Physics Lecture Demonstration Manual
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Motion
in One Dimension
1C10.20 Velocity: Vernier's Go Motion!: Motion Study
1C20.10 Uniform Acceleration: Penny
& Feather
1C20.14* Uniform Acceleration: Shot
Put & Golf Ball
1C20.18 Uniform Acceleration: Block & Paper
1C20.30 Uniform Acceleration: PASCO
Sc Wksp: Inclined Air Track
1C20.35* Uniform Acceleration: Galileo's
Ramp
1C30.05* Measuring g: Falling Ball Model
1C30.55 Measuring g: Catch a Meter Stick
Motion
in Two Dimensions
1D10.05* Displacement in Two Dimensions: Strobe
Penlight
1D40.22 Motion of the Center of Mass: Linked Pucks on
Air Table
1D4035 Motion of the Center of Mass: Earth
Moon System
1D40.55 Motion of the Center of Mass: Air Track Inchworm
1D50.10 Central Forces: Ball
on a String
1D50.25 Central Forces: Conical Pendulum
1D50.40 Central Forces: Pail
of Water
1D52.10 Deformation by Central Forces: Flattening Earth
1D55.12* Centrifugal Escape: Marble
on a Plate
1D60.10 Projectile Motion: Howitzer
& Tunnel
1D60.20 Projectile Motion: Simultaneous
Fall
1D60.30 Projectile Motion: Shoot
the Monkey
1D60.65 Projectile Motion: Water
Stream Trajectory
Newton's
First Law
1F20.30 Inertia of Rest: Tablecloth
Pull
1F20.32* Inertia of Rest: Inertia
Tower
1F20.37* Inertia of Rest: Eggs into Beaker
1F30.10 Inertia of Motion: Persistence
of Motion
Newton's
Second Law
1G10.40 "Force, Mass, Acceleration": Atwood's
Machine
Newton's
Third Law
1H10.30* Action & Reaction: Tug
of War
1H10.40* Action & Reaction: PASCO
Sc Wksp: Collision Carts - Force
Statics
of Rigid Bodies
1J10.10 Finding Center of Gravity: Map
of State
1J10.15 Finding Center of Gravity: Irregular Shape
1J10.25 Finding Center of Gravity: Center of Gravity
of a Broom
1J11.10 Exceeding Center of Gravity: Leaning Tower of
Pisa
1J11.40 Exceeding Center of Gravity: Male & Female
Center of Gravity
1J11.50 Exceeding Center of Gravity: Double Cone
1J30.05* Resolution of Forces: Balloon
& Fan
1J30.25 Resolution of Forces: Three Students & a
Rope
1J30.54 Resolution of Forces: Force Table
1J40.10 Static Torque: Torque Meter (Grip Bar)
1J40.16 Static Torque: Different
Length Wrenches
1J40.55* Static Torque: Torque Ladder
1J40.75 PASCO Blackboard Mechanics: Arm
Model
Applications
of Newton's Laws
1K10.30 Dynamic Torque: Walking the Spool
1K20.12 Friction: Friction
Box
1K20.15 Friction: Weight Dependence of Friction
1K20.20 Friction: Area Dependence of Friction
1K20.30 Friction: Static vs. Sliding Friction
1K20.35 Friction: Angle
of Repose
1K25.10* Terminal Velocity: Falling Balloon
1K30.15* Pressure: Seat
of Nails
Gravity
1L10.10 Univ. Gravitational Constant: Cavendish Film
Loop or Video
1L10.30 Univ. Gravitational Constant: Cavendish
Balance
Work &
Energy
1M20.30 Simple Machines: Incline
Plane
1M40.10 Conservation of Energy: Nose
Basher
1M40.15 Conservation of Energy: Stopped Pendulum
1M40.20 Conservation of Energy: Loop
the Loop
1M40.42 Conservation of Energy: CENCO
Ballistic Pendulum
Linear
Momentum & Collisions
1N10.23* Impulse & Thrust: Egg Toss
1N20.22* Conservation of Linear Momentum: Spring
Apart Dynamics Carts
1N22.20* Rockets: Water
Rocket
1N30.05* Collisions in One Dimension: Newton's
Cradle (Collision Balls)
1N30.06* Collisions in One Dimension: Steel Collision
Balls
1N30.33 Collisions in One Dimension: Equal
& Unequal Mass Air Track
1N30.40* Collisions in One Dimension: PASCO Sc Wksp:
Collision Carts - Momentum
