by a standard videodisc. Read More
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M1-41: PEACOCK FEATHER
Demonstrate a type of iridescence. Read More
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M1-42: IRIDESCENT GREEN JUNE BEETLE
Demonstrate a type of iridescence. Read More
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