| Phys
1210 and PHYS 1311 Physics for the non-science major |
| Measurement |
| Basic Units: Basic
Unit Sets
Basic Units: Density Rods Basic Units: Cubic Meter Basic Units: One Liter Cube Scaling: "Powers of Ten" video |
| Motion |
| Uniform Acceleration: Penny and Feather Uniform Acceleration: Shot Put & Golf Ball Uniform Acceleration: Galileo's Ramp Circular Motion: Ball on a String Circular Motion: Pail of Water Ellipses: Chalkboard Ellipse Maker Projectile Motion: Howitzer and Tunnel Projectile Motion: Simultaneous Fall Projectile Motion: Shoot the Monkey Projectile Motion: Water Stream Trajectory |
| Newton's Laws of Motion |
| Inertia
of Rest: Tablecloth
Pull Inertia of Rest: Inertia Tower Inertia of Motion: Persistence of Motion (Air Track or Air Table) Action and Reaction: Tug of War Force, Mass & Acceleration: Atwood's Machine Resolution of Forces: Balloon & Fan Resolution of Forces: Three Students & a Rope Resolution of Forces: Force Table Central Forces: Ball on a String Central Forces: Pail of Water |
| Momentum |
| Rockets: Water Rocket
Collisions in 1-Dim: Collection of various balls: Billard Ball, Bowling Ball, & Ping Pong Ball Collisions in 1-Dim: PASCO Collision Carts Collisions in 1-Dim: Double Ball Drop Collisions in 1-Dim: Equal & Unequal Mass Air Track Collisions Collisions in 1-Dim: Elastic & Inelastic Model: Air Track Collisions in 2-Dim: Air Table Impulse and Thrust: Egg Toss Conservation of Momentum: Spring Apart Carts Conservation of Momentum: Newton's Cradle Conservation of Angular Momentum: Rotating Stool & Weights Conservation of Angular Momentum: Rotating Stool & Bicycle Wheel Conservation of Angular Momentum: Hero's Engine |
| Work & Energy |
| Work: Inclined
Plane Pendula: Simple Pendulum Spring & Oscillators: Mass on a Spring Conservation of Energy: Loop the Loop Conservation of Energy: Energy Track Conservation of Energy: Nose Basher Conservation of Energy: Stopped Pendulum Conservation of Energy: CENCO Ballistic Pendulum |
| Motion in Two Dimension: Circular & Parabolic Motion |
|
Circular Motion: Ball on a String Circular Motion: Pail of Water Projectile Motion: Howitzer and Tunnel Projectile Motion: Simultaneous Fall Projectile Motion: Shoot the Monkey Projectile Motion: Water Stream Trajectory |
| Properties of Matter: Density, Pressure, Buoyancy |
| Density: Density Rods Volume: Cubic Meter Volume: One Liter Cube Pressure: Seat of Nails Atomspheric Pressure: Magdeburg Hemispheres Density & Buoyancy: Weigh Submerged Block Flow Rate: Velocity of Efflux Bernoulli Force: Floating Ball |
| Temperature & Heat; Heat Transfer; Change of Phase |
| Solid
Expansion: Bimetallic
Strip
Solid Expansion: Ball & Ring Constant Pressure: Balloons in Liquid Nitrogen Constant Pressure: Crush the Can: Hot Water Cooling Constant Temperature: Syringe & Pressure Gauge Conduction: Heat Race to Melt Wax Heat Transfer Applications: Water Balloon & Matches Phase Changes: Liquid-Gas: Air Balloon in Liq Nitrogen Radiation: Heated Spoon Solid Expansion: Ball & Ring Heat Cycles: Steam Engine Heat Transfer Applications: Water Balloon & Matches Convection: Convection Tube Conduction: Heat Race to Melt Wax Radiation: Radiation Using Parabolic Mirrors Phase Changes - Liquid-Gas: Liquid Nitrogen in a Balloon |
| Vibrations, Waves & Wave Effects |
| Transverse
