Oberlin College
Department of Physics and Astronomy
physics demonstration list
________________________________________MECHANICS
Math and Measurement
Basic Units
Vernier Scale
1000 cubic centimeter block
Euler's Angles Model
Conic Sections
Powers of Ten
Reaction Timer
Kinematics
Motion in One Dimension
Inclined Air Track
Motion Videos
Uniform Acceleration: Flashing LED
Projectile Motion in Reverse
Small Mass Pulling Large Mass
Coin and Feather Tube
Hammer and Feather on the Moon
Air Resistance
Measurement of g
Free Fall Timer
Free Fall Motion Graphs with Sonic Ranger
Electromagnetic Induction and Free Fall
Motion in Two Dimensions
Projectile Motion
Simultaneous Fall
Simultaneous Fall - Pasco Version
Projectile Cart
Monkey and Hunter
Monkey and Hunter v 2
Projectile Motion in Reverse
Circular Motion
Cork Accelerometer
Centripetal Force
Broken Ring
Penny and Coathanger
Ball on a String
Bucket of Water
Tension in a Pendulum String
Coins on Turntable
Corn in a Rotating Reference Frame
Newton's Vessel
Water Parabola
Bead on a Rotating Hoop
Centrifugal Hoops
Double Conical Pendulum
Motion of Center of Mass
Tossed Hammer
Weighted Ball
Weighted Frisbee
Weighted Disk
Electrostatic Solar System
Air Track Pendulum Glider
Tank on Air Track
Brachistochrone Track
High Road, Low Road
Wireless Accelerometer
Wiimote Accelerometer
Relative Motion
Frames of Reference
Relative Velocities
Foucault Pendulum
Model Foucault Pendulum
Corn in a Rotating Reference Frame
Coriolis Effect
Newton's Laws
Newton's First Law
Inertia Ball
Card Snap
Paper and Flask
Broomstick on Wineglasses
Hammer and Cups
Glider on Level Air Track
Newton's Second Law
Accelerated Air Track Glider
Inclined Air Track
A Million to One
Atwood's Machine
Atwood's Machine - Computer Version
Tension vs. Weight
Terminal Velocity
Air Resistance
Accelerated Reference Frames
Einstein's Toy
Dropped Slinky
Groan Tube
Newton's Third Law
Hero's Engine
Water Rocket
Collision Carts and Force Sensors
Collision Carts
Collision Carts on Balanced Track
Action/Reaction Carts
Fan Cart
Applications
Friction
Friction Block and Force Sensor
Friction Block and Spring Scale
Paper and Flask
Friction Around a Rod
Falling Flask Capstan
Phone Book Pull
Dynamic Torque
Walking the Spool
Falling Chimney
Pressure
Bed of Nails
Balloon on a Bed of Nails
Statics of Rigid Bodies
Center of Mass
Center of Mass of Irregular Slab
Human Center of Mass
Baseball Bat Center of Mass
Center of Mass of Student and Bricks on Board
Stable, Unstable, and Neutral Equilibrium
Tipping Man
Balancing Girl
Leaning Tower
Block on a Cylinder
Double Cone on Ramp
Twelve Nails on One
Fork, Spoon and Match
Balancing Acts
Balancing Pop Can
Resolution of Forces
Suspended Block
Force Table
Components of Force
Pulley Puzzle
Torque
Grip Bar
Torque Beam
Bicycle Gears
Gravitation
Cavendish Apparatus
Torsion Balance
Conic Sections
Work and Energy
Simple Machines
Pulleys
Stonehenge A Frame Model
Conservation of Energy
Bowling Ball Pendulum
Loop the Loop
Two Tracks
Maxwell's Wheel
Spring Launcher
Projectile Launcher
Bungee Jump
Energy Analogy
Interrupted Pendulum
Celt
Linear Momentum
Impulse
Egg Drop
Water Rocket
Collision Carts
Egg Toss
Breaking a Board
Falling Chain
Fan Cart with Sail
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Double Bounce
Astroblaster
Collision Balls
Collision Balls with 3:1 Mass Ratio
Collision Gliders
Tank on Air Track
