Demonstrations
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FL: ST - 003 | Cup and Cover | A glass of water is covered by a piece of plastic and overturned, resulting in the lid staying attached to the glass. |
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FL: ST - 005 | Floating Paper Clips | Paper clips are floated on a body of water. When soapy water is added, the paper clips sink move away from the soap and sink to the bottom. |
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L: GO - 001 | Pinhole Projector | ||
L: GO - 002 | Intersecting Plane Mirrors | ||
L: GO - 003 | Fluorescein Tank - Total Internal Reflection | A beam of light, visible in a tank of Fluorescein, demonstrates total internal reflection at a certain angle of incidence. |
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L: GO - 004 | Spherical Mirrors | A concave mirror and a convex mirror on display |
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L: GO - 005 | Large Searchlight Mirror/The Real Image | A large searchlight mirror is used to produce a real image of an inverted lightbulb. |
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L: GO - 007 | Prisms of Various Materials | ||
L: GO - 010 | Lucite Coil | A Lucite coil is used to demonstrate internal reflection. |
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L: GO - 011 | Magic Corn Oil | ||
L: GO - 013 | Inverted Shadow on Retina | ||
L: GO - 014 | Aberrations | ||
L: GO - 015 | Mechanical Model of Refraction | ||
L: GO - 017 | Shadow and a Cube | ||
L: GO - 044 | Total Internal Reflection in a Stream of Water | A laser beam is passed though a box of water. Rather than strike the wall, the beam follows the path of the water as it drains from the box. |
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L: GO - 045 | Blackboard Optics Kit | A 5-beam Laser Box is used in conjunction with various mirrors and lenses to show concepts in geometric optics. |
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L: GO - 046 | Smoke Box | Liquid smoke (Poof!) is used to make laser beams visible in an enclosed case. |
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L: GO - 052 | Microwave Reflection | ||
L: GO - 053 | Plastic Blocks with Laser | A laser beam is passed through plastic blocks |
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L: GO - 054 | Fiber Optics | A fiber optic cable |
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L: GO - 056 | Small Concave Mirrors with Toys | Small black discs composed of concave mirrors are used to produce an image (mirage) of a small toy placed inside the disk (pig, button, bolt, etc) |
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L: GO - 057 | Smiley on Bulb | The inverted image of a light bulb with a smiley face drawn on it is projected onto a wall. |
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L: GO - 061 | Lenses | A set of lenses regularly available to loan for off-site demonstrations |
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L: W - 006 | Dispersion by a Prism | A narrow beam of white light is passed through a prism, creating a continuous spectrum on the wall. |
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L: W - 016 | Prisms | A selection of prisms readily available for use outside of Physics Hall. |
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L: W - 018 | Newton's Rings | Interference between 2 thin films can be seen under the document camera and projected for the lecture hall to see |
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L: W - 019 | Bubbles and Light Interference | Light shown through a bubble produces an array of colors due to interference of the inner and outer walls of the bubble |
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L: W - 021 | Michelson Interferometer | ||
L: W - 022 | Cornell Slit Film | A Cornell Slit Film is used to show single, double, and multiple slit diffraction |
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L: W - 023 | Arago's Spot | A small dot will be visible in the shadow of a sphere when placed in a laser beam. |
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L: W - 024 | Diffraction Grating with White Light | A slide projector with a diffraction grating produces the pattern created by white light diffraction. |
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L: W - 025 | Brewster's Angle | ||
L: W - 026 | Wooden Bars with Rectangular Cross Sections | ||
L: W - 027 | Polarizing Lenses | 3 polarizing plates can be used with an overhead projector to show the polarization of light. |
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L: W - 028 | Mechanical Model of Polarization | ||
L: W - 029 | Calcite | ||
L: W - 032 | Light Scattered by Powdered Milk | ||
L: W - 041 | Uranium Glass | Light from a violet laser pen is directed at a piece of Uranium glass; fluorescence occurs. |
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L: W - 043 | Photoelectric Effect | Visual and audio demonstration of photoelectrics |
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L: W - 049 | Diffraction Gratings and Spectra | ||
L: W - 051 | Hologram | ||
L: W - 055 | Model of Eye | A model of the human eye complete with an instruction manual |
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L: W - 058 | Variable Width Single Slit DIffraction | The width of a single slit is varied to show how the diffraction pattern is affected by slit width. |
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L: W - 059 | Circular Aperture Diffraction and Interference | A green laser beam is sent through a single circular aperture or a double circular aperture |
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L: W - 060 | Educational Diffraction Grating | A small educational diffraction grating is used with different colors of light to demonstrate optical effects. |
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L: W - 062 | Marshmallows in a Microwave | This demonstration is identical to EM: AC - 009 |
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M: CM - 001 | Variable Angle | A rod with 2 clamps on it can be used to explain angular quantities and how they differ from linear quantities. |
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M: CM - 002 | Conical Pendulum | A bowling ball suspended from the ceiling moves in a circular path once set in motion. |
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M: CM - 003 | Bucket of Water | A bucket of water is whirled in a vertical circle, with all water remaining safely inside the bucket. |
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M: CM - 004 | Chain in Vertical Circle | A chain maintains a circular shape after being pushed off a wheel. |