Demonstrations
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M: Rot - 004 | Motor-Driven Gyroscope | A motorized gyroscope demonstrates gyroscopic motion. 2 weights are included in order to vary the motion. |
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E&M: AC - 008 | Music and Coils | ||
E&M: Ind - 026 | Music and Coils | Sound is wirelessly transmitted from the hand-held radio to a speaker by using coils of wire. |
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M: WM&S - 048 | Musical Instruments | ||
M: WM&S - 027 | Musical Slats | ||
M: D - 003 | Newton's 3rd Law on Scooters | Two students on scooters can pull toward each other on scooters. |
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M: EngMom - 003 | Newton's Cradle | Traditional Newton's Cradle apparatus composed of 9 smaller balls and 1 larger ball. |
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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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M: WM&S - 053 | Organ Pipes/Vibrating Columns of Air | A large pan-flute made of open-pipe tubes is used to demonstrate the physics of organs. |
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FL: HD - 003 | Paper Sucked by Blower | A sheet of air applied to an index card causes the card to be sucked upward toward the source rather than outward and away from the source. |
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T: H - 016 | Paper with Wood and Metal | ||
T: H - 024 | Paraffin Cake and Dissimilar Cylinders | 5 cylinders made of different metals are heated and placed on top of a paraffin cake to demonstrate their differences in specific heat. |
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FL: HS - 005 | Pascal's Vases | An apparatus consisting of differently shaped containers connected by a common tube are filled with colored water. |
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M: D - 006 | Pedestal Inertia | A card on a pedestal is given a push. The ball resting on top falls into the cub beneath the card. |
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M: SHM - 015 | Pendulum - Different Length, Same Mass | 2 pendula have identical masses attached, but one is 4 times longer than the other. |
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M: SHM - 014 | Pendulum - Same Length, Different Mass | Two pendulums of identical length have different masses attached at the end |
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E&M: M - 010 | Penetration of magnetic Effects | Different materials are used to show the ability of a magnetic field to penetrate through to the nails on the other side. |
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M: CM - 009 | Penny on a Coat Hanger | A quarter remains attached to a hanger when spun in a vertical circle. |
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E&M: ES - 015 | Periodic Capacitor Discharge | ||
E&M: AC - 003 | Phasors | The apparatus from K: M - 6 is used to show phasors |
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E&M: C - 016 | Photoelectric Effect | A flashlight shone onto a photoelectric tube creates an audible sound; a UV LED produces a current spike in an analog ammeter |
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L: W - 043 | Photoelectric Effect | Visual and audio demonstration of photoelectrics |
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FL: HS - 021 | Physics Sucks | Water is sucked through a hose suspended from a hook on the ceiling |
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E&M: C - 021 | Piezoelectric Crystal | ||
M: EngMom - 010 | Pile Driver | Using the distance a nail penetrates a block of wood when struck by a pile driver, the energy of impact can be calculated. |
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FL: HD - 007 | Ping Pong Ball in Funnel of Air | A ping pong ball becomes trapped in a funnel of air. |
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L: GO - 001 | Pinhole Projector | ||
T: H - 035 | Pipe Pops its Cork due to Heating | Friction generated between wooden slats and a metal pipe causes water inside the pipe to vaporize, thus blowing the stopper out of the end. |
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L: GO - 053 | Plastic Blocks with Laser | A laser beam is passed through plastic blocks |
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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 - 016 | Prisms | A selection of prisms readily available for use outside of Physics Hall. |
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L: GO - 007 | Prisms of Various Materials | ||
M: S - 004 | Pulley Systems | An assortment of pulleys |
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M: Rot - 009 | Pulleys of Unequal Mass | Identical masses are hung from 2 pulleys that have different masses. The masses are dropped at the same time and the effects of the differing moments of inertia is evident. |
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M: D - 008 | Pulling Paper from Vertical Rod | A piece of paper is pulled from beneath a vertical rod while the rod remains stationary. |
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FL: HS - 024 | Pythagoras Cup | A trick cup is used to demonstrate a siphon effect. |
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T: H - 019 | Radiation Transfer with Mirrors | Two parabolic mirrors are used to transfer the heat from one, across the demo bench, to light matches in the other. |
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M: D - 019 | Ramp and Wood Block | A wood block with 2 different sizes slides down a ramp at different rates. |
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M: WM&S - 015 | Reflection of Sound Waves | ||
T: H - 026 | Regelation of Ice | Due to pressure, a wire melts through an ice cube that remains intact. |
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M: WM&S - 021 | Resonance Boxes | Striking 1 bar with the mallet will produce tone on the other; Striking both bars, with a clip on 1, will produce beats. |
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M: SHM - 011 | Resonance Gyroscope | A gyroscope set in motion causes prongs to vibrate. As the speed changes, the frequency of vibration changes, and different prongs exhibit resonance. |
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M: WM&S - 039 | Resonance Rods | 6 wooden cubes of 3 differing colors and lengths are attached to a board. Wobbling the board back and forth at a different frequency will cause resonance in different colors of cubes |
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M: WM&S - 004 | Ripple Tank | Water in a ripple tank is used to demonstrate wave interference and diffraction. |
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E&M: Ind - 017 | RL Circuit | A waveform is produced on an oscilloscope to show voltage across a resistor and an inductor in a circuit |
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M: K - 007 | Roller on Inclined Plane | ||
M: Rot - 003 | Rotating Platform - Conservation of Angular Momentum | A person sits on a rotating platform and extends their arms outward (with barbells). As they rotate, they bring their arms in to their chest. |
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M: WM&S - 019 | Rotating Tuning Fork | ||
T: H - 002 | Sagging Wire | As current is passed through a wire, it heats up and expands |
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M: SHM - 016 | Same Spring with Different Masses | Two identical springs have masses of differing amounts hung from them. They are set in oscillation. |