1. MECHANICS
- 1A. Measurement
- 1A10.20 MASSES - KILOGRAM AND POUND
- 1A10.30 LENGTHS - METER AND YARD
- 1A10.31 METRIC TAPE
- 1A10.36 1 "nsec"
- 1A10.50 RADIAN
- 1A10.55 VOLUMES - SPHERICAL VS CYLINDRICAL
- 1A30.10 CARTESIAN COORDINATE AXES
- 1A40.11 HEIGHT MEASUREMENT BY TRIGONOMETRY
- 1A40.40 MAGNETIC VECTORS - BLACKBOARDS
- 1A50.00 CALCULATOR WITH OVERHEAD DISPLAY PANEL
- 1C. Motion in One Dimension
- 1C10.10 BULL DOZER ON MOVING SHEET
- 1C10.20 DYNAMICS TRACK WITH ULI AND ULTRASONIC
MOTION DETECTOR ON COMPUTER - CONSTANT VELOCITY AND UNIFORM ACCELERATION
- 1C10.24 CONSTANT VELOCITY - GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT
- 1C20.17 GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - MASSES IN FREE
FALL
- 1C20.20 BALL DROP ON ROPE - EQUAL AND UNEQUAL
INTERVALS
- 1C20.21 FREE FALL - EQUAL TIME INTERVALS
- 1C20.30 DYNAMICS TRACK WITH ULI AND ULTRASONIC
MOTION DETECTOR ON COMPUTER - DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF ACCELERATION
- 1C20.31 DYNAMICS TRACK WITH ULI AND ULTRASONIC
MOTION DETECTOR ON COMPUTER: MODIFIED ATWOODS CONFIGURATION- UNIFORM ACCELERATION
- 1C30.01 DYNAMICS TRACK - THE ACCELERATION OF
GRAVITY
- 1C30.11 FREE FALL WITH ULTRASONIC MOTION DETECTOR
AND COMPUTER
- 1D. Motion in Two Dimensions
- 1D15.10 KINEMATICS WITH ULI AND ULTRASONIC RANGER
- 1D40.12 CENTER OF MASS MOTION - PLUMBER'S HELPER
- 1D40.55 DYNAMICS TRACK - CENTER OF MASS OF COUPLED
GLIDERS
- 1D50.10 ROTATING MASS ON STRING
- 1D50.11 MASS ON STRING
- 1D50.40 ROTATING WATER BUCKET
- 1D50.45 PENNY AND COAT HANGER
- 1D50.70 ROLLING CHAIN
- 1D52.10 ROTATING ELASTIC RINGS
- 1D55.10 TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT
- 1D60.10 DYNAMICS CART AND PROJECTILE LAUNCHER
- 1D60.15 DYNAMICS CART AND PROJECTILE LAUNCHER
ON INCLINE
- 1D60.16 DYNAMICS CART AND PROJECTILE LAUNCHER
WITH MASS OVER PULLEY
- 1D60.20 BALLS DROPPED AND SHOT
- 1D60.21 TRAJECTORY OF BALL DROPPED BY WALKER
- 1D60.30 MONKEY AND HUNTER
- 1D60.60 TRAJECTORY OF BALL - MODEL
- 1D60.65 LASER WATERFALL
- 1E. Relative Motion
- 1E20.01 ACCELEROMETER ON ROTATOR
- 1F. Newton's First Law
- 1F20.10 INERTIA - MASSES HANGING IN SERIES
- 1F20.20 INERTIA - LEAD BRICK AND HAND
- 1F20.30 INERTIA - TABLE CLOTH TRICK
- 1F20.31 STRAW AND POTATO
- 1F20.34 INERTIA - SMALL STEEL BALL
- 1F20.36 INERTIA - PEN IN BOTTLE
- 1G. Newton's Second Law
- 1G10.01 ACCELERATION BY ITERATED BLOWS
- 1G10.02 DYNAMICS TRACK - F=MA WITH ULI AND FORCE
PROBE
- 1G10.10 DYNAMICS TRACK WITH ULI AND ULTRASONIC
