For in-service teachers: Doing Physics Workshop: Motion
University
of North Texas
Department
of Physics'
As a traveling demonstration team of physics professors, graduate student and staff, our purpose is to interest, inform and inspire the public and perspective students of physics by presenting exciting and engaging demonstrations of physical principles. Our goal is to leave the audience with a new understanding of certain concepts and facts about their physical world and even more importantly, create in them a sense of wonder and appreciation for physics and a new view of their participation in physics as informed citizens, as students and/ or as a career.
Some of our previous shows have
included demonstrations from the following list:
| Soda Bottle Water Rocket
Human Gyroscope (Bicycle Wheel & Rotating Spool) Rotating Stool & Weights Lenz's Tubes Jumping Rings Madgeburg Spheres Pail of Water Liquid Nitrogen Bomb Van de Graff Generator Double Ball Drop Lift up the Principal Tug of War Liquid Nitrogen & Balloons Leaning Tower Howitzer & Tunnel |
Parabolic Mirrors
Dr. Hu's Inertia Tower Crush the Can (Vacuum Pump or Hot Water) Pickle Glow Frozen Pickle Smash Liquid Nitrogen & Balloons Water Balloon & matches Jacob's Ladder Seat of Nails Ball on a String "2x4" & Balloon Electrostatics Balloon & Fan Eddy Tubes Induction Paddle |