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E2-50: PULSAR MODEL - FLASHLIGHTS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate beaming pattern of pulsars and pulsed binary X-ray sources.
E2-49: PULSAR MODEL - RADIOWAVES
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show the changing field pattern from a rotating dipole.
E2-48: NON-TWINKLING PLANET
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate why a planet does not "twinkle" like a star.
E2-47: TWINKLING STAR
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show how air currents cause the "twinkling" of a star.
E2-46: ECLIPSING BINARY STAR MODEL - SPHERES
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate the orbits of stars in an eclipsing binary.
E2-45: ECLIPSING BINARY STAR MODEL - LIGHTS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show how we view a rotating binary star.
E2-44: BINARY STAR MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Illustrate the orbital motion of a binary star system.
E2-43: ROTATING STAR FIELD
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show the apparent motion of the night sky.
E2-36: DENSITY STRATIFICATION - FORMATION OF PLANETS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Demonstrates how density stratification (differentiation) in interior of planets occurs.
E2-24: UMBRA AND PENUMBRA - COLOR FILTERS
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Identify the source of penumbra regions.
E2-23: UMBRA AND PENUMBRA - EXTENDED SOURCE
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Show umbra and penumbra with an extended source, as in an eclipse.
E2-11: SOLAR PLASMA MODEL
Category: E2 Astronomy
Purpose:
Mass driver and ring heater show coronal holes and coronal heating.
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.
E1-21: GRAVITATIONAL LENS OPTICAL MODEL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Demonstrate optical characteristics of a gravitational lens.
E1-12: MARBLE IN GLASS BOWL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Demonstrate orbits in a gravitational potential well.
E1-01: CAVENDISH EXPERIMENT - MODEL
Category: E1 Gravitation and Orbits
Purpose:
Aid in describing the Cavendish experiment.
C7-51: BALLISTIC PENDULUM - PELLET GUN
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Determine the speed of an air gun pellet using a ballistic pendulum.
C7-43: AIR TABLE - SMALL - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Demonstrate collisions of pucks on an air table in rooms not accessible by the large air table.
C7-25: SUPERBALL, VACUUM MUD AND WOOD BLOCK COLLISIONS
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Show that a larger impulse is imparted by an elastic collision.
C7-21: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM - COLLISION AND PROJECTILE
Category: C7 Collisions
Purpose:
Illustrate conservation of momentum and conservation of energy.
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O1-01: EYE MODEL - OPTICS
Demonstrate the optics of the eye and corrections of optical defects. Read More
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O1-02: EYE OPTICS MODEL - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
Show inversion of the image on the retina by the eyelens. Read More
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O1-03: IMAGE INVERSION ON RETINA
Model image inversion on the retina. Read More
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O1-04: IMAGE INVERSION ON RETINA - INDIVIDUAL VIEWING
Individual demonstration of image inversion on retina. Read More
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O1-05: EYESCOPE
See your retina! Read More
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O1-11: TEST OF NEARSIGHTEDNESS VS. FARSIGHTEDNESS
Identify nearsighted and farsighted eyes using laser speckle. Read More
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O1-21: CHROMATIC ABERRATION IN EYE
Observe chromatic aberration in your eye. Read More
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O1-22: SPHERICAL ABERRATION IN EYE USING PINHOLE
Show spherical aberration in eye and its correction. Read More
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O1-23: ASTIGMATISM - ON AXIS
Demonstrate on-axis astigmatism. Read More
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O1-31: MACH BANDS
Demonstrate Mach bands. Read More
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O1-32: DARK AXLE
Demonstrate the dark axle illusion. Read More
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O1-41: FLOATERS
Individual observation of floaters in the eye. Read More
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