ASTR 100
E2-73: AUDIOTAPE 18 MIN - SOUNDS FROM SPACE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Tape of signals from several early artificial satellites.
I5-21: HEATING AIR BY COMPRESSION
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrate heating air by compression.
I4-51: SUBLIMATION OF DRY ICE - PROJECTION
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate sublimation of carbon dioxide (dry ice) from a solid into a gas.
I4-17: AIR BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN
Category: I4 Changes of State
Purpose:
Demonstrate dramatically that the volume of vapor is greater than the volume of the same amount of liquid.
K8-51: MICROWAVE OVEN
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Demonstrate operation and experimentation with a microwave oven.
I1-51: RUBBER AT LN TEMPERATURE
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Demonstrate how a normally elastic material at room temperature becomes rigid at very low temperatures.
I1-19: LAVA LAMP
Category: I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
Purpose:
Demonstrate differential thermal expansion between two liquids, and to take us all back to the 1960s.
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
Category: D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
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.
E2-50: 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.
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N1-01: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
Demonstrate continuous spectrum. Read More
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N1-03: PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - WATER PRISM
Demonstrate continuous spectrum using water as the dispersing medium. Read More
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N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Demonstrates continuous spectrum
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N1-06: POLYPRISM SPECTRA
Demonstrate continuous spectra with several different types of glass. Read More
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N1-07: VARIATION OF SPECTRUM WITH LAMP INTENSITY
Demonstrate continuous spectrum as the brightness of the source changes Read More
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N1-08: GOETHE'S PUZZLE
Show the view of a slide through a prism and argue about color theory. Read More
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N1-09: COMPLEMENTARY SPECTRUM
Display the spectrum of a "negative" slit. Read More
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N1-11: DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT SOURCE
Demonstrate continuous spectrum. Read More
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N1-12: DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - GRATING ON OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Very simple white light diffraction spectrum. Read More
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N1-13: DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - PORTABLE
Individual observation of white light spectrum. Read More
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N1-14: REFLECTION GRATING - LARGE
Show a spectrum from a small bright source. Read More
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N1-21: COLOR SEPARATION AND RECOMBINATION BY PRISMS
Show how a prism can recombine previously dispersed white light. Read More
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N1-22: OPTICAL BOARD - PRISMS - SEPARATE AND RECOMBINE
Separate white light into its component colors with a prism and use an identical prism to recombine the light. Read More
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N1-23: FINE RESOLUTION OF SPECTRUM USING TWO PRISMS
Increase the dispersion in a white light spectrum by adding a second prism. Read More
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N1-31: SUN DOG - MODEL
Show how a "sun dog" is formed. Read More
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N1-32: ICE CRYSTALS - PAPER MODELS
Illustrate how two types of ice crystals formed high in the atmosphere float downward through the air with preferred orientations. Read More
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N1-41: RAINDROP RAY MODEL
Illustrate formation of a rainbow. Read More
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N1-42: RAINDROP MECHANICAL MODEL
Illustrate rays in formation of a rainbow. Read More
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N1-43: RAINBOW - GLASS BEAD MODEL
Observe an almost complete circular rainbow formed by glass beads. Read More
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N1-44: OPTICAL BOARD - RAINBOW
Demonstrates internal reflection and dispersion of light
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N1-45: RAINBOW - WATER FLASK
Demonstrate a large angle rainbow. Read More
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N1-51: SPECTROMETER - HAND HELD
Demonstrate spectra individually. Read More
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N1-61: REFRACTION OF LIGHT IN DIAMOND
Show how a diamond produces colors from white light. Read More
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