Lecture Demonstrations Laboratory

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PHYS 1050-001: How Things Work

• 1. Razor Scooter 2. Tablecloth Trick I will bring: 1. Spring-knife 2. Apples 3. Bananas 4. Spaghetti 5. Free knife 6. Airpucks, Thanks, Lou

• 1. Razor Scooter 2. Baseballs (2) 3. Basketball 4. Bouncy ball 5. Bowling ball 6. Tennis ball 7. Full can of soda and empty can of soda, I will bring: 1. Airpucks, Thanks, Lou

• 1. Baseballs (2) 2. Basketball 3. Bouncy ball 4. Bowling ball 5. Tennis ball Thanks, Lou

• 1. Baseball 2. Basketball 3. Bowling ball 4. Big black weight (about 5 kg) 5. 2 black dial spring scales (different Newton ranges) 6. 2 green spring scales 7. 2 Pasco carts, .. I will bring: 1. Water Balloons 2. Wooden Ramp 3. Toy Wagon 4. Cardboard Box, Thanks, Lou

• 1. Baseball 2. Basketball 3. Bowling ball 4. Big black weight (about 5 kg) 5. 2 black dial spring scales (different Newton ranges) 6. green spring scale 7 my Wooden Ramp 8. my Toy Wagon, I will bring: 1. Toy Seesaw beam

• 1. my Toy Seesaw beam (wood beam on a bearing) 2. aluminum seesaw -- long aluminum beam and tall aluminum angle piece 3. 4 1-kg weights 4. 1 big black weight 5. Mini-me (I'll put it on my bearing) 6. a rubber mallet (medium size) 7. 1 short aluminum seesaw 8. 1 small aluminum angle piece (for breaking a water balloon) 9. Moment-of-inertia bars 10. basketball, ... I will bring: 1. my wobble ball, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. my Toy Seesaw beam (wood beam on a bearing) 2. aluminum seesaw -- long aluminum beam and tall aluminum angle piece 3. 4 1-kg weights 4. 1 big black weight 5. Mini-me (I'll put it on my bearing) 6. a rubber mallet (medium size) 7. 1 short aluminum seesaw 8. 1 small aluminum angle piece (for breaking a water balloon) 9. Moment-of-inertia bars 10. basketball 11. 2 dial spring scales, different ranges 12. Bicycle wheel 13. Snake in a can toy 14. Some large balloons, uninflated 15. Batteries for charging my 75V capacitor 16. Bowling ball, ... I will bring: 1. my toy wagons 2. my big capacitor and screwdriver, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. basketball 2. 2 dial spring scales, different ranges 3. Bicycle wheel 4. Snake in a can toy 5. Some large balloons, uninflated 6. Batteries for charging my 75V capacitor 7. Bowling ball 8. my toy wagons 9. my big capacitor and screwdriver 10. Pasco cart 11. Two baseball mallets (hard and soft) and the nails & wood to pound i, ... I will bring: 1. my air hockey table, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Bowling ball 2. Repaired Pasco cart -- it has to go straight and the one I had on Friday went in a circle. Its wheels are badly out of alignment 3. Swivel chair 4. Bicycle wheel and grinder to spin it 5. Dumbbells 6. two baseball mallets (hard and soft) and nails & wood to pound in. 7. my air hockey table, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Swivel chair 2. Bicycle wheel and grinder to spin it 3. Dumbbells 4. Big black weight (5kg?) 5. Green spring scale 6. Hooke's law demo 7. Spring scale with weight, itself hanging from a spring (so I can bounce the entire weighing apparatus 8. A bathroom scale with a camera on it, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Spring scale with weight, itself hanging from a spring (so I can bounce the entire weighing apparatus 2. Tennis ball 3. Basketball 4. 2 baseballs 5. Bouncy ball 6. Happy and Unhappy Balls 7. A beanbag 8. Sand (to drop a ball into and have it not bounce) 9. A taut air bag (to drop a beanbag onto and have it bounce) 10. A 12" x 12" (approx) board to bounce a ball on as I move the board 11. The baseball bat, and the hanging system for it 12. The hardball mallet, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Tennis ball 2. Basketball 3. 2 baseballs 4. Bouncy ball 5. Happy and Unhappy Balls 6. A beanbag 7. Sand (to drop a ball into and have it not bounce) 8. A taut air bag (to drop a beanbag onto and have it bounce) 9. A 12" x 12" (approx) board to bounce a ball on as I move the board 10. The baseball bat, and the hanging system for it 11. The hardball mallet, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. A wooden chair (just to sit in and talk about weight) 2. Swinging wine glass system, with a short wine glass (so I don't feel so anxious) 3. The pink ball on the string 4. The ball on the loop-the-loop track 5. Two baseballs, ... I will bring: 1. A book (my usual one) 2. Some small buckets for students to play with, ... Thanks, Lou