MOTION DETECTOR - NEWTON'S SECOND LAW
- 1G10.11 DYNAMICS TRACK WITH ULI AND ULTRASONIC
MOTION DETECTOR - A=F/M
- 1G10.40 ATWOOD MACHINE
- 1G10.41 HORIZONTAL ATWOOD MACHINE
- 1G20.40 WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS IN
BEAKER
- 1G20.44 WEIGHTLESSNESS IN FREE FALL - MASS ON
SPRING
- 1G20.45 DROPPED SLINKY
- 1G20.75 HELIUM BALLOON IN ACCELERATED BOX
- 1G20.87 ACCELEROMETER - BALL IN WATER
- 1H. Newton's Third Law
- 1H10.02 NEWTON'S THIRD LAW - STATIC DYNAMOMETERS
- 1H10.15 DYNAMICS TRACK - ACTION-REACTION PAIRS
- 1H10.20 FAN CART
- 1H11.30 ROCKET BOTTLE
- 1J. Statistics of Rigid Bodies
- 1J10.00 CENTER OF MASS - DISC SECTION
- 1J10.01 CENTER OF MASS - PLUMBER'S HELPER
- 1J10.30 EQUILIBRIUM OF TORQUES ON METER STICK
- 1J11.20 CORBELED ARCH
- 1J11.50 DOUBLE CONE - SMALL
- 1J20.00 CENTER OF GRAVITY - WALKING THE PLANK
- 1J20.11 STATES OF EQUILIBRIUM - CONE
- 1J20.20 CENTER OF MASS - FORK AND SPOON ON TOOTHPICK
- 1J20.21 CENTER OF MASS - HINGED STICK PARADOX
- 1J20.45 BALANCE BEAM - VARIATION ON THE TIGHTROPE
WALKER
- 1J20.60 CENTER OF MASS - BOTTLE
- 1J30.10 EQUILIBRIUM OF FORCES - INCLINED PLANE
- 1J30.20 SPRING AND PULLEY PARADOX
- 1J30.23 SUM OF FORCES - SPRING SCALES
- 1J30.24 VERTICAL FORCES - FOUR SPRING SCALES
- 1J30.25 VECTOR ADDITION WITH ROPE AND STUDENTS
- 1J30.50 EQUILIBRIUM OF FORCES - LARGE PROJECTION
- 1J30.51 ADDITION OF NON-LINEAR FORCES
- 1J30.60 DYNAMICS TRACK - SAILING UPWIND
- 1J40.20 TORQUE - PHYSICAL DEFINITION
- 1J40.21 EQUILIBRIUM OF TORQUES - LARGE
- 1J40.22 EQUILIBRIUM OF TORQUES - SMALL
- 1J40.25 TORQUE CONDITION FOR EQUILIBRIUM
- 1J40.70 CRANE BOOM
- 1K. Applications of Newton's Laws
- 1K10.30 SPOOL
- 1K20.00 SLIDING FRICTION - LECTURE TABLE AND
FELT
- 1K20.35 INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION BOX AND WEIGHTS
- 1K20.36 INCLINED PLANE - FRICTION WITH THREE
BLOCKS
- 1K20.70 KEYWHIP
- 1K30.10 Bed of Nails (Pressure)
- 1L. Gravity
- 1M. Work and Energy
- 1M10.20 PILE DRIVER
- 1M20.15 EQUILIBRIUM PARADOX - SCALES AND PULLEY
- 1M20.40 LEVERS - THREE CLASSES
- 1M20.41 LEVER AND LOADED WAGON
- 1M20.45 LEVERS - WRECKING BAR
- 1M40.10 GIANT PENDULUM
- 1M40.11 PENDULUM FOR CLASSROOMS
- 1M40.20 LOOP-THE-LOOP
- 1M40.50 MAXWELL PENDULUM - LARGE
- 1M40.51 MAXWELL PENDULUM - SMALL
- 1M40.52 YO-YO
- 1N. Linear Momentum
- 1N10.80 ROCKET TRIKE
- 1N20.10 CENTER OF MASS - CARTS ON BALANCE BOARD
- 1N22.20 WATER ROCKET
- 1N30.10 COLLISIONS OF BALLS - EQUAL MASSES
- 1N30.11 COLLISIONS OF BALL WITH FLOOR
- 1N30.12 SUPERBALL
