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The Eye
O2-14: VISUAL LATENCY - REACTION TIME
Category:
O2 Visual Latency
Purpose
:
Demonstrate visual latency.
O2-13: PULFRICH PHENOMENON - ROTATING CRYSTAL MODEL
Category:
O2 Visual Latency
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the Pulfrich phenomenon
O2-12: PULFRICH PENDULUM - BIFILAR SUSPENSION
Category:
O2 Visual Latency
Purpose
:
Demonstrate visual latency and the Pulfrich phenomenon in a very dramatic way.
O2-02: ZOETROPE AND PRAXINOSCOPE
Category:
O2 Visual Latency
Purpose
:
Individual demonstration of persistence of vision.
O2-01: PERSISTENCE OF VISION - ELECTRONIC FLASH
Category:
O2 Visual Latency
Purpose
:
Demonstrate persistence of vision.
O3-21: BENHAM TOP
Category:
O3 Color Vision
Purpose
:
Demonstrate perception of color due to periodic excitation of the eye.
O3-12: COLOR BLINDNESS TESTS WITH VIDEO PROJECTOR
Category:
O3 Color Vision
Purpose
:
Test class for color blindness, and demonstrate how color blind people with certain defects see the color blindness tests.
O3-11: COLOR BLINDNESS TESTS
Category:
O3 Color Vision
Purpose
:
Test your students for color blindness.
O3-04: GREENER THAN GREEN
Category:
O3 Color Vision
Purpose
:
Demonstrate negative color afterimage due to saturation.
O3-03: LAND EFFECT
Category:
O3 Color Vision
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the Land effect using red and white light.
O3-02: COLOR PERCEPTION IN SHADOWS - DOUBLE POINT SOURCE
Category:
O3 Color Vision
Purpose
:
Demonstrate complementary color shadows.
O3-01: COLOR PERCEPTION IN SHADOWS - SLIDE PROJECTORS
Category:
O3 Color Vision
Purpose
:
Demonstrate complementary color shadows.
O4-51: ANAGLYPH
Category:
O4 Optical Illusions
Purpose
:
Demonstrate creation of three-dimensional effects using red and blue images.
O4-35: WALK-IN BOX
Category:
O4 Optical Illusions
Purpose
:
Demonstrate an impossible figure in a dramatic way.
O4-34: IMPOSSIBLE CRATE
Category:
O4 Optical Illusions
Purpose
:
Impossible crate illusion.
O4-33: IMPOSSIBLE TRIANGLE
Category:
O4 Optical Illusions
Purpose
:
Classic impossible triangle illusion with a twist.
O4-32: SIZE OF COLORED FIGURES
Category:
O4 Optical Illusions
Purpose
:
Classic size illusion with a humorous twist.
O4-31: TRAPEZOIDAL WINDOW
Category:
O4 Optical Illusions
Purpose
:
Classic depth illusion.
O4-25: RINSING ILLUSION
Category:
O4 Optical Illusions
Purpose
:
Demonstrate one type of "rinsing" illusion.
O4-24: DISTORTED FACE ILLUSION
Category:
O4 Optical Illusions
Purpose
:
Classic distorted face illusion.
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A General Materials and Mathematics
A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
A2 Mathematics
B Statics
B1 Center of Mass Statics
B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
B3 Simple Machines
B4 Elasticity
C Kinematics and Dynamics
C1 Center of Mass Motion
C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
C3 First Law of Motion
C4 Second Law of Motion
C5 Third Law of Motion
C6 Friction
C7 Collisions
C8 Mechanical Energy and Power
D Rotational Mechanics
D1 Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
D2 Moment of Inertia
D3 Angular Momentum
D4 Gyroscopes
D5 Rotational Esoterica
E Gravitation and Astronomy
E1 Gravitation and Orbits
E2 Astronomy
F Fluid Mechanics
F1 Pressure in Static Fluids
F2 Buoyancy
F3 Surface Tension
F4 Fluid in Motion
F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
G Vibrations and Mechanical Waves
G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
G4 Mechanical Waves - Two Dimensional
H Sound
H1 Nature of Sound
H2 Wave Properties of Sound
H3 Standing Sound Waves
H4 Music
H5 The Ear
H6 The Voice
I Thermodynamics
I1 Thermal Properties of Matter
I2 Transfer of Heat
I3 Gases
I4 Changes of State
I5 Laws of Thermodynamics
I6 Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics
I7 Solid State and Low Temperature Physics
J Electostatics and Magnetostatics
J1 Electrostatic Charge and Force
J2 Electrostatic Devices and Applications
J3 Electric FIelds and Potential
J4 Capacitance and Polarization
J5 Magnetostatics
J6 Electromagnets
J7 Magnetic Materials
K Electromagnetic Principles
K1 Forces on Moving Charges
K2 Electromagnetic Induction
K3 Transformers
K4 Motors and Generators
K5 Electrical Properties of Matter
K6 Electric Circuits and Instruments
K7 RLC Circuits
K8 Electromagnetic Waves and Sources
L Geometrical Optics
L1 Light Sources and Light Rays
L2 Plane Mirrors
L3 Curved Mirrors
L4 Refraction
L5 Total Internal Reflection
L6 Lenses
L7 Optical Instruments
M Wave Optics
M1 Interference and Diffraction - Slits and Gratings
M2 Diffraction - Circular
M3 Interferometers
M4 Thin Film Interference
M5 Interference and Diffraction Esoterica
M6 Holograms
M7 Linear Polarization and Scattering
M8 Optical Activity and Birefringence
M9 Circular Polarization
N Spectra and Color
N1 Continuous Spectra
N2 Line Spectra
N3 Color
O Vision
O1 Image Production
O2 Visual Latency
O3 Color Vision
O4 Optical Illusions
P Modern Physics
P1 Relativity
P2 Quantum Mechanics
P3 Atoms and Molecules
P4 Nuclei and Particles
Q Biophysics
Q1 Musculoskeletal Systems
Q2 Organs
Q3 Genetics and Molecular Biology
O3-01: COLOR PERCEPTION IN SHADOWS - SLIDE PROJECTORS
Demonstrate complementary color shadows.
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O3-02: COLOR PERCEPTION IN SHADOWS - DOUBLE POINT SOURCE
Demonstrate complementary color shadows.
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O3-03: LAND EFFECT
Demonstrate the Land effect using red and white light.
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O3-04: GREENER THAN GREEN
Demonstrate negative color afterimage due to saturation.
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O3-11: COLOR BLINDNESS TESTS
Test your students for color blindness.
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O3-12: COLOR BLINDNESS TESTS WITH VIDEO PROJECTOR
Test class for color blindness, and demonstrate how color blind people with certain defects see the color blindness tests.
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O3-21: BENHAM TOP
Demonstrate perception of color due to periodic excitation of the eye.
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O3-22 BIDWELL'S DISC
Demonstrates positive and negative color afterimages
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