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1A10.20 - Standards of Mass

Show the difference between a 1 kg mass and a 1 lb mass.​

Yes
5
Yes
1A10.35 - Meter Stick - Yard Stick

Show the difference in length between a meterstick and yardstick.

Yes
5
Yes
1A40.30 - Magnetic Vectors

Demonstrate vector properties on the blackboard.

Yes
5
Yes
1A50.10 - Radian

Demonstrate what a radian is.

Yes
5
Yes
1A60.10 - Powers of Ten

Links to the Powers of Ten​ (1977) video

Yes
10
Yes
1C10.20 - Constant Velocity Cart

To show that a cart traveling with no acceleration​ will travel with a constant velocity.

No
5
Yes
1C20.10 - The Feather and the Farthing

Demonstrate that all objects fall with the same speed in a vacuum.

No
Yes
1C30.10 - Timed Free Fall of a Ball

To demonstrate the time a ball takes to travel a known distance in free fall.

No
Yes
1D15.10 - Motion Detector and Student

Demonstrate the plots of position, velocity, and acceleration for linear motion.

No
Yes
1D40.10 - Dumbbell with Light

Demonstrate that the center of mass moves in a parabolic path while the object itself may move in a complicated motion about this center.

No
Yes
1D50.10 - Ball on a String

Demonstrate centripetal force.

No
5
Yes
1D50.40 - Swing the Pail

Demonstrate centrifugal and centripetal forces.

Yes
Yes
1D60.10 - Relativity Cart

Demonstrate that an object thrown upward while moving horizontally at a constant velocity will follow a parabolic projectile curve and land back in the cart.

No
5
Yes
1D60.20 - Slug Gun

Demonstrate that horizontal motion is independent of vertical motion.

Yes
2
Yes
1D60.30 - Shooting the Falling Teddy Bear

Demonstrate that a projectile aimed directly at a target will only hit the target if it falls at the same time as the projectile is launched.

No
Yes
1E10.10 - Crossing the River

Demonstrate moving reference frames.

Yes
2
Yes
1E10.20 - Frames of Reference Film

Classic film about various frames of reference.

Yes
Yes
1F20.10 - Block and String

Demonstrate inertia of a large block with a surprising outcome.

No
10
Yes
1F20.30 - Cloth from Under Dishes

Demonstrate inertia and change in time of an impulse relative to static and kinetic friction.

Yes
2
Yes
1F30.10 - Persistence of Motion

To demonstrate Newton's First Law, the law of inertia​, using an air track and cart

No
5
Yes
1G10.40 - Bicycle-Size Atwood's Machine

The Atwood's Machine is a two body system that demonstrates the interdependence of forces on two masses connected by a string on a pulley.

No
Yes
1J11.20 - Tower of Lire

Demonstrates a stacking method that can continue indefinitely.

Yes
Yes
1J20.10 - Equilibrium Stability of a Particle

Demonstrate the difference between stable and unstable equilibrium points.

No
Yes
1J20.11 - Stability

Demonstrate stable, unstable, and neutral equilibriums.

No
5
Yes
1J30.10 - Car Balanced on Inclined Plane

A car sitting on an inclined plane is very carefully counterbalanced with strings and counter weights so that if the plane is removed the car remains in position and if the normal force string is disconnected while the car is on the plane, the car should stay put.

No
Yes
1J30.25 - Forces on a Taut Rope

Demonstrate that a rope held taut end to end can be easily deflected in the center by another student or a mass.

Yes
Yes
1J40.10 - Grip Bar

Demonstrate how torque increases with R.

Yes
Yes
1J40.20 - Meter Stick and Weights - Moment of Force

Demonstrate that the sum of the moments must be zero for equilibrium.

No
Yes
1J40.60 - Ladder on Water

Demonstrate that there is no horizontal force on a ladder.

No
Yes
1K10.30 - Walking the Spool

Demonstrate some applications of Newton's laws.

No
5
Yes
1K20.10 - Various Blocks on an Inclined Plane

Compare the coefficient of friction of several materials with wood.

No
5
Yes
1K20.30 - Static and Dynamic Friction

Measure the static force of friction and compare this to the dynamic force.