1N30.60 Collisions in One Dimension: Double
Ball Drop
1N40.20 Collisions in Two Dimensions: Air
Table - Equal masses
1N40.21 Collisions in Two Dimensions: Air Table - Unequal
masses
1N40.22 Collisions in Two Dimensions: Air Table - Inelastic
Rotational
Dynamics
1Q10.30 Moment of Inertia: Disc,
Ring, Sphere
1Q20.50 Rotational Energy: Faster then "g" or The Falling
Chimney
1Q20.55 Rotational Energy: Pennies on a Meter Stick
1Q40.10 Conservation of Angular Momentum: Rotating
Stool and Weights
1Q40.25 Conservation of Angular Momentum: Pulling
on a Whirligig
1Q40.30 Conservation of Angular Momentum: Bicycle
Wheel & the Conservation of Angular Momentum
1Q40.80 Conservation of Angular Momentum: Hero's
Engine
1Q50.20 Gyros: Bicycle
Wheel Gyro
1Q60.52 Rotational Stability: Ring, Chain, Cylinder
Properties
of Matter
1R20.60 Tensile & Compressive Stress: Bologna Bottle
1R20.70 Tensile & Compressive Stress: Prince Rupert's
Drops
1R40.10 Coefficient of Restitution: Bouncing Balls
1R50.20 Crystal Structure: Crystal
Models
1R60.10* Molecular Models: Polyhedral Molecular Demonstration
Models
1R60.20* Molecular Models: Styrofoam Molecular Models
Surface
Tension
2A20.10 Capillary Action: Capillary
Tubes or Equilibrium Tubes
Statics
of Fluids
2B20.40 Static Pressure: Pascal's
Vases
2B20.60 Static Pressure: Hydraulic
Press
2B30.10 Atmospheric Pressure: Crush
the Can: Hot Water Cooling
2B30.25 Atmospheric Pressure: Crush
the Can: Vacuum Pump
2B30.30 Atmospheric Pressure: Magdeburg
Hemispheres
2B60.70 Atmospheric Pressure: Turbine Pump
2B40.10 Density & Buoyancy: Weigh
Submerged Block
2B40.40 Density & Buoyancy: Buoyancy of Air
2B40.48* Density & Buoyancy: Density of Air: 2L Soda
Bottles
2B40.54 Density & Buoyancy: Buoyancy
in Various Liquids
Dynamics
of Fluids
2C10.10 Flow Rate : Velocity
of Efflux
2C20.20 Bernoulli Force: Atomizer
2C20.30 Bernoulli Force: Floating
Ball
Oscillations
3A10.10 Pendula: Simple
Pendulum
3A10.15 Pendula: Bowling
Ball Pendulum
3A10.30 Pendula: Torsion
Pendula
3A15.10 Physical Pendula: Physical
Pendulum (Baseball Bat)
3A15.11 Physical Pendula: Ring
Physical Pendula
3A20.10 Spring & Oscillators: Mass
on a Spring
3A20.30 Spring & Oscillators: Air
Track Glider & Spring
3A20.35 Spring & Oscillators: Air
Track Glider between Springs
3A40.05* Simple Harmonic Motion: PASCO
Sc Wksp: SHM
3A60.10 Driven Mechanical Resonance: Tacoma
Narrows film
3A70.20 Coupled Oscillations: Coupled
Pendula
3A70.30 Coupled Oscillations: String
Coupled Pendula
3A70.45 Coupled Oscillations: Vertically
Coupled Masses on Springs
3A70.46 Coupled Oscillations: Horizontally
Coupled Masses on Springs
Wave
Motion
3B10.10 Transverse Pulses & Waves: Pulse
on a Rope
3B10.12* Transverse Pulses & Waves: Human
Wave
3B10.20 Transverse Pulses & Waves: Slinky
on a Table
3B10.25 Transverse Pulses & Waves: Standing
Pulse
3B10.30 Transverse Pulses & Waves: Transverse
Wave Generator
3B10.50 Transverse Pulses & Waves: Vertical
Rods Wave Model
3B10.60 Transverse Pulses & Waves: Wave
Generator, driven
3B20.10 Longitudinal Pulses & Waves: Hanging
Slinky
3B20.12 Longitudinal Pulses & Waves: Slinky
on a Table
3B20.30 Longitudinal Pulses & Waves: Longitudinal
Wave Model & Generator
3B20.50 Longitudinal Pulses & Waves: Vertical
Rods Wave Model
3B22.20 Standing Waves: Rope
Standing Wave
3B22.22* Standing Waves: Wave
Generator
3B22.50 Standing Waves: Slinky
Standing Waves
3B22.80 Standing Waves: Standing/Traveling