Speed of Bullet
Rotational Dynamics
Center of Mass
Center of Mass of Irregular Slab
Human Center of Mass
Rotational Inertia
Rotational Inertia Rods
Racing Disks
Racing Disks - Variation
Tensor of Inertia for Cube and Parallelopiped
Adjustable Rotational Inertia Apparatus
Adjustable Rotational Inertia with Rotary Motion Sensor
Rotational Energy
Rolling Spool on Incline
Falling Chimney
Angular Momentum
Intransigent Rod
Marion's Dumbbell
Rotating Stool and Bicycle Wheel
Flyball Governor
Rotating Stool and Weights
Variable Moment of Inertia Rotator
Weighted Frisbee
Train on Rotating Track
Gyroscopes
Tops and Gyroscopes
Gyroscopic Stability
Levitron
Gyroscope in Tube
Gyroscope in a Suitcase
Model Ship Stabilizer
Gyroscope Pendulum
Gyroscope Monorail Car
Maxwell's Top
Precessing Gyroscope
Precession
Precessing Gyroscope
Precessing Bicycle Wheel
Gyrowheel
Pasco Gyroscope
Suspended Bicycle Wheel
Precession of Earth's Axis
Rotational Stability
Toss the Book
Intransigent Rod
Marion's Dumbbell
Hurricane Balls
Stable Axes of Rotation
Properties of Matter
Hooke's Law
Mass on a Spring
Hooke's Law
Springs in Series and Parallel
Strain
Tensile and Compressive Strength
Breaking Wire
Elastic Limit
Bending Beam
Bologna Bottle
Prince Rupert's Drops
Shear Stress
Big Book
Torsion Model
Elastic Crystal Model
Coefficient of Restitution
Coefficient of Restitution - Amorphous Metal
Coefficient of Restitution - Steel Balls
Coefficient of Restitution of Tennis Balls
Dead and Live Balls
Crystal Structure
Crystal Lattice Models
Crystal Models
Close-Packing Models
Unit Cells
Miller Indices
Elastic Crystal Model
Nitinol Wire
Optical Transform Slides
1-D Crystal
2-D Crystal
Acoustic 1-D Crystal Analog
Thermal Conductivity of Diamond
Thermal Conductivity of Pyrolytic Graphite
FLUIDS
Surface Tension
Capillary Action
Minimal Surface
Submerged Float
Two Balloons
Fluid Statics
Static Pressure
Dependence of Pressure on Depth
Pascal's Vases
Atmospheric Pressure
Magdeburg Hemispheres
Crush the Can
Stick and Newspaper
Marshmallow in a Vacuum
Dent Puller
Adhesion Disks
Vacuum Bazooka
Buoyancy
Archimedes Principle
Cartesian Diver
Lemon Squeezer
Density Ball
Wood Blocks
Buoyant Force of Air
Hydrometer
Brick in a Boat
Siphons, Fountains, and Pumps
Siphon
Force Pump Model
Fluid Dynamics
Flow Rate
Velocity of Efflux
Bernoulli Tubes
Forces in Moving Fluids
Bernoulli Tubes
Ball in Funnel
Hanging Light Bulbs
Suspended Plate
Card and Channel
Display of Wright Brothers' Materials
Ball in Air Stream
Curve Ball
Flettner Ship Model
Viscosity
Terminal Velocity of Balls in Oil
Air Resistance - Paper
Air Resistance - Coffee Filters
Turbulent and Streamline Flow
Velocity Profile of Laminar Flow
Atmospheric Circulation Model
OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
Oscillations
Pendula
Simple Pendulum
Torsion Pendulum
Physical Pendulum
Kater's Pendulum
Inverted Pendulum
Center of Percussion
Spherical Pendulum
Double Pendulum
Planar Double Pendulum
Tension in Pendulum String
Springs and Oscillators
Normal Modes
SHM on Air Track
Simple Harmonic Motion
Mass on a Spring
Mass on a Spring with Force and Motion Sensors
SHM and Circular Motion - shadow projection
SHM and Circular Motion - OHP
Damped Oscillators
Water-Damped Harmonic Oscillator
Magnetically-Damped Pendulum
Overdamping and Underdamping
Driven Oscillators
Pasco Driven Harmonic Motion Analyzer