Yes
Yes
1L10.30 - Cavendish Experiment

The Cavendish experiment was designed to measure G, the gravitational constant.​ **24 Hour notice required**

No
Yes
1L20.10 - Gravitational Wells

​To demonstrate gravitational wells that form in the fabric of space-time due to very massive objects and to demonstrate how less massive objects respond as a result.

Yes
10
Yes
1M10.20 - Pile Driver

The kinetic energy of the mass is used to do work against friction driving the nail or crushing the can.

No
5
Yes
1M20.u1 - Block and Tackle

Demonstrate complicated pulley systems.

Yes
Yes
1M40.10 - Pendulum and Nose

Demonstrate the conservation of energy. (Well, most of it…)

No
Yes
1M40.15 - Pendulum and Peg

Demonstrate conservation of energy in a pendulum.

No
Yes
1M40.20 - Loop the Loop

Demonstrate gravitational potential is converted to rotational and circular motion so that an object can remain on a track that is in the shape of a loop.

No
Yes
1N10.20 - Egg in a Sheet

An egg thrown at a loosely held sheet will not break no matter how hard you throw it.

Yes
Yes
1N20.20 - Spring Apart Carts

Two carts are next to each other and a spring between them launches. They have equal and opposite reaction.

Yes
Yes
1N21.10 - Cart for Lecturer to Stand On

Demonstrate the principles of conservation of momentum.

No
Yes
1N22.20 - Water Rocket

Demonstrate the conservation of momentum.

No
5
Yes
1N30.10 - Newtonian Demonstrator

Demonstrate the transfer of momentum.​

No
5
Yes
1Q10.10 - Inertial Wands

Observe the differences in inertia of two rods of equal mass.

No
Yes
1Q10.31 - Inclined Plane

The angular accelerations of various objects rolled down an inclined plane are compared.

No
Yes
1Q20.10 - Angular Acceleration Model

The rotational acceleration of the system for different moments of inertia is compared.

No
Yes
1Q40.10 - Rotating Chair with Weights

Demonstrate the conservation of angular momentum.

Yes
5
Yes
1Q40.30 - Rotating Chair and Bicycle Wheel

To demonstrate angular momentum.

No
5
Yes
1Q40.u3 - Hoberman Sphere - Collapsing Star

Demonstrate conservation of angular momentum for a collapsing and expanding sphere.

Yes
Yes
1Q50.20 - Gyroscope - Bicycle Wheel

The simplest and most clear example of a gyroscope is the bicycle wheel with handles.

No
Yes
1Q60.25 - Euler's Disk

​A look at the motion of a spinning disk on a smooth surface. "Spolling; the combination of spinning and rolling."

Yes
0
Yes
1R10.10 - Hooke's Law

Demonstrate the change in length of a spring for different masses hung on a spring.

No
Yes
1R40.30 - Balls Wanted Dead or Alive

Demonstrate elastic and inelastic collisions.

Yes
5
Yes
1Z3 - Air Table

Demonstrate two-dimensional motion and conservation of momentum.

No
Yes
2A10.20 - Floating Dense Objects on Water

Show how surface tension of water is strong enough to allow dense objects to float.

Yes
Yes
2B20.40 - Equilibrium Tubes

Demonstrates the height of water in various arms of a connected system will be the same regardless of the shape of the container.

Yes
5
Yes
2B30.15 - Pop Can Collapse

Demonstrate that the pressure of steam is much less than air at room temperature.

Yes
5
Yes
2B30.30 - Magdeburg Plate

Demonstrate that atmospheric pressure is strong enough to keep two evacuated plates together.​

Yes
5
Yes
2B35.30 - Venturi Manometer

A demonstration sized venturi manometer used to model after a common homework question.​

No
5
Yes
2B40.14 - Archimedes' Principle

Demonstrate how buoyancy affects apparent weight.​

No
5
Yes
2C10.10 - Water Tower with Five Orifices

Demonstrate the symmetrical nature in which water will flow from holes in a tower. (Torricelli's Law)​

No
5
Yes
2C20.15 - Venturi Tubes

Demonstrate Venturi tube suction.​

Yes
5
Yes
3A10.10 - Light Pendulum

Demonstrate a simple pendulum.