Wave Model
3B27.15 Compound Waves: Transverse
Wave Superposition
3B27.20 Compound Waves: Adding
(Sine) Wave Apparatus
3B30.30 Wave Properties of Sound: Bell
in a Vacuum
3B30.50 Wave Properties of Sound: How
to Talk like a Duck
3B40.25 Doppler Effect: Doppler
Reed
3B40.35* Doppler Effect: Doppler
Football
3B40.40* Doppler Effect: Doppler
Tuning Fork
3B50.30 Interference & Diffraction: Ripple
Tank Audio Visual Clips
3B55.10 Interference & Diffraction of Sound: Two
Loud Speakers
3B60.10 Beats: Beat
Forks
Acoustics
3C10.10 The Ear: Model
of the Ear
3C20.05* Pitch: Pitch Range Chart
3C30.10* Intensity & Attenuation: Decibel
of Sound
3C40.10 Architectural Acoustics: Reverberation
Time or 'Slapping Boards'
3C50.30* Wave Analysis & Synthesis: Helmholtz Coils
Musical
Instruments
3D20.10 Resonance in Strings: Sonometer
3D30.15 Resonance Cavities: Resonance
Tube w/ Piston
3D30.60 Resonance Cavities: Kundt's
Tube
3D30.70 Resonance Cavities: Hoot
Tubes
3D32.10 Air Column Instruments: Organ
Pipes
3D32.20 Air Column Instruments: Organ
Pipes w/ Holes
3D32.25 Air Column Instruments: Open
& Closed End Pipes
3D32.30 Air Column Instruments: Slide
Whistle
3D32.45 Air Column Instruments: PVC Instruments
3D40.10 Resonance in Plates, Bars, Soli: Xylophone
3D40.30 Resonance in Plates,
Bars, Soli: Chladni
Plates
3D40.50 Resonance in Plates, Bars, Soli: Musical
Goblet
3D42.10* Percussion Instruments: Tom
Drum
3D46.16 Tuning Forks: Tuning
Forks
3D46.20 Tuning Forks: Tuning
Forks on Resonance Boxes
3D46.22 Tuning Forks: Adjustable
Tuning Forks
3D46.30 Tuning Forks: Tuning
Bars
3D50.10 Electronic Instruments: Keyboard
Thermal
Properties of Matter
4A. Heat Capacity & Specific Heat: Warm Coin Trick
4A30.10 Solid Expansion: Bimetallic Strip
4A30.11 Solid Expansion: Thermostat Model
4A30.20 Solid Expansion: Balls & Ring
4A40.32* Properties of Materials at Low Temperatures:
Smashing Frozen Banana
4A40.35 Properties of Materials at Low Temperatures:
Cool Rubberband
Heat &
the 1st Law
4B20.10 Convection: Convection Tube
4B30.12* Conduction: Heat Race to Melt Wax
4B40.05* Radiation: Heated Spoon
4B40.10 Radiation: Radiation using Parabolic Mirrors
4B50.25 Heat Transfer Applications: Water Balloon &
Matches
4B60.11 Mechanical Equivalent of Heat: Work into Heat
4B70.20 Adiabatic Processes: Expansion Cloud Chamber
Change
of State
4C30.15 Phase Changes: Liquid-Gas: Boiling at Reduced
Pressure
4C30.30 Phase Changes: Liquid-Gas: Helium & CO2 balloons
in Liquid N2
4C30.32* Phase Changes: Liquid-Gas: Air Balloon in Liquid
Nitrogen`
4C30.35 Phase Changes: Liquid-Gas: Liquid Nitrogen in
a Balloon
4C31.30 Cooling by Evaporation: Drinking Bird
Kinetic
Theory
4D20.10* Mean Free Path: Crooke's Radiometer*
4D30.40* Kinetic Motion: Glass Beads
4D50.60 Diffusion & Osmosis: Diffusion in Liquids:
Copper Sulfate
Gas Law
4E10.11 Constant Pressure: Thermal Expansion of Air
4E10.15* Constant Pressure: Cooling of Air
4E10.20 Constant Pressure: Balloons in Liquid Nitrogen
4E10.30* Constant Pressure: Crush the Can
:4E Differential Thermometer
4E20.15 Constant Temperature: Syringe & Pressure
Gauge
4E20.40 Constant Temperature: Balloon in a Vacuum
Entropy
& the Second Law
4F30.19 Heat Cycles: Hero's
Engine
4F30.10 Heat Cycles: Stirling's
Engine
4F30.20 Heat Cycles: Steam Engine
4F30 Heat Cycles: 5-cycle Engine
Electrostatics
5A10.10 Producing Static Charge: Rods,
Fur, & Silk
5A10.12* Producing Static Charge: What Makes Sticky?