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse
Swing Pumper Corridor Display
Vertically-Driven Inverted Pendulum
Coupled Oscillators
Coupled Pendulums - Flexible Frame
Coupled Pendulums - Springs
Coupled Oscillators - Air Track
Wilberforce Pendulum
Magnetically Coupled Rotors - Geomag Version
Magnetically Coupled Rotors - Quantitative Version
Synchronized Metronomes
Normal Modes
Mass and Three Springs
Bruce's Applets
Lissajous Figures
Lissajous Figures - Mechanical
Lissajous Figures - Laser
Sand Pendulum
Star Display
Non-Linear Systems
Pasco Nonlinear Oscillator
Poincare Section
Chaotic Pendulum
Chua's Circuit
Chaos Circuit
Planar Double Pendulum
Randomly Oscillating Magnetic Pendulum
Water Relaxation Oscillator
Neon Relaxation Oscillator
Anharmonic Oscillators computer program
Parametric Oscillator
Waves
Transverse Waves
Pulses in Rubber Tubing
Transverse Wave Demonstrator
Hand-Cranked Wave Machine
Longitudinal Waves
Vertical Slinky
Horizontal Slinky
Hand-Cranked Wave Machine
Crova's Disk
Reflection and Refraction of Sound Waves
Parabolic Reflector and Bugle
Phase of Reflected Sound Wave
Reflection From Fixed and Free End
Reflecting Surfaces
Focusing Sound with Concave Reflectors
Acoustic Tile
Focusing by Acoustic Lens
Impedance and Dispersion
Slinky and Rope
Impedance Matching
Dispersion - Space Phones
Music Box Mechanism and Soundboard
Speaker and Soundboard
Why Pianos Need Soundboards
Standing Waves
Standing Waves on a String
Standing Waves with Strobe Light
Transverse Wave Demonstrator
Longitudinal Standing Waves
Crova's Disk
Wave Projection Apparatus
Standing Waves in a Microwave Oven
Phase and Group Velocity
Speed of Sound in Air
Speed of Sound in Different Gases
Speed of Sound and Temperature
Group Velocity
Wave Analysis and Synthesis
Wave Superposition Model
Pasco Fourier Synthesizer
Spectrum Analyzer
Wave Projection Apparatus
Transfer of Energy in Waves
Bell in a Vacuum
Bugle and Soap Bubble
Doppler Effect
Doppler Ball
Doppler Rocket
Speaker on a Rope
Swinging Speaker
Doppler Reed
Doppler Effect Animation
Interference and Diffraction
Superposition of Pulses - Wave Machine
Two-Source Interference - Ripple Tank
Two-Source Interference - Transparencies
Interference of Sound Waves
Sound Wave Interference: Phase Reversed Speakers
Acoustic Radiation Pattern from Tuning Fork
Quincke's Tube
Beats
Six Chimes
Two Tuning Forks
Beats Between Two Function Generators
Pendulum Beats
Difference and Intercombination Tones
Coupled Resonators
Coupled Oscillators - Tuning Forks
Acoustics
Pitch
Range of Hearing
Test of Pitch Discrimination
Siren Disk
Laser Siren
Siren
Savart's Wheels
Galton's Whistle
Ultrasonic Chimes
Coke Bottle
Zip Strip
Intensity and Attenuation
Sound Level and Intensity
Acoustic Tile
Architectural Acoustics
Reflecting Surfaces
Reverberation Time
Wave Analysis and Synthesis
Periodic Signals
Mechanical Fourier Synthesizer
Pasco Fourier Synthesizer
Spectrum Analyzer
Tonal Spectra of Sung Vowels
Music Perception and the Voice
Instruments
Strings
Standing Waves in a String
Normal Modes of Guitar String
Normal Modes of Stretched String
Motion of a Bowed String - Scope Version
Motion of a Bowed String - Strobe Light Version
Bowed String Model
Bowed String Animation
Plucked String Animation
Sonometer
Tension to Tune a Violin A String
Tension to Tune a Cello String
Forces on a Cello String
Violin
Case Resonance of the Violin