- 1N30.17 ENERGY CONSERVATION - SUPERBALL AND SOUNDING
BOARD
- 1N30.22 HAPPY AND SAD BALLS
- 1N30.30 DYNAMICS TRACK - ELASTIC COLLISIONS
- 1N30.31 DYNAMICS TRACK - INELASTIC COLLISIONS
- 1N30.32 DYNAMICS TRACK - SCATTERING WITHOUT CONTACT
- 1Q. Rotational Dynamics
- 1Q10.30 RING AND DISC ON INCLINED PLANE
- 1Q10.31 MISCELLANEOUS BODIES ON INCLINED PLANE
- 1Q40.10 ROTATING STOOL AND WEIGHTS
- 1Q40.25 MASS ON STRING - ORBITS WITH VARYING
RADIUS
- 1Q40.26 ROTATING MASS ON SPRING
- 1Q40.30 ROTATING STOOL AND BICYCLE WHEEL
- 1Q50.10 GYROSCOPE WITH COUNTERWEIGHTS
- 1Q50.21 BICYCLE WHEEL GYROSCOPE ON ROPE
- 1Q50.40 SUITCASE GYROSCOPE
- 1Q60.35 FOOTBALL
- 1Q60.40 SPINNING BOOK
- 1R. Properties of Matter
- 1R10.10 HOOKE'S LAW
- 1R10.11 HOOKE'S LAW - COMPRESSING A SPRING
- 1R10.30 SPRINGS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL
- 1R20.11 ELASTIC LIMIT OF RUBBER BAND
2. FLUID MECHANICS
- 2A. Surface Tension
- 2A10.51 SURFACE TENSION - BALLOONS
- 2A15.00 SURFACE TENSION - THREAD ON WATER
- 2B. Statics of Fluids
- 2B30.10 CONDENSATION OF STEAM - GALLON CAN COLLAPSE
- 2B30.15 CONDENSATION OF STEAM - SODA CAN COLLAPSE
- 2B30.30 MAGDEBURG HEMISPHERES - PORTABLE
- 2B30.46 INVERTED GLASS OF WATER
- 2B30.50 LIFTING USING ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- 2B40.12 REACTION TO BUOYANT FORCE
- 2B40.13 BUOYANCY PARADOX- INVERTED BLOCK
- 2B40.20 ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE
- 2B40.21 BUOYANCY - BOAT AND ROCK
- 2B40.22 BUOYANCY - PEPSI AND DIET PEPSI
- 2B40.30 CARTESIAN DIVER
- 2B60.20 SIPHON
- 2C. Dynamics of Fluids
- 2C20.30 BERNOULLI'S PRINCIPLE - HAIRDRYER AND
PING PONG BALL
- 2C20.35 BERNOULLI'S PRINCIPLE - BEACH BALL
- 2C30.65 TERMINAL VELOCITY - STACKED COFFEE FILTERS
- 2C50.12 DRUM AND CANDLE
- 2C60.30 NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID
- 2C60.40 SILLY PUTTY
3. OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
- 3A. Oscillations
- 3A10.00 EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
- 3A10.14 PENDULA WITH 4 TO 1 LENGTH RATIO
- 3A10.17 PENDULA WITH DIFFERENT MASSES
- 3A15.50 CENTER OF PERCUSSION - BAT AND MALLET
- 3A20.10 MASS ON SPRING - WITH STAND
- 3A20.11 HOOKE'S LAW AND SHM
- 3A20.35 DYNAMICS TRACK - SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
- 3A60.20 DYNAMICS TRACK - DRIVEN AND DAMPED OSCILLATIONS
- 3A60.31 PSYCHOACOUSTIC VIBRATION TRANSDUCER
- 3A60.40 MASS ON SPRING - HAND HELD
- 3A70.10 WILBERFORCE PENDULUM
- 3A70.27 SPRING-COUPLED PHYSICAL PENDULA
