ASTR 100
E2-41: TRANSPARENT CELESTIAL GLOBE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate some relationships between the earth, the sun, and certain heavenly bodies
A2-13: ELLIPSE DRAWING BOARD
Category: A2 Mathematics
Purpose:
Demonstrate one method of drawing ellipses
I5-15: ADIABATIC EXPANSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Illustrate adiabatic cooling by producing dry ice
C3-04: INERTIA - LEAD BRICK AND HAND
Category: C3 First Law of Motion
Purpose:
Illustrates inertia of rest
N3-02 ADDITIVE COLOR MIXING - PROJECTORS
Category: N3 Color
Purpose:
Demonstrates additive color mixing of light
N2-05 DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - MISCELLANEOUS TUBES
Category: N2 Line Spectra
Purpose:
Shows several atomic and molecular line spectra
N1-05 SPECTRA - VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
Category: N1 Continuous Spectra
Purpose:
Demonstrates continuous spectrum
L4-06 REFRACTION IN CLOUDY WATER
Category: L4 Refraction
Purpose:
Demonstrates a light ray bends when it enters a different medium at an oblique angle.
K8-01 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - MODEL
Category: K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
Purpose:
Shows the relationship between the electric and magnetic field vectors in a plane-polarized traveling electromagnetic wave
J5-01 MAGNETIC FIELD OF A BAR MAGNET
Category: J5 Magnetostatics
Purpose:
Visualize the magnetic field around a bar magnet
J1-26 VAN DE GRAAFF - REPULSION OF PIE PANS
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-24 ELECTROSTATIC HAIR RAISING
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic repulsion
J1-06: FUN-FLY-STICK
Category: J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic fundamentals
I6-01 GAS PRESSURE - MODEL
Purpose:
Illustrates the molecular nature of gas pressure
I5-22 FIRE SYRINGE
Category: I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
Purpose:
Demonstrates heating air by compression
I2-04 WIEN'S LAW OF THERMAL RADIATION
Category: I2 Transfer of Heat
Purpose:
Shows that higher temperature blackbodies radiate with shorter wavelengths
H2-42 DOPPLER EFFECT - TUNING FORK ON STRING
Category: H2 Wave Properties of Sound
Purpose:
Demonstrates Doppler effect
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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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