Demonstrations

Identifier	Title	Summary
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.
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.
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.
L: GO - 004	Spherical Mirrors	A concave mirror and a convex mirror on display
L: GO - 005	Large Searchlight Mirror/The Real Image	A large searchlight mirror is used to produce a real image of an inverted lightbulb.
L: GO - 007	Prisms of Various Materials
L: GO - 010	Lucite Coil	A Lucite coil is used to demonstrate internal reflection.
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.
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.
L: GO - 046	Smoke Box	Liquid smoke (Poof!) is used to make laser beams visible in an enclosed case.
L: GO - 052	Microwave Reflection
L: GO - 053	Plastic Blocks with Laser	A laser beam is passed through plastic blocks
L: GO - 054	Fiber Optics	A fiber optic cable
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)
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.
L: GO - 061	Lenses	A set of lenses regularly available to loan for off-site demonstrations
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.
L: W - 016	Prisms	A selection of prisms readily available for use outside of Physics Hall.
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
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
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
L: W - 023	Arago's Spot	A small dot will be visible in the shadow of a sphere when placed in a laser beam.
L: W - 024	Diffraction Grating with White Light	A slide projector with a diffraction grating produces the pattern created by white light diffraction.	$Continuous spectrum created through the diffraction of white light$
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.
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.
L: W - 043	Photoelectric Effect	Visual and audio demonstration of photoelectrics
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
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.	$Single-slit diffraction pattern$
L: W - 059	Circular Aperture Diffraction and Interference	A green laser beam is sent through a single circular aperture or a double circular aperture
L: W - 060	Educational Diffraction Grating	A small educational diffraction grating is used with different colors of light to demonstrate optical effects.	$Educational Diffraction Grating with Laser Pen$
L: W - 062	Marshmallows in a Microwave	This demonstration is identical to EM: AC - 009
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.
M: CM - 002	Conical Pendulum	A bowling ball suspended from the ceiling moves in a circular path once set in motion.
M: CM - 003	Bucket of Water	A bucket of water is whirled in a vertical circle, with all water remaining safely inside the bucket.
M: CM - 004	Chain in Vertical Circle	A chain maintains a circular shape after being pushed off a wheel.