- 3A70.30 COUPLED PENDULA - 100 TO 1 MASS RATIO
- 3A70.31 COUPLED PENDULA - 1000:100:10:1 MASS
RATIO
- 3A70.45 COUPLED SERIES MASSES HANGING ON SPRINGS
- 3A80.13 BIFILAR PENDULUM
- 3A95.60 SWING MODEL
- 3B. Wave Motion
- 3B10.10 TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING
- 3B10.11 TRANSVERSE WAVES ON A LONG SPRING - FREE
END
- 3B10.20 SLINKY ON LECTURE TABLE - TRAVELING WAVES
- 3B10.30 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - TRAVELING WAVES
- 3B10.31 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - SUPERPOSITION OF
PULSES
- 3B10.32 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - REFLECTION OF PULSES
- 3B10.33 SHIVE WAVE MACHINE - STANDING WAVES
- 3B20.00 LONGITUDINAL WAVES IN METAL
- 3B30.30 BELL IN VACUUM
- 3B30.40 SPEAKER AND CANDLE
- 3B30.50 HELIUM VOICE
- 3B40.10 DOPPLER BALL
- 3B40.11 DOPPLER EFFECT - TUNING FORK ON STRING
- 3B50.40 MOIRE PATTERNS
- 3B60.10 BEATS AND RESONANCE - TUNING FORKS
- 3C. Acoustics
- 3D. Instruments
- 3D40.20 STROKED ALUMINUM ROD
- 3E. Sound Reproduction
4. THERMODYNAMICS
- 4A. Thermal Properties of Matter
- 4A10.10 THERMOMETERS
- 4A30.10 THERMAL EXPANSION - BIMETAL STRIP
- 4A30.20 THERMAL EXPANSION - BALL AND RING
- 4A40.30 RUBBER AT LN TEMPERATURE
- 4B. Heat and the First Law
- 4B10.28 SPECIFIC HEAT - ALUMINUM AND COPPER
- 4B20.45 CONVECTION - HOT PLATE
- 4B60.50 TRANSFORMATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO
HEAT
- 4B70.10 FIRE SYRINGE
- 4C. Change of State
- 4C20.50 LATENT HEAT - ICE TO WATER TO STEAM
- 4C20.60 HAND WARMER
- 4C30.15 BOILING WATER BY PUMPING
- 4C30.30 AIR BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN
- 4C30.34 CHANGE OF STATE OF LN - POPPING CAN LID
- 4C30.35 CHANGE OF STATE WITH BANG
- 4C31.30 DRINKING BIRD
- 4C33.50 PULSE GLASS
- 4D. Kinetic Theory
- 4D20.10 CROOKES' RADIOMETER
- 4D60.61 DIFFUSION - FOOD COLOR IN WATER
- 4E. Gas Law
- 4E10.15 IDEAL GAS LAW - VOLUME OF ONE MOLE
- 4E10.20 HELIUM BALLOON ON LIQUID NITROGEN
- 4E20.40 BOYLED MARSHMALLOWS
- 4F. Entropy and the Second Law
- 4F10.40 DUST EXPLOSION
- 4F30.10 STIRLING ENGINE
5. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
- 5A. Electrostatics
- 5A10.00 KILOVOLT CARPET
- 5A10.10 TRIBOELECTRICITY - CHARGING BY FRICTION
- 5A10.13 CHARGED BALLOONS
- 5A10.20 ELECTROPHORUS
- 5A20.10 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - CHARGED
CYLINDERS
- 5A20.20 ELECTROSTATIC ATTRAC AND REPULS - WIMSHURST
MACHINE
- 5A20.25 VAN DE GRAAFF - PENDULUM
- 5A20.26 VAN DE GRAAFF - REPULSION OF PIE PANS
