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PHYS 1050 001: How Things Work

• Hovercraft

•  video  - Tablecloth Pull
• Razor Scooter
• Ball Collection

• 1. Razor Scooter 2. Hovercraft 3. Baseball 4. Bowling Ball (red one) 5. Golf ball 6. Tennis ball 7. Basketball 8. Racketball 9. Bouncy ball Thanks, Lou

• 1. Hovercraft 2. Baseball 3. Bowling Ball (red one) 4. Golf ball 5. Tennis ball 6. Basketball 7. Racketball 8. Bouncy ball Thanks, Lou

• 1. Baseball 2. Bowling Ball (red one) 3. Basketball 4. 2 Pasco Carts 5. 2 Grocery Scales (green) 6. Spring scales (2 ranges) 7. 5 kg weight Thanks, Lou

• 1. Baseball 2. Bowling Ball (red one) 3. Basketball 4. 2 Pasco Carts 5. 2 Grocery Scales (green) 6. Spring scales (2 ranges) 7. 5 kg weight (and my little red wagon, ramp, and the 4 wooden blocks) Thanks, Lou

• 1. Baseball 2. Bowling Ball (red one) 3. Basketball 4. 2 Grocery Scales (green) 5. Spring scales (2 ranges) 6. 5 kg weight 7. The big wooden seesaw 8. Two 100g weights, two 200g weights, two 500g weights 9. The moment-of-inertia bars 10. The short aluminum seesaw, fulcrum, rubber mallet, and face shield (I have water balloons). (and my little red wagon, ramp, the 4 wooden blocks, and my board-on-pivot system) Thanks, Lou

• 1. Baseball 2. Bowling Ball (red one) 3. Basketball 4. Spring scales (2 ranges) 5. 5 kg weight 6. The big wooden seesaw 7. Two 100g weights, two 200g weights, two 500g weights 8. The moment-of-inertia bars 9. The short aluminum seesaw, short fulcrum, rubber mallet, and face shield (I have water balloons). 10. Bicycle wheel 11. Snake-in-the-can 12. Batteries to charge my big capacitor (75 V or so) 13. Two NdFeB supermagnets that can jump at one another (probably already broken or chipped) 14. 3 metal rods to act as roller (same diameter -- maybe 1" dia if you have them) 15. Box of matches 16. Glass brownie dish (I'll bring my dice collection) 17. Big un-inflated balloon (to inflate and release) (and my Wobble Ball and my board-on-pivot system) Thanks, Lou

• 1. Bowling Ball (red one) 2. Spring scales (2 ranges) 3. 5 kg weight 4. Bicycle wheel 5. Snake-in-the-can 6. Batteries to charge my big capacitor (75 V or so) 7. Two NdFeB supermagnets that can jump at one another (probably already broken or chipped) 8. 3 metal rods to act as roller (same diameter -- maybe 1" dia if you have them) 9. Box of matches 10. Glass brownie dish (I'll bring my dice collection) 11. Big un-inflated balloon (to inflate and release) (and my Wobble Ball and dice-in-dish) Thanks, Lou

• 1. Bowling Ball (red one) 2. Spring scales (2 ranges) 3. 5 kg weight 4. Bicycle wheel 5. Batteries to charge my big capacitor (75 V or so) 6. 3 metal rods to act as roller (same diameter -- maybe 1" dia if you have them) 7. Box of matches 8. Glass brownie dish (I'll bring my dice collection) 9. Pasco cart 10. Baseball hammers and nail w/ wood 11. Swivel chair 12. Dumbbells 13. Grinder to spin-up Bicycle Wheel (and my bow-and-arrow firestarter w/ clamp and dice-in-dish) Thanks, Lou

• 1. Bowling Ball (red one) 2. Spring scales (2 ranges) 3. Bicycle wheel 4. Pasco cart 5. Swivel chair 6. Dumbbells 7. Grinder to spin-up Bicycle Wheel 8. Grocery store spring scale (green) 9. Hooke's law demo 10. Set of hangable weights for hooke's law demo 11. Bathroom scale 12. Video camera for bathroom scale (on main lab bench) 13. Rope and spring from catwalk -- for hanging weights in equilibrium and for hanging weights + a spring scale Thanks, Lou