5A10.20 Producing Static Charge: Electrophorus
(Induction Paddle)
5A20.10 Coulomb's Law: Rods
& Pivot
5A20.20 Coulomb's Law: Pith
Balls
5A22.30 Electrostatic Meters: Gold
Leaf Electroscope
5A22.32* Electrostatic Meters: Probe Electroscope
5A22.35* Electrostatic Meters: Projector
Electroscope
5A40.30 Induced Charge: "2"x4""
5A50.10 Electrostatic Machines: Wimshurst
Machine
5A50.30 Electrostatic Machines: Van
de Graff Generators
Electric
Fields & Potential
5B10.10 Electric Field: Hair
on End
5B10.14* Electric Field: Salt
Eruption
5B10.25 Electric Field: Confetti
5B10.26 Electric Field: Electrified Strings
5B10.27 Electric Field: Rayleigh
Fountain
5B10.28* Electric Field: Field
Visualizer
5B10.35 Electric Field: Electrostatic Ping Pong
5B20.10 Gauss' Law: Faraday's
Ice Pail
5B20.15 Gauss' Law: Faraday's
Ice Pail on Electroscope
5B20.40* Gauss' Law: Styrofoam
peanuts in a metal cup
5B30.38* Electrostatic Potential: Carbon
Arc
5B30.40 Electrostatic Potential: Electric Wind
5B30.50 Electrostatic Potential: Electrostatic
Pinwheel
5B30.70* Electrostatic Potential: Fluorescent
Tube Illumination
Capacitance
5C10.20 Capacitors: Parallel
Plate Capacitors
5C20.10 Dielectrics: Capacitors
w/ Dielectrics
Resistance
5D10.40 Resistance Characteristics: Resistance
Model: Nails in an Inclined Board
5D15.12* Resistance Characteristics: Pencil
Lead Stripe
5D20.15 Resistivity & Temperature: Wire
Coil in Liquid Nitrogen and in Boiling Water
5D30.30 Conduction in Solutions: Pickle
Glow
5D40.10 Conduction in Gases: Jacob's
Ladder
DC
Circuits
5F10.10 Ohm's Law: Ohm's
Law Unit for Overhead Projector
5F20.12* Circuit Analysis: Predict
the Relative Brightness Challenge
5F20.50 Circuit Analysis: Series
& Parallel Lightbulbs
5F20. Circuit Analysis: Ohm's Law Board
Magnetic
Materials
5G10.10 Magnets: Magnet
Support
5G10.16 Magnets: Suspended Lodestone
5G10.30 Magnets: Which
is the Magnet?