No
Yes
3A15.10-1 - Physical Pendulum - Rigid Oscillator

Demonstrate a rigid oscillator, in this case a circle suspended at various radii.

Yes
Yes
3A20.10 - Mass on a Spring

Demonstrate simple harmonic motion with a mass moving on a spring.

No
Yes
3A40.20 - Simple Harmonic Motion as the Linear Projection of Circular Motion

Synchronize the simple harmonic motion of a pendulum with the projection of a turntable's motion.

No
Yes
3A60.10 - Tacoma Narrows Video Clip

Show a video of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse.

No
8
Yes
3A70.20 - Coupled Pendula - Two Pendula from the Same Support

Demonstrate energy transfer between two pendula on the same support.

No
Yes
3B10.10-1 - Transverse Pulse in a Rope Fastened to the Wall

Demonstrate a transverse pulse.

No
Yes
3B10.20 - Table Slinky

Demonstrate transverse and longitudinal waves with a common toy.

No
Yes
3B10.31 - Table Top Jacob's Ladder

Demonstrate torsional waves.

No
5
Yes
3B22.10 - Standing Waves

Demonstrate standing waves.

No
Yes
3B22.u1 - Gas Pipe or Rubens Flame Tube

Demonstrate standing waves due to the propagation of sound waves in a closed tube filled with gas.

No
Yes
3B22.u2 - Standing Wave on a Flat Band Loop

Demonstrate standing waves in a flat spring steel loop.

No
Yes
3B40.15 - Doppler Whistle

Demonstrate the Doppler effect with a piezobuzzer.

No
5
Yes
3B50.u1 - Interference Between Two Speakers

Show an interference pattern made by two coherent sources.

Yes
5
Yes
3B50.u2 - Interference Between Two Point Sources - Projectual

Demonstrate interference caused by two point sources.

No
5
Yes
3B55.40-1 - Trombone Resonance

To show when the trombone is at resonance, how the sound is amplified.

No
Yes
3B60.10 - Beat Forks

Demonstrate beating between to similar frequencies.

Yes
Yes
3C20.10 - Range of Hearing

Demonstrate the approximate frequency range of human hearing.

No
5
Yes
3C30.20 - Attenuation of Decibel Level with Distance

Demonstrate the attenuation of decibel level with distance.

Yes
Yes
3D30.60 - Kundt's Tube

To show standing sound waves in a tube filled with expanded polystyrene beads.​

No
Yes
3D30.70 - Hoot Tubes

Demonstrate standing sound waves in air which are caused by convection currents.

No
5
Yes
3D40.20 - Singing Rod

Demonstrate longitudinal standing waves in an aluminum rod.

No
5
Yes
3D40.31 - Driven Chladni Plates

Drive a plate at a given frequency and elegant patterns will form.

No
10
Yes
3D40.55 - Shattering the Wine Glass

 This demonstration drives a wine glass acoustically until it shatters.

No
10
Yes
3D46.15 - Tuning Forks

Show various tuning forks.

No
Yes
4A30.10 - Bimetallic Strip

Show how a simple bimetallic strip reacts to different temperatures.

Yes
Yes
4A30.21 - Ball and Sleeve

Demonstrate thermal expansion of a brass ball and two sleeves.

Yes
Yes
4A40.30 - Racquetball in Liquid Nitrogen

Demonstrate the change in properties of a racquetball at low temperatures.

No
3
Yes
4A50.20 - Temperature Dependence of Resistance in a Wire

Demonstrate that electrical current can be temperature dependent in metal.

No
Yes
4B20.10-2 - Convection of Liquids

Demonstrate convection currents in a liquid.

No
5
Yes
4B30.21 - Conduction Rods

Demonstrate how different metals conduct heat at different rates.

Yes
Yes
4B40.10 - Light the Match

Demonstrate how to light a match with light focused by a mirror.

Yes
Yes
4B50.25 - Balloon and Flame

Compare the heating of a system with water to one with only air.

Yes
Yes
4B60.10 - Shaking Lead Shot

Demonstrate that shaking lead shot can make it heat up.

No
Yes
4B70.20 - Expansion Cloud Chamber

Demonstrate the condensation of water due to the adiabatic cooling of water vapor.