• 1. Bowling Ball (red one) 2. Spring scales (2 ranges) 3. Grocery store spring scale (green) 4. Hooke's law demo 5. Set of hangable weights for hooke's law demo 6. Bathroom scale 7. Video camera for bathroom scale (on main lab bench) 8. Spring from post, to hang weights and even a spring-scale from 9. Bouncy ball 10. Happy ball / Unhappy ball 11. Tennis ball 12. Golf ball 13. Basketball with ring for Tennis Ball 14. Handball 15. Beanbag 16. Sand-filled dish (to show a bouncy ball not bouncing) 16. Inflated bag or balloon (to show a bean bag bouncing) 17. A board, approximately 12" x 12" x 3/4" to bounce balls off of as it moves upward 18. Baseball bat Thanks, Lou

• 1. Bowling Ball (red one) 2. Bouncy ball 3. Happy ball / Unhappy ball 4. Tennis ball 5. Golf ball 6. Basketball with ring for Tennis Ball 7. Handball 8. Beanbag 9. Sand-filled dish (to show a bouncy ball not bouncing) 10. Inflated bag or balloon (to show a bean bag bouncing) 11. A board, approximately 12" x 12" x 3/4" to bounce balls off of as it moves upward 12. Baseball bat and jig to hang it from 13. Baseball mallet -- the hard one (for hitting the bat and making it vibrate) Thanks, Lou

• 1. Baseball 2. A board, approximately 12" x 12" x 3/4" to bounce balls off of as it moves upward 3. Baseball bat and jig to hang it from 4. Baseball mallet -- the hard one (for hitting the bat and making it vibrate) 5. Ordinary chair (with a back on it... not a stool) 6. The rotating disk with the liquid on it and/or with a ball that swings outward as the disk spins 7. The pink ball on a string 8. The pizza dish on a string, a short wineglass, and phony wine (for the loop-the-loop trick) Thanks, Lou

• Midterm Exam - no demos

• 1. Ordinary chair (with a back on it... not a stool) 2. The rotating disk with the liquid on it and/or with a ball that swings outward as the disk spins 3. The pink ball on a string 4. The pizza dish on a string, a short wineglass, and phony wine (for the loop-the-loop trick) 5. The ball on loop-the-loop track demo Thanks, Lou

• 1. Marble and plastic track (stable, unstable, neutral equilibrium) 2. Stability tower demonstration 3. Bicycle wheel and grinder to spin it up 4. Clip from ceiling to hang the bicycle wheel on so that it precesses Thanks, Lou - he also brings his bicycle and grabs a broomstick

• 1. Bicycle wheel and grinder to spin it up 2. Clip from ceiling to hand the bicycle wheel on so that it precesses 3. CO2 cylinder rocket cart 4. Two Pasco Carts 5. Water rocket 6. Soda bottle and hairspray rocket 7. Arrows: one with feathers and one without (both on strings) 8. Pink ball on string Thanks, Lou

• 1. bicycle wheel and grinder to spin it up 2. Clip from ceiling to hand the bicycle wheel on so that it precesses 3. CO2 cylinder rocket cart 4. Two Pasco Carts 5. Water rocket 6. Soda bottle and hairspray rocket 7. Arrows: one with feathers and one without (both on strings) 8. Pink ball on string Thanks, Lou

• 1. Magdeberg Hemispheres 2. Vacuum pump and bell jar 3. Marshmallow man (I left the marshmallows with you all) 4. Archimedes demonstration 5. Cartesian diver 6. Hot air balloon 7. Helium tank 8. Rubber balloons, large and small 9. Liquid nitrogen and the shallow clear dewar 10. The inverted clear tank (to float a helium balloon in helium) 11. The methane bubble blower and ignition system Lou

• 1. Archimedes demonstration 2. Hot air balloon 3. Helium tank 4. Rubber balloons, large and small 5. Liquid nitrogen and the shallow clear dewar 6. The inverted clear tank (to float a helium balloon in helium) 7. The methane bubble blower and ignition system 8. Squeeze bottle with water in it 9. Some straws and a cup of clean water 10. Pascal's vases Lou

• 1. Squeeze bottle with water in it 2. Pascal's vases 3. Short water tank with hose and nozzle (tank on metal post that can be raised or lowered) 4. Tall water tank (on the catwalk) with hose and nozzle 5. Vacuum cannon - shoot foam balls at the wall using vacuum. Lou

• 1. Squeeze bottle with water in it 2. Pascal's vases 3. Short water tank with hose and nozzle (tank on metal post that can be raised or lowered) 4. Tall water tank (on the catwalk) with hose and nozzle 5. Vacuum cannon - shoot foam balls at the wall using vacuum. 6. Water tank with various capillary tubes to show how pipe diameter affects flow Lou