Air Resonance of the Violin
Pianos
Piano Action Model
Piano String Display
Motion of a Hammered String
Why Pianos Need Soundboards
Electronic Keyboard
Keyboard Model
Air Columns
Standing Waves in Air Columns
Kundt's Tube
Longitudinal Standing Waves Applet
Pressure Variation in Open and Closed Cylinders
Resonant Frequencies of Open and Closed Pipes
Resonant Frequencies of Cones
Pressure Variation in Conical Resonator
Helmholtz Resonators
Howe Plungers
Rijke Tube
Knipp's Singing Tubes
Acoustic Laser
Air Pressure to Blow a Saxophone
Organ Pipes
Organ Pipe Waveforms
Frequency and Air Pressure
Pitch and Air Temperature
Diameter and Tone
Pipe in a Blanket
End Corrections and Mode Switching in Organ Pipes
Edge-Tone Demonstrator
Organ Demonstrator
Tuning Forks
Motion of Tuning Fork
Tuning Fork Resonance
Tuning Fork Model
Coupled Vibrations
Acoustic Radiation Pattern of Tuning Fork
Resonator Box
Clang Tones
Plates, Bars, and Solids
Bars
Elasticity of Bars
Singing Rod
Wooden Xylophone
Brass Chimes
Longitudinal Waves in Bars
Marimba Bars
Glass Flexer
Vibrations in Bar Fixed at One End
Plates
Brass Plate
Chladni Plates
Standing Waves in a Stretched Circular Membrane
Bell-like things
Break a Glass with Sounds Waves
Wine Glass
Coffee Mug Standing Waves
Standing Waves in a Circular Wire
Sound Reproduction
Speakers
Plastic Cup Speaker/Microphone
Microphones
Carbon Microphone
Liquid Transmitter
THERMODYNAMICS
Thermal Properties of Matter
Thermal Expansion
Linear Expansion Apparatus
Ball and Ring
Bimetallic Strip
Thermostat Model
Trevelyan Rocker
Galilean Thermometer
Density Ball
Water at 4� C
Properties of Materials at Low Temperature
Lead Bell in Liquid Nitrogen
Elasticity at Low Temperature
Hammer a Nail with a Banana
Heat and the First Law
Heat Capacity
Specific Heats of Various Metals
Ruchardt's Apparatus
Calorimetry
Molecular Models
Convection
Convection Tube
Convection Box
Convection Cells
Conduction
Thermal Conductivities of Various Metals
Wood and Metal Rod
Heat Propagation in a Rod
Wall Construction
Thermal Conductivity of Diamond
Thermal Conductivity of Pyrolytic Graphite
Radiation
Leslie Cube
Radiometer
Light a Match
Stefan Boltzmann Law
Infrared Camera
Blackbody Radiation
Blackbody Model
Red Hot Platinum
Variac and Light Bulb
Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
Lead Shot
Fire Drill
Four Thermos Bottles
Changes of State
PVT Surfaces
Latent Heat of Vaporization of Water
Supercooled Hand Warmer
Pulse Glass
Pulse Glass Engine
Cryophorus Flask
Drinking Bird
Boiling by Cooling
Ice Bomb
Shape Memory of Nitinol Wire
Curie Point of Nickel
Critical Point of CO2
Kinetic Theory
Kinetic Theory Gas Model
Projection Gas Model
Brownian Motion
Gas Laws
Piston and Cylinder
Fire Syringe
Marshmallow in a Vacuum
Galilean Thermometer
Entropy and the Second Law
Entropy
Hilsch Ranque Vortex Tube
Heat Cycles
Hero's Engine
Drinking Bird
Stirling Engine
Steam Engine
Rubber Band Motor
Nitinol Engine
Thermoelectric Generator
Solar-Powered Bicycle Toy
Air Conditioner Coefficient of Performance
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
Electrostatics
Producing Static Charge
Charging by Contact
Electrophorus
Wimshurst Machine
Conductors and Insulators
Wire vs String
Conduction in Semiconductors
Coulomb's Law
Rod and Pivot
Pith Balls
Coulomb's Law Apparatus
Induced Charge
Charging by Induction
Rotating 2 x 4
