| Number |
Demonstration |
Abstract |
| 1 |
Free Fall Timer |
Ball is dropped from 0.5m, 1m, 1.5m, 2m |
| 2 |
Motion Detector |
Relating position, velocity, and acceleration
graphs |
| 3 |
Moving Gun |
Gun attached to a horizontally moving cart fires
a projectile straight up and lands back in the gun |
| 4 |
Simultaneous Fall |
Two balls simultaneously dropped and projected
horizontally hit the floor together |
| 5 |
Monkey & Hunter |
A gun shoots a target, released when the gun is
fired. The ball hits the target in midair |
| 6 |
Inertia Balls |
Break the string from above or below a suspended
mass |
| 7 |
Push Me Pull Me Carts |
Two students stand on carts facing each other
and pull on a rope or push each other |
| 8 |
Tennis Ball Cannon |
A cannon on wheels shoots a tennis ball |
| 9 |
Walking the Spool |
Pull at various angles on a cord attached to a
spool to move the spool back and forth |
| 10 |
Pile Driver |
Drive a nail into a block of wood with a model
pile driver |
| 11 |
Bowling Ball Pendulum |
A bowling ball pendulum is held against your
nose and allowed to swing back and forth |
| 12 |
Loop the Loop |
A ball rolls down an incline and then around a
vertical loop |
| 13 |
Stationary Dishes |
Pull a tablecloth out from underneath a place
setting |
| 14 |
Inertia Wands |
Two students twirl equal mass wands, one with
mass toward the center and one with mass at the end |
| 15 |
Resonance Wine Glasses |
Move a damp finger around the rim of wine
glasses with different amount of water |
| 16 |
Slit and Laser |
Shine a laser through single slits of different
sizes |
| 17 |
CD Diffraction |
Shine white light on a cd |
| 18 |
Holograms |
Show a hologram |
| 19 |
Ohm's Law |
Measure current and voltage in a simple circuit.
Change the voltage or resistance. |
| 20 |
Kirchoff's Law |
Measure the voltage drops across 3 resistors in
a circuit |
| 21 |
Parallel Wires |
Long vertical parallel wires attract or repel
each other depending on current direction |
| 22 |
Interacting Coils |
Two hanging loops attract or repel each other
depending on current direction |
| 23 |
Jumping Wire |
A wire is placed in a horseshoe magnet and
connected to a battery. The wire jumps out of the magnet. |
| 24 |
Motor |
A motor has slip and split rings |
| 25 |
Hand Crank Generator |
Use a hand crank generator to illuminate a light
bulb |
| 26 |
Battery |
Build a battery and explain how a battery works |
| 27 |
Electromagnet |
Coil wire around a nail or piece of iron and
connect to a battery |
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