- 5A20.30 VAN DE GRAAFF - TRAINED RABBIT
- 5A30.10 CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
- 5A40.16 INDUCTION - ELECTROSCOPE
- 5A40.30 ELECTROSTATIC FORCE - MOVING LUMBER
- 5A50.10 WIMSHURST MACHINE
- 5A50.30 VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR WITH GROUND SPHERE
- 5B. Electric Fields and Potential
- 5B10.10 ELECTROSTATIC HAIR RAISING
- 5B10.40 ELECTRIC FIELD LINES
- 5B10.54 EXISTENCE OF ELECTRIC FIELDS
- 5B20.33 FARADAY CAGE
- 5B20.35 FARADAY CAGE - RADIOWAVES
- 5B30.30 LIGHTNING ROD SIMULATOR
- 5B30.40 ELECTRIC WIND
- 5C. Capacitance
- 5C10.10 CAPACITORS
- 5C30.20 DISCHARGE OF CAPACITOR WITH BANG
- 5C30.30 ENERGY STORED IN A CAPACITOR
- 5D. Resistance
- 5D30.10 CONDUCTIVITY OF SALT SOLUTION
- 5D40.10 JACOB'S LADDER - PORTABLE
- 5E. Electromotive Force and Current
- 5E50.10 THERMOCOUPLE
- 5E50.60 THERMOELECTRIC FAN
- 5F. DC Circuits
- 5F10.10 OHM'S LAW
- 5F10.11 NON-OHMIC DEVICE - LIGHT BULB
- 5F15.10 ENERGY CONVERSION - IMMERSION HEATER
- 5F15.20 HOT DOG COOKER - 110 VAC
- 5F20.00 CIRCUIT PARADOXES
- 5F20.50 SERIES AND PARALLEL LIGHTS - TWO BULBS
- 5F30.10 CURRENT IN RC CIRCUIT?
- 5F30.15 RC CIRCUIT - RC TIME CONSTANT - PROJECTION
METERS
- 5F30.60 RELAXATION OSCILLATOR: NEON LAMP
- 5G. Magnetic Materials
- 5G10.10 MAGNETS
- 5G10.20 MAGNET - BROKEN BUT NO MONOPOLE
- 5G20.71 ELECTROMAGNET WITH JUNK
- 5G50.15 CURIE POINT OF NICKEL
- 5G50.50 SUPERCONDUCTIVITY - MAGNET LEVITATION
- 5H. Magnetic Fields and Forces
- 5H10.20 OERSTED EXPERIMENT
- 5H10.30 MAGNETIC FIELD OF A BAR MAGNET
- 5H10.32 MAGNETIC FIELD OF A BAR MAGNET - 3D VERSION
- 5H15.10 MAGNETIC FIELD - EME SET - SOLENOIDS
- 5H15.11 MAGNETIC FIELD - EME SET - STRAIGHT WIRE
- 5H15.46 HELMHOLTZ COILS AND HALL PROBE
- 5H30.10 VISIBLE CRT
- 5H30.15 OSCILLOSCOPE CRT - DEFLECTION BY MAGNET
- 5H40.10 FORCE BETWEEN CURRENT-CARRYING WIRES
- 5H40.30 FORCE ON CURRENT IN MAGNETIC FIELD
- 5H40.35 FORCE BETWEEN CURRENT-CARRYING COILS
- 5J. Inductance
- 5J10.20 PARALLEL LR CIRCUIT: BURNT BULB
- 5J10.23 SELF INDUCTION: DEMOUNTABLE TRANSFORMER
- 5K. Electromagnetic Induction
- 5K10.15 INDUCTION IN A SINGLE WIRE
- 5K10.60 EARTH INDUCTOR
- 5K20.10 EDDY CURRENT PENDULUM
- 5K20.25 LENZ'S LAW - MAGNET IN ALUMINUM TUBE
- 5K20.26 LENZ'S LAW - PERMANENT MAGNET AND COILS
- 5K20.30 THOMSON'S COIL
- 5K20.66 ELECTROMAGNETIC GUN
- 5K30.20 INDUCTION COIL WITH LIGHT BULB
- 5M. Semiconductors and Tubes
- 5M10.61 V-I CURVES FOR OHMIC AND NON-OHMIC DEVICES
- 5N. Electromagnetic Radiation