Deflection of Water Stream
Kelvin Electrostatic Generator
Static Generating Machines
Wimshurst Machine
Van de Graaff Generator
Hand-Held Van de Graaff Generator
Electric Fields and Potential
Electric Fields
Electrostatic Hair-Raising
Flying Pie Pans
Field Mapping on the Computer
Electric Field Lines: Grass Seed
Electric Field Models
Electric Flux and n � E
CRT Guts
Oscilloscope Deflection Plates
Electrostatic Chimes
Volta's Hail Storm
Shielding
Radio in a Cage
Zero Field Inside Closed Conductor
Hollow Conducting Sphere
Flexible Faraday Cage
Electric Potentials
Electric Potential Model
Surface Charge Density
Charged Zeppelin
Lightning Rod
Electrostatic Pinwheel
Smoke Precipitator
Electrostatic Solar System
Capacitance
Capacitors
Sample Capacitors
Variable Parallel Plate Capacitor
Capacitor and Dielectric
Capacitors in Series and Parallel
Capacitor Analog
Energy Stored in a Capacitor
Discharge of Capacitor
Displacement Current
Dielectrics
Variable Parallel Plate Capacitor
Force on a Dielectric
Resistance
Sample Resistors
Ohm's Law
Resistance and Wire Cross-Section
Resistance Model
Temperature Dependence of Resistance
Joule Heating: Hot Dog Cooker
Arc Welding with a Car Battery
Power Loss in Transmission Lines
Glowing Pickle
Superconductor
Nonohmic Behavior of Neon Bulb
EMF and Current
Lead/Acid Storage Battery
Lemon Battery
Hand Battery
Internal Resistance of a Battery
Good and Dead Batteris
Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Electrolysis of Water
Thermoelectic Magnet
Thermoelectric Generator
Thermoelectric Compass
EKG
Piezoelectric Sparker
DC Circuits
Resistor Cube
Ammeter Model
Bulbs in Series
Series and Parallel Bulbs
Circuit Puzzle
Two Emfs
RC Circuits
Capacitor and Light Bulb
DC RC Circuit
Neon Relaxation Oscillator
Magnetic Materials
Magnets
Assorted Magnets
Lodestone
No Magnetic Monopole
Gauss Accelerator
Ferromagnetism
Curie Point of Nickel
Curie Point of Gadolinium
Curie Temperature Motor
Barkhausen Effect
Mu Metal Shield
Permalloy Rod
Induced Magnetic Poles
Magnetic Domain Model
Magnetic Domains
Hysteresis Curve
Paramagnetism
Paramagnetism of Liquid Oxygen
Diamagnetism
Diamagnetism of a Grape
Diamagnetic Levitation
Diamagnetic Graphite
Diamagnetic Bismuth Rod
Meissner Effect
Levitation of Superconductor over a Magnetic Track
Magnetoresistance
Magnetoresistive Sensor
Bismuth Spiral
Temperature and Magnetism
Curie Point of Nickel
Curie Temperature Motor
Meissner Effect
Levitation of Superconductor over a Magnetic Track
Superconductivity of YBCO
Magnetic Fields and Forces
Magnetic Fields
Dip Needle
Magnetic Field Probe
Magnetic Field of a Bar Magnet
Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Wire
Magnetic Field of a Loop of Wire
Magnetic Field of a Solenoid
Magnetic Field of a Toroid
Magnetic Field of the Earth
Ferrofluid
No Magnetic Monopole
Force on Magnets
Magnet and Compass
Levitating Magnets
Levitron
Tangent Galvanometer
Montgomery Swing
Force on Moving Charges
Deflection of Electron Beam
Crooke's Tube
Measurement of e/m
Cyclotron Dees Model
TV Deflection Coils
Inside a Computer
Hall Effect
Electromagnetic Measurement of Flow Velocity
Force on Current-Carrying Wires
Jumping Wire
Parallel Wires
Current Balance
Magnet and Suspended Coil
Plastic Cup Speaker/Microphone
Torque on Coils
Torque on a Current Loop in a Magnetic Field
Ammeter Model
Simple DC Motor
DC Motor
Electromagnetic Induction