• 1. Water tank with various capillary tubes to show how pipe diameter affects flow 2. Airflow system (the blue pipe with various widths and hanging U-tubes to show pressures) 3. Two plates that stick together when air is flowing through one of those plates 4. The funnel and pingping ball - ball sticks in funnel 5. The water sprayer: jar of water with rounded-glass pipe inserted in it it and a nozzle for spraying air across the pipe 6. Rheologic liquid in shallow glass pan and some sticks to drag through it. 7. Water hammer toy -- clear glass 8. Large rubber mallet to break soda bottles with water hammer (I have the bottles) Lou

• 1. Airflow system (the blue pipe with various widths and hanging U-tubes to show pressures) 2. Two plates that stick together when air is flowing through one of those plates 3. The funnel and pingping ball - ball sticks in funnel 4. The water sprayer: jar of water with rounded-glass pipe inserted in it it and a nozzle for spraying air across the pipe 5. Rheologic liquid in shallow glass pan and some sticks to drag through it. 6. Leaf-blower and beach ball Lou

• 1. Leaf-blower and beach ball 2. Baseball 3. Basketball 4. Curveball throwing toy w/ foam balls Lou

• 1. The foam airplane Lou

• 1. Box of Kitchen Matches 2. Metal thermal conductivities demo 3. Thin-walled stainless steel and wide-topped burner (I will heat the tube red-hot with the burner) 4. Water convection cell and projector demo 5. Radiation Bolometer with bar-display and Hot Cube, Thanks, Lou

• 1. Box of Kitchen Matches 2. Metal thermal conductivities demo 3. Thin-walled stainless steel and wide-topped burner (I will heat the tube red-hot with the burner) 4. Water convection cell and projector demo 5. Radiation Bolometer with bar-display and Hot Cube 6. Reflective dishes to light match from across the bench, Lou

• 1. Bell Jar Vacuum and beaker of water (to boil with vacuum) 2. Crush cans by boiling water in them and then immersing them in a pan of water (using tongs) 3. Liquid nitrogen and clear shallow dewar, Lou

• 1. Bell Jar Vacuum and beaker of water (to boil with vacuum) 2. Crush cans by boiling water in them and then immersing them in a pan of water (using tongs) 3. Liquid nitrogen and clear shallow dewar, Lou

• no demos

• 1. My cardboard boxes with heat and entropy meters on them (and the little disks of energy) 2. The glass jug, bicycle pump, and temperature meter -- compressing heats, expanding cools -- Thanks, Lou

• 1. My cardboard boxes with heat and entropy meters on them (and the little disks of energy) 2. The glass jug, bicycle pump, and temperature meter -- compressing heats, expanding cools 3. The expanded dehumidifier 4. The toy steam engine 5. Dipping Duck Thanks, Lou

• 1. The toy steam engine 2. Dipping Duck 3. Fire Plunger with flash paper 4. Milk jug and methanol explosion Thanks, Lou

• 1. Bowling ball pendulum 2. Mass on a spring harmonic oscillator (something that shows a nice rhythmic bounce 3. Hacksaw blades and shaker 4. Tuning forks (several sizes and a mallet) 5. The various hanging pendulums with wooden balls (different periods) 6. The torsional oscillator 7. The frame for my pendulum clock Thanks, Lou

• 1. Bowling ball pendulum 2. Mass on a spring harmonic oscillator (something that shows a nice rhythmic bounce 3. Hacksaw blades and shaker 4. Tuning forks (several sizes and a mallet) 5. The various hanging pendulums with wooden balls (different periods) 6. The torsional oscillator 7. The frame for my pendulum clock, with the clock on it, Thanks, Lou

• 1. Vibrating string demo with flashlamp 2. Sonometer and bow and rosin 3. Pair of coupled pendulums -- resonant energy transfer 4. Pair of tuning forks and boxes 5. Break-the-wineglass demo 6. Two large identical tuning forks and the tuning fork hammer.

• 1. Two different sized coke bottles 2. The plastic swinging tubes 3. The carpet tubes and burner to make them vibrate 4. The metal tube with the gauze in it 5. A tank of helium gas 6. The chladni plates, sand, and the vibrating system, plus a camera to show the patterns 7. A tuning fork with and without a baffle cut to help it project sound 8. A couple of drinking straws 9. The magnetic roller wave demo 10. The torsion bar wave demo 11. An aquarium tank with a few inches of water in it and a rod under it so I can slosh it Thanks, Lou