Pulses & Waves: Slinky
on a Table
Transverse Pulses & Waves: Vertical Rods Wave Model Transverse Pulses & Waves: Pulse on a Rope Transverse Pulses & Waves: Vertical Wave Model Doppler Effect: Doppler Reed Doppler Effect: Doppler Football Transverse Pulses & Waves: Wave Generator Driven Mechanical Resonance: "Tacoma Narrows Bridge" Video Clip Interference & Diffraction: Ripple Tank Video Clips |
| Sound |
| Wave
Properties of Sound: Bell
in a Vacuum
Wave Properties of Sound: Duck Talk Intensity & Attenuation: dB Meter Tuning Forks: Tuning Fork w/ & w/o Resonance Box Resonance in Plates, Bars, Soli: Musical Goblet Resonance in Plates, Bars, Soli: Chladni Plates Beats: Beat Forks |
| Electricity & Magnetism |
| Producing Static Charge:
Rods, Fur & Silk Producing Static Charge: Electrophorus (Induction Paddle) Producing Static Charge: "2x4" Coulomb's Law: Rods and Pivots Coulomb's Law: Pith Balls Electrostatic Meters: Gold Leaf Electroscope Electrostatic machines: Wimshurst Machine Gauss' Law: Peanuts in a Cup Electrostatic Potential: Electrostatic Spheres Electrostatic Potential: Discharge Tube Conduction in Solutions: Pickle Glow Conduction in Gases: Jacob's Ladder Resistance Characteristics: Resistance Model: Nails in an Inclined Board Circuit Analysis: Series & Parallel Light bulbs Magnetic Fields: Magnet & Iron Filings, 2-Dim Magnet & Iron Filings, 3-Dim Magnet & Compasses Force on Moving Charge: Maltese Cross Force on Moving Charge: e/m Tube Force on Current in Wire: Jumping Wire Torques on Coils: Spinning Coil over Magnet Fields & Currents: Iron Filings around a Current-carrying Wire Fields & Currents: Compasses about a Current-carrying Wire Fields & Currents: Solenoid & Iron Filings Magnet Domains & Magnetization: Magnet Support and Magnetic Domain Model Induced Currents & Forces: 10/20/40 Coils & Magnet Induced Currents & Forces: Earth Inductor Eddy Currents: Lenz's Paddle Pendula Eddy Currents: Magnets in Eddy Tubes (Lenz's Tubes) Eddy Currents: Primary & Secondary Coils w/ Iron Core Eddy Currents: Jumping Rings Motors & Generators: World's Simplest Motor Motors & Generators: Cut Apart Speakers Transformers: Hand-Crank Generator/ Flashlight Transformers: Wind a Transformer Transformers: Vertical Transformer 5A20.40* Electrostatic Meters: Over head Electroscope 5A50.30 Electrostatic Machines: Van de Graff Generator 5B10.28: Electric Field : Field Visualizer 5B10.14: Electric Field : Salt Eruption 5F20.51: Circuit Analysis: Light Bulb Board - 12V 5K40.* Motors & Generators: Open Motors 5K40.80 Motors & Generators: Crank Generator & Light Bulb |
| Properties of Light |
|
6A42.10 Refraction at Flat Surfaces: Blackboard Optics
6A44.40 Total Internal Reflection: Laser & Fiber Optics 6C10.10 Diffraction through One Slit: Single Slit & Laser 6C10.20 Diffraction through One Slit: Two Finger Slit 6D10.10 Interference From Two Sources: Double Slit & Laser 6F40.15: Scattering: Powder Milk Sunset 6H10.10 Polarization: Polarization Sheets |
| Atomic Physics |
| Classroom Periodic Chart 7B10.10 Spectra: Discharge Tubes & Spectroscopes 7B10.XX: Spectra: Spectrum Charts 7A50.40 Wave Mechanics: Circular Standing Waves: Electron Wave Model |
| Nuclear Physics |
| Classroom Periodic Chart 7D50.05* Models of the Nucleus: Nucleus Rotational Model 7D10.55: Radioactivity: Coin Toss Half Life |