Induced Currents and Forces
Coil and Permanent Magnet
Coil and Electromagnet
Effect of Ferromagnetic Material on Magnetic Field
Earth Inductor
Rotating Coil Magnetometer
Coil Pendulum in Magnet
Battery-Free Flashlight
Sinusoidal Induced Emf
Jumping Ring
Electromagnetic Induction and Free Fall
Path Dependence of Induced emf
Eddy Currents
Eddy Current Tube
Magnetically Damped Pendulum
Magnetic Braking
Eddy Current Levitator
Transformers
Sample Transformers
Vertical Transformer
Primary and Secondary Coils
Jacob's Ladder
Generators and Motors
Hand-Cranked Generator
Genecon
AC Generator
Bicycle Generator
DC Motor
Simple DC Motor
More DC Motors
Inductance
Sample Inductors
DC RL Circuit - ammeter
DC RL Circuit - scope
DC RL Circuit - LoggerPro
Back Emf
Auto Ignition System
Inductor and Light Bulb in Parallel
Transient RLC Oscillations
RLC Mechanical Analog
AC Circuits
Variable Inductance
RLC Series Circuit with 4-Channel Scope
Resonance in RLC Series Circuit
Resonance Curve of RLC Circuit
Phase Relations in AC Circuits
Power in AC Circuits
Low-Pass and High-Pass Filters
Rectifier
House Wiring
Power Usage
Metal Detector
Theremin
Semiconductors and Tubes
Sample Semiconductors
Hall Effect
Solar Powered Bicycle Toy
Solar Panel
Sample Solar Cells
Diode
LED Cooled in Liquid Nitrogen
Using Transistors
Cathode Ray Tubes
Triode Model
Electromagnetic Radiation
Transmission Lines and Antennas
Sample Transmission Lines
Dipole Radiation
Electromagnetic Spectrum
White Light Spectrum
Propagation of E-M Waves
Radio Waves
Crystal Radio
Generation and Detection of Hertz Waves
OPTICS
Geometric Optics
Reflection
Blackboard Optics Kit
Diffuse and Specular Reflection
Partially Reflecting Mirror
Curved Mirrors
Candle Illusion
Rotating Liquid Parabolic Reflector
Chaotic Scattering
Anamorphic Art
Corner Reflector
Refraction
Refractive Index
Black Board Optics Kit
Optical Illusion due to Refraction
Disappearing Beaker
Apparent Depth
Variable Index of Refraction
Variable Index of Refraction Display
Twinkling Star
Schlieren Imaging
Total Internal Reflection
Critical Angle - Blackboard Optics Version
Critical Angle - Refraction Tank Version
Optical Fiber Samples
Optical Path in Fibers
Plexiglas Spiral
Plexiglas Cylinder
Right Angle Prism Inverter
Water Stream Light Pipe
Dispersion
Rainbow Demonstration
Prism
Prism - Blackboard Optics
Lenses
Blackboard Optics Kit
Ray Tracing
Spherical Aberration
Spherical Aberration - Lens with Variable Diaphragm
Chromatic Aberration
Pinhole Camera
Optical Instruments
Telescope Model
Microscope Model
Monocular Model
Flask Eye Model
Diffraction
Single Slit Diffraction
Poisson's Bright Spot
Pinhole Diffraction
Knife Edge Diffraction
Diffraction Patterns with CMOS Camera
Zone Plate
Spatial Filtering
Interference
Two Source Interference
Double Slit Pattern
Fresnel Biprism
Overhead Transparency Showing Wavefronts
Gratings
Diffraction Gratings
Multiple Slit Patterns
Wavelength Dependence
Feather Gratings
2-D Gratings
Optical Crystals
Optical Transform Slides
Laser Speckle
Thin Film Interference
Soap Film Interference
Soap Film in White Light
Soap Film in Monochromatic Light
Air Wedge
Newton's Rings
Pohl's Rings
Lens with Antireflection Coating
Anti-Reflection Coated Windows
Interference Filters
Interferometers
Michelson Interferometer
Michelson Interferometer - commercial version
Microwave Interferometer
Holograms
Color