- 5N30.10 PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - POINT
SOURCE
6. OPTICS
- 6A. Geometrical Optics
- 6A10.15 VISIBLE LASER
- 6A10.15 SCATTERING OF LASER BEAM
- 6A20.30 LIGHT BULB AND PARABOLIC MIRROR
- 6A20.35 PENNY AND PARABOLIC MIRRORS
- 6A20.36 APPARENT REFLECTION FROM REAL IMAGE
- 6A20.45 LARGE CONVEX AND CONCAVE MIRRORS
- 6A40.30 DISAPPEARANCE OF GLASS IN LIQUID
- 6A40.40 BENDING OF LASER BEAM IN SUGAR SOLUTION
- 6A42.45 REFRACTION - ROD IN WATER
- 6A42.65 PRISMATIC SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT - WATER
PRISM
- 6A44.20 TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION IN LONG TANK
- 6A44.40 PLEXIGLASS SPIRAL
- 6A46.10 RAINBOW - WATER FLASK
- 6B. Photometry
- 6B40.55 WIEN'S LAW OF THERMAL RADIATION
- 6C. Diffraction
- 6C10.10 LASER DIFFRACTION - FIXED SINGLE SLIT
- 6C10.15 LASER DIFFRACTION - VARIABLE SINGLE SLIT
- 6C20.30 LASER DIFFRACTION - PINHOLES
- 6D. Interference
- 6D20.10 LASER DIFFRACTION - MULTIPLE SLITS
- 6D20.15 LASER DIFFRACTION - GRATINGS
- 6D20.20 DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF WHITE LIGHT -
POINT SOURCE
- 6D20.21 DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - GRATINGS ON OVERHEAD
PROJECTOR
- 6D20.22 DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF SODIUM - PROJECTION
- 6E. Interference
- 6F. Color
- 6F10.10 ADDITIVE COLOR MIXING - PROJECTORS
- 6F10.11 COLOR PERCEPTION IN SHADOWS - SLIDE PROJECTORS
- 6H. Polarization
- 6H10.10 POLAROIDS AND GOOSENECK LAMP
- 6H10.11 CROSSED POLAROIDS - E FIELD COMPONENTS
- 6H10.30 ROPE AND COOKIE COOLERS
- 6H20.00 REFLECTION OF LIGHT FROM DIELECTRIC AND
CONDUCTOR
- 6H20.10 BREWSTER'S ANGLE - POLAROID AND TWO REFLECTORS
- 6H30.50 POLAROIDS AND KARO SYRUP
- 6H40.10 TYNDALL'S EXPERIMENT - COLLOIDAL SUNSET
- 6H40.12 TRANSVERSE NATURE OF LIGHT
- 6H50.00 DEPOLARIZATION BY SCATTERING - WAX PAPER
- 6J. The Eye
- 6J10.21 EYE MODEL - OPTICS
- 6Q. Modern Optics
7. MODERN PHYSICS
- 7A. Quantum Effects
- 7A10.10 PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT IN ZINC - UV LAMP
- 7A10.40 PHOTOELECTRIC PROPELLER
- 7B. Atomic Physics
- 7B10.12 DIFFRACTION SPECTRA - MISCELLANEOUS TUBES
- 7B10.20 DIFFRACTION SPECTRUM OF MERCURY
- 7B35.75 PLASMA MACHINE - EYE OF THE STORM
- 7D. Nuclear Physics
- 7E. Elementary Particles
- 7F. Relativity
8. ASTRONOMY
- 8A. Planetary Astronomy
- 8A10.80 TRANSPARENT CELESTIAL GLOBE
- 8B. Stellar Astronomy
- 8C. Cosmology
9. EQUIPMENT
- 9A. Support Systems
- 9B. Electronic
- 9C. Mechanical
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