Yes
Yes
4C30.10 - Boiling by Cooling

Demonstrate the dependence of the boiling point on pressure.

Yes
Yes
4C31.30 - Drinking Bird

Demonstrate cooling by evaporation.

No
5
Yes
4D10.13 - Brownian Motion Real Time

View Brownian motion with a microscope real time.

No
2
Yes
4D20.10 - Crookes' Radiometer

Demonstrate that different colored surfaces heat differently.

No
Yes
4D30.10 - Kinetic Theory Model

Demonstrate how a heated gas takes up more volume.

No
Yes
4E10.20 - Balloon in Liquid Nitrogen

Demonstrate the effect that cold temperatures have on gas molecules.

No
2
Yes
4E30.10 - Constant Volume Bulb - Absolute Zero Apparatus

​Pressure vs. Temperature in a Gas at fixed Volume is demonstrated, with plotting an Absolute Zero Determination can be made.

No
5
Yes
4F30.10-3 - Handheld Stirling Engine

Show an engine that requires only heat from your hand to operate.

No
5
Yes
5A10.09 - Rods and Fur or Silk with Electroscope

To demonstrate ​the two types of charges, positive and negative, and how an electroscope works to measure the charge.wa

Yes
5
Yes
5A10.10 - Rods and Fur or Silk with Hanger

Show that there are two types of charges, positive and negative, and demonstrate the effect of charges upon one another.

Yes
5
Yes
5A20.10 - Coulomb's Law

Demonstrate electrostatic forces between two charged spheres.

No
5
Yes
5A22.25 - Pop Can Electroscope

A bent piece of foil is balanced on a soda can's tab, this serves as the leaf of the electroscope.

Yes
Yes
5A22.u1 - Meter Stick Electroscope

Demonstrate a simple electroscope.

No
Yes
5A40.20 - Charge Propelled Cylinder

Demonstrate electrostatic induction of a neutral object with an aluminum can and a charged rod.

Yes
2
Yes
5A50.30 - Van de Graaff Generator

Demonstrate a high voltage electrostatic generator.

Yes
Yes
5B10.10 - Van de Graaff Hair Radial E Field

Demonstrate static electric repulsion.

Yes
Yes
5B10.40 - Projection of Electric Field Lines

A two-dimensional model is used for the projection of the field around point charges, parallel plates, etc.

No
10
Yes
5B20.35 - Radio in a Cage

To prove a radio in a wire cage will not be able to receive RF electromagnetic waves. Proves Faraday was right, and that there is zero electric field inside a conducting shell.

No
Yes
5B30.25 - Faraday Ice Pail

Demonstrate the principle of the Faraday ice pail.

No
5
Yes
5B30.35 - Lightning Effects with Discharge Sphere

Set up discharge sphere to receive sparks and demonstrate what happens when a lightning rod is brought near.

No
Yes
5C10.20 - Effect of a Dielectric and Spacing on a Capacitor

Show the effect of spacing and different dielectrics between the plates of a capacitor.

No
Yes
5C10.u1 - Potential voltage rise in a parallel plate capacitor

To demonstrate the Electric Field energy stored on a parallel plate capacitor. As the plates separate, the voltage increases until there is a discharge arc across two probes.

No
Yes
5C30.20-2 - Killer Capacitor

By charging and shorting a capacitor, a big noise can be produced and additionally, induced currents can be produced by a strong momentary magnetic field launching an aluminum ring or ripping a pop can in half, which illustrates how much energy the capacitor can store.

No
5
Yes
5C30.30 - Cap and Bulb

Demonstrate that a capacitor can store energy.

No
5
Yes
5D10.40 - Resistance in a Wire Model

Simulate resistance in a wire.

No
Yes
5D20.60 - Conduction of Glass

To show how heated glass turns into an ionic fluid, allowing conduction of electricity to occur.

No
Yes
5D40.10 - Jacob's Ladder

A step-up transformer creates a voltage that exceeds the dielectric breakdown of air between two rods.

No
Yes
5E40.25 - Lemon Battery

Demonstrate electromotive force using a lemon and electrodes of dissimilar metal.

Yes
5
Yes
5E50.10 - Thermocouples

Show different thermocouples.