Color Synthesis and Analysis
Color Addition with Projectors
Color Mixing Apparatus
Color Mixing with an LED
Color Addition with Light Sticks
Complementary Shadows
Color Subtraction
Colored Objects in Colored Light
White Light Spectrum
Video Projector Spectrum
Absorption Spectra
Dispersion
Blackboard Optics Prism
Scattering
Sunset Effect
Blue Sky
Polarization
Polarization by Absorption
Polarization by Scattering
Polarization by Reflection
Polarization by Double Refraction
Calcite Crystal
Cellophane
Stress Birefringence
Quartz Wedge
Mica
Half Wave Plate
Quarter Wave Plate
Nicol Prism
Wollaston Prism
Circular Polarization
Circularly Polarized Wave Model
Optical Activity
Optical Activity Display
Barber Pole Display
Vision
The Eye
Eye Model
Flask Eye Model
Cenco Eye Model
Eyescope
Physiology
Retinal Fatigue
Simultaneous Contrast
Colors by Contrast
Benham's Disk
MODERN PHYSICS
Quantum Effects
Photons
Photoelectric Effect: Discharge of Zinc
Photoelectric Effect with Neon Bulb
Photoelectric Effect
Solar-Powered Bicycle Toy
Solar Panel
Effect of Shadows on Solar Cell Array
Photon Momentum
Wave Mechanics
Standing Waves in a Circular Wire
Images of Electron Orbitals
Uncertainty Principle Optical Analog
Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
Quantum Dots: Particle in a Box
Wave Function Model
Blackbody Radiation
Blackbody Model
Variac and Light Bulb
Red Hot Platinum
Particle/Wave Duality
Single Photon Interference
X-Ray and Electron Diffraction
Electron Diffraction
Crystal Model Showing Bragg Planes
X-Ray Tubes
Optical Crystals
Optical Transform Slides
Lasers
Laser Optics
Laser Communication
Atomic Physics
Periodic Table
Spectra
Emission Spectra
Sodium Spectrum
Absorption Spectrum
Zeeman Effect
Spectrum Chart
Fluorescent Materials
Phosphorescent Materials
Chemiluminescence
Electron Properties
Discovery of the Electron
Measurement of e/m
Maltese Cross
Paddle Wheel
Franck Hertz experiment
Rutherford Scattering Model
Atomic Force Microscope Model
Nuclear Physics
Table of the Nuclides
Radioactivity
Alpha, Beta and Gamma Absorption
Radioactive Consumer Products
Magnetic Deflection of Beta Particles
Discharge Electroscope with Alpha Source
Sequential Decay of Radon Products
Counting Statistics
Dice Radioactive Decay Model
Nuclear Reactions
Mousetrap Chain Reaction
Detectors
Cloud Chamber
Bubble Chamber Photographs
Spinthariscope
Photomultiplier Tube
Elementary Particles
Fundamental Particles Chart
Cyclotron Dees Model
Higgs Field Analog
Particle Detector Analog
Relativity
Forces and Curved Space
Free Fall and Weightlessness
Falling Slinky
Speed of Light
Michelson Interferometer
Michelson Interferometer - commercial version
Doppler Effect Animation
ASTRONOMY
Planetary Astronomy
Orrery
Retrograde Motion Demonstrator
Phases of the Moon
Seasons
Globe with Gridlines
Tides
Precession of Earth's Axis
Celestial Globe
Earth Model with Ecliptic
Crater Formation Model
Meteorites
Making a Comet
A Private Universe
Parallax
Solar Motion Simulator
Planetary Cooling
Stellar Astronomy
Pulsar Model I
Pulsar Discovery
Pulsar Model II
Relative Star Sizes
Solar Convection Cells
Supernova Core Bounce
Gravitational Lens
Sun Spots
Apparent Brightness
Twinkling Star
Laser Speckle
Cosmology
Expanding Universe - 1D
Expanding Universe - 2D
Center of Expansion
GENERAL
AV Materials
Web Resources
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