• Test, no demos today

• 1. Red plastic stable-unstable equilibrium track with metal marble 2. Stability tower 3. Large wood block 4. Broom to balance on my hand 5. Bicycle wheel and spinner (to hang for precession), ... I will bring: 1. A bicycle, ... Thanks, Lou

•  video  - LR Circuit w/ Function Generator

• 1. Broom to balance on my hand 2. Bicycle wheel and spinner (to hang for precession) 3. Two Pasco carts 4. CO2 rocket cart 5. Hairspray bottle rocket 6. Water rocket 7. Uninflated big balloons, ... I will bring: 1. A bicycle, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Uninflated big balloons 2. Magdeberg Hemispheres and vacuum pump 3. Marshmallow man frame 4. Archimedes Demonstration 5. Cartesian Diver (if you have one) 6. Hot Air Balloon 7. Tank of Helium 8. Liquid nitrogen and visible glass dewar, ... I will bring: 1. Small balloons 2. Marshmallows 3. Empty soda bottle, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Uninflated big balloons 2. Archimedes Demonstration 3. Cartesian Diver (if you have one) 4. Hot Air Balloon 5. Tank of Helium 6. Liquid nitrogen and visible glass dewar 7. Big glass container inverted on blocks (to float a helium balloon inside and sink by filling container with helium) 8. Methane bubble and ignitor system, ... I will bring: 1. Empty soda bottle, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Hot Air Balloon 2. Tank of Helium 3. Liquid nitrogen and visible glass dewar 4. Big glass container inverted on blocks (to float a helium balloon inside and sink by filling container with helium) 5. Several clean drinking straws 6. A cup of clean water 7. A squeeze bottle of water (to shoot across the room) 8. Pascal's Vases 9. The short water tank and nozzle (metal tank that I can raise and lower), ... I will bring: 1. long thin balloons, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Pascal's Vases 2. The short water tank and nozzle (metal tank that I can raise and lower) 3. Tall water tank (on catwalk) and nozzle, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Pascal's Vases 2. Vortex cannon and smoke generator 3. Water tank and different diameter glass tubes 4. Two plates that stick to one another when air flows between them 5. Paint sprayer demo 6. Rheologic liquid and a 1/2 rod (also a tongue depressor, if you have one) 7. Water hammer demo 8. Medium sized rubber mallet, ... I'll bring: 1. Glass beer bottles to break with water hammer. Thanks, Lou

• 1. Vortex cannon and smoke generator 2. Rheologic liquid and a 1/2 rod (also a tongue depressor, if you have one) 3. Air flow demonstrator with U-shaped pressure measuring devices. It has a nozzle and a diffuser in it. Thanks, Lou

• 1. Liquid nitrogen 2. A styrofoam coffee cup 3. Beachball and blower 4. Baseball 5. Curveball throwing toy 6. Golf ball, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Beachball and blower 2. Baseball 3. Curveball throwing toy 4. Golf ball Thanks, Lou

• Midterm Exam, no demos

• 1. Styrofoam airplane 2. Wind-up airplane (if you have one), ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Styrofoam airplane 2. Wind-up airplane (if you have one), ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Gas Burner (fancy Bunsen burner) 2. Lighter 3. Long steel rod (to heat one end, hold the other, and watch heat flow down the rod as red glow) 4. Three metal rod thermal conductivity demo, with hanging metal balls 5. The convection in water projector demo 6. A test-tube and some water (I'll hold the bottom and boil the top) 7. Light match and cook marshmallow with light demo (two big reflectors), ... Thanks, Lou

• For today, I'll need everything you set up on Monday (I apologize for making you set it up twice): 1. Gas Burner (fancy Bunsen burner) 2. Lighter 3. Long steel rod (to heat one end, hold the other, and watch heat flow down the rod as red glow) 4. Three metal rod thermal conductivity demo, with hanging