5G20.30 Magnet Domains & Magnetization: Magnetic
Domain Model
Magnetic
Fields & Forces
5H10.12 Magnetic Fields: Magnet
& Compass
5H10.15 Magnetic Fields: Dip
Needle
5H10.30 Magnetic Fields: Magnet
& Iron Filings, 2-Dim
5H10.35 * Magnetic Fields: Magnet
& Iron Filings, 3-Dim
5H15.10 Fields and Currents: Iron
Filings Around a Wire
5H15.11 Fields and Currents: Compasses
about a Wire
5H15.40 Fields and Currents: Solenoid
& Iron Filings
5H20.24 Forces on Magnets: Linearly
Levitating Magnets
5H30.10 Force on Moving Charge: Maltese
Cross
5H30.20 Force on Moving Charge: e/m
Tube
5H40.30 Force on Current in Wire: Jumping
Wire
5H50.45 Torques on Coils: Spinning
Coil over Magnet
Electromagnetic
Induction
5K10.18? Induced Currents & Forces: Induced Current
Demo
5K10.20 Induced Currents & Forces: EM
Induction Coil
5K10.21 Induced Currents & Forces: 10/20/40
Coils & Magnet
5K10.60 Induced Currents & Forces: Earth
Inductor
5K20.10 Eddy Currents: Eddy
Currents in Pendulum
5K20.25 Eddy Currents: Magnets
in Eddy Tubes or Lenz's Law Demonstrator
5K20.30 Eddy Currents: Jumping
Ring
5K30.10 Transformers: Wind
a Transformer
5K40.04* Motors & Generators: Open
Motor
5K40.05* Motors & Generators: World's
Simplest Motor
5K40.80 Motors & Generators: Crank
Generator & Light Bulb
Semiconductors
& Tubes
5M20.05* Tubes: Transistor
Tube Basket
Electromagnetic
Radiation
5N10.57* Transmission
Lines & Antennas: Radio Standing Waves
Geometrical Optics
6A02.35 Straight Line Propagation: Laser Pointer
& Chalk Dust
6A10 Reflection from Flat Surfaces: Properties of Light:
Ray Tracing
6A10.10 Reflection from Flat Surfaces: Blackboard Optics
- Plane Mirrors
6A10.25 Reflection from Flat Surfaces: Ripple Tank Reflection
6A10.50 Reflection from Flat Surfaces: Full View Mirror
6A20.10 Reflection from Curved Surfaces: Blackboard Optics
- Curved Mirrors
6A20.35 Reflection from Curved Surfaces: Optic Mirage
6A20.35 Reflection from Curved Surfaces: Auto Collimating
Mirror
6A40. Refraction Index: Class March
6A42.10 Refraction at Flat Surfaces: Blackboard Optics
- Refraction
6A42.35 Refraction at Flat Surfaces: Ripple Tank Refraction
6A42.45 Refraction at Flat Surfaces: Stick in Water
6A44.40 Total Internal Reflection: Light Pipe
6A44.45 Total Internal Reflection: Water Stream Light Pipe
6A46.10 Rainbow: Rainbow
6A60.50 Thin Lens: Pinholes Projected with a Lens
6A61.20 Pinhole: Pinhole Camera
6A65.70 Thick Lens: Fresnel Lens
Diffraction
6C Diffraction Grating
6C10.10 Diffraction Through One Slit: Single Slit and
Laser
6C10.20 Diffraction Through One Slit: Two Finger Slit
6C20. Diffraction Around Objects:
Interference
6D Glass Slides Interference Bands
6D10.10 Interference From Two Sources: Double Slit &
Laser
Color
6F10.10 Synthesis and Analysis of Colors: Additive Color
Mixing
6F10.25 Synthesis and Analysis of Colors: Spinning Color Disc
6F10.75 Synthesis and Analysis of Colors: Colored Yarn
6F30.10 Dispersion: Dispersion Curve of a Prism
6F40.11 Scattering: Sunset II
Polarization
6H10.10 Dichroic Polarization: Polarization Sheets
The Eye
6J10.10 The Eye: Model of the Eye
Quantum
Effects
7A10.10 Photoelectric Effect: Photoelectric Effect in
Zinc
7A50.40 Wave Mechanics: Vibrating Circular Wire
Atomic
Physics
7B Safety Exposure
7B10.10 Spectra: Spectroscopes & various Discharge
Lamps
7B10.50* Spectra: Spectrum Analysis Chart
7B10.60* Spectra: Solar Spectrum Chart
7B13.05 Resonance Radiation: Triboluminescence (Wintergreen Lifesavers)
7B13.50 Resonance Radiation: Black Light/ Fluorescence
7B13.51 Resonance Radiation: Fluorescence and Phosphorescence
7B13.55 Resonance Radiation: Luminescence
7B35.40 Electron Properties: Maltese cross
7B50.50 Atomic Models: Periodic Chart
Nuclear
Physics
7D10.10 Radioactivity: Gieger Counter & Samples
7D10.55 Radioactivity: Coin Toss Half-Life
7D30.60 Particle Detectors: Diffusion Cloud Chamber
7D50.05* Models of the Nucleus: Nucleus Rotational Model