No
Yes
5F20.50 - Series and Parallel Resistance with Bulbs (Gray's Lights)

Demonstrate how light bulbs (resistors) behave in series and in parallel.

No
Yes
5F20.50-1 - Series and Parallel - Meters - Resistors

Demonstrate series and parallel circuits with given resistors and the black box meters.  Quantitative values achieved.

Yes
10
Yes
5F30.12 - Capacitor Discharging Through a Resistor

Demonstrate Ohm’s law and RC time constant.

No
Yes
5G10.20 - Breaking a Magnet

Breaking a magnet

Yes
1
Yes
5G30.10 - Diamagnetic and Paramagnetic Rods

To demonstrate diamagnetism vs. paramagnetism.​

No
Yes
5G50.11 - Curie Point Dropper

Iron heated to its Curie point loses its magnetism

Yes
5
Yes
5G50.52 - Ceramic Superconductor Levitating a Magnet

Show that a ceramic superconductor can levitate a magnet.

No
Yes
5H10.11 - Compass Needle

Demonstration of earth's magnetic field on a compass.

No
5
Yes
5H10.20 - Oersted Experiment

Demonstrate that a current carrying wire produces a magnetic field.

No
5
Yes
5H10.30 - Projection of the Fields of Permanent Magnets

Show the shape of the magnetic field around bar magnets.

No
Yes
5H15.10 - Projection of the Magnetic Field Due to a Current in a Straight Wire

Show the shape of the magnetic field lines around current-carrying straight wire.

No
Yes
5H15.40 - Projection of the Magnetic Field Due to a Current in a Solenoid

Show the shape of the magnetic field lines around current-carrying solenoid.

No
Yes
5H25.10 - Tangent Galvanometer

Demonstrate the magnetic field at the center of a coil of current carrying wire and the addition of the coil’s field to that of the Earth’s field to produce a net torque on the compass needle.

No
Yes
5H30.10 - Oscilloscope Spot

Demonstrate electron beam deflection by a magnetic field as a moving spot on the screen.

No
5
Yes
5H40.14 - Force Between Parallel Wires

Demonstrate the force between two adjacent parallel current-carrying wires.

No
5
Yes
5H40.15 - Attracting and Repelling Coils

Demonstrate attraction and repulsion (due to currents) between parallel wires wound in a spiral.

No
Yes
5H40.30 - Jumping Wire

Demonstrate the force on a current-carrying wire that is in a permanent magnetic field.

No
Yes
5J10.20 - Back EMF in an Inductor

Demonstrate back emf in an electromagnet.

No
2
Yes
5J20.10 - Build-Up and Decay of Current in an Inductor

Demonstrate the build-up and decay of current in an inductor on an oscilloscope.

No
Yes
5K10.20 - Effect of a Magnetic Field on the Current in a Coil

Demonstrate that a moving magnet can cause a current in a coil.

No
Yes
5K10.30 - Mutual inductance - Current Induced by a Changing Magnetic Field

Demonstrate mutual inductance.

No
Yes
5K20.10 - Eddy Current Pendulum

Demonstrate an effect of electromagnetic force.

No
Yes
5K20.25 - Eddy Current Tube

Demonstrate Eddy Current in a copper tube as opposed to an acrylic tube.

No
2
Yes
5K20.u1 - Lenz's Law - Induction Currents

Demonstrate induced currents by magnetic pumping.  ​

Yes
5
Yes
5K30.20 - Dissectable Transformer and Laminations Model

This model shows the basic transformer construction and can be used to show step-up and step-down.

No
Yes
5K40.27 - Generator Model

Show a hand-turned model generator.

No
Yes
5L20.20 - Power vs. Frequency (Export Version)

Demonstrate how power varies with frequency in an RLC circuit.

No
10
Yes
5N20.40 - Giant Tesla Coil

Demonstrate electromagnetic radiation.

No
5
Yes
6A20.u1 - Large Spherical Mirrors

Show a collection of spherical mirrors.

No
Yes
6A40.31 - Disappearing Crystals

Demonstrate how an object cannot be seen when immersed in a substance with the same index of refraction.

