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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O2-01: PERSISTENCE OF VISION - ELECTRONIC FLASH
Demonstrate persistence of vision. Read More
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O2-02: ZOETROPE AND PRAXINOSCOPE
Individual demonstration of persistence of vision. Read More
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O2-03: PERSISTENCE OF VISION - MAGIC WAND
Demonstrate persistence of vision in a neat way.. Read More
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O2-11 PULFRICH PENDULUM
Demonstrate visual latency and the Pulfrich phenomenon in a very dramatic way. Read More
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O2-12: PULFRICH PENDULUM - BIFILAR SUSPENSION
Demonstrate visual latency and the Pulfrich phenomenon in a very dramatic way. Read More
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O2-13: PULFRICH PHENOMENON - ROTATING CRYSTAL MODEL
Demonstrate the Pulfrich phenomenon. Read More
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O2-14: VISUAL LATENCY - REACTION TIME
To demonstrate visual latency. Read More
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O2-21: STROBOSCOPIC CENCO
Demonstrate persistence of vision using strobosccope. Read More
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O2-22: STROBOSCOPE AND FALLING WATER
Demonstrate how a stroboscope works, and illustrate persistence of vision. Read More
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O2-23: STROBOSCOPIC DISCS
Demonstrate stroboscopic effects. Read More
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