Yes
Yes
6A42.20 - Refraction Tank

The refraction tank is a medium for showing refraction and total internal reflection at an interface.

No
Yes
6A44.40-1 - Light Pipe - Total Internal Reflection

Demonstrate total internal reflection with a light pipe.

No
Yes
6A44.u1-1 - Laser Tank Kit

Demonstrate geometrical optics by direct ray tracing using three parallel beams of light in an optical scattering tank.

No
15
Yes
6A60.30-1 - Projection of an Image

Project an image using a lens.

No
Yes
6C10.10 - Single Slit and Laser

Demonstrate the behavior of light passing through a single, narrow slit of size on the order of the light's wavelength.

Yes
Yes
6D10.10 - Double Slits and Laser

Demonstrate the interference behavior of light passing between two slits.

Yes
Yes
6D20.10 - Number of Slits

Demonstrate the interference of light passing through numbers of slits.

Yes
Yes
6D30.10 - Newton's Rings

Demonstrate Newton's rings.

No
Yes
6D30.20 - Soap Film Interference

Demonstrate interference patterns caused by a soap film.

No
Yes
6D40.10 - Optical Interferometer

Demonstrate interference w/ an optical interferometer.

No
1
Yes
6F30.10 - Prism - Dispersion of White Light

Demonstrate how different refractive indices disperse light.

Yes
Yes
6F40.10 - Rayleigh Scattering

Demonstrate how blue light can be scattered while red light is transmitted.

No
Yes
6H10.10 - Polaroids and LED Light

Demonstrate properties of polarization with three polaroid sheets and an LED Light.

Yes
5
Yes
6H10.20 - Microwave Polarization

Demonstrate the polarization of microwaves.

No
Yes
6H20.u1 - Polarization by Reflection Off Water

Demonstrate polarization by reflection off water.

No
Yes
6H30.30 - Optically Active Corn Syrup

Demonstrate the optically active cornsyrup with polarization cards and a light source.

No
Yes
6J10.21 - Optical Model of the Eye

Show how light is focused in an eye, with or without corrective lenses.

No
Yes
6Q10.10 - Hologram

Show a hologram.

No
Yes
6Z1 - Blackboard Optics

To demonstrate geometrical optics using a variety of lenses, mirrors, and prisms in a transportable kit that connects to a blackboard.​

Yes
10
Yes
7A10.10 - Photoelectric Effect

This demonstration shows the production of photoelectrons in zinc.

No
Yes
7A55.30 - Electron Diffraction

Demonstrate electron wave properties.

No
5
Yes
7B10.08 - Spectrum Tubes - Computer Spectroscope

​Demonstrate the atomic spectra of elemental gases and compounds

No
5
Yes
7B10.10 - Spectrum Tubes - Student Gratings

Demonstrate the atomic spectra of various gases.

No
5
Yes
7D10.10 - Geiger Counter and Sources

Use a Geiger counter to detect radioactivity and show how various materials can shield you from radioactivity.

No
Yes
7D30.60 - Cloud Chamber

Demonstrate the detection of subatomic and high energy particles.

No
Yes
7F10.60 - Film - The Lorentz Transformation

Show a part of the Mechanical Universe film series.

No
30
Yes
8A10.10 - Orrery

Demonstrate the orbits of planets and Pluto around the sun in our solar system.

Yes
5
Yes
8A10.25 - Phases of the Moon

Demonstrate phases and/or eclipses of the moon, earth, and sun.

No
5
Yes
8A10.55 - Retrograde Motion

Show the apparent motion of a planet in the heliocentric solar system.

No
5
Yes
8A10.80 - Celestial Sphere

Demonstrate the relationship between the Earth, the Sun, and other celestial objects.

No
5
Yes
8B10.50 - Sunspots on an Overhead

​To demonstrate why sunspots appear dark on the surface of the sun.

No
5
Yes
8B10.60 - Random Walk - Modeling a Photon's Journey from the Center of a Star

Illustrate the random walk a photon takes from the center of the sun.

Yes
2
Yes
8C10.10 - Expanding Universe

Demonstrate the geometry of the expanding universe.

Yes
3
Yes
8C10.u2 - Accretion Disk

Demonstrate an accretion disk.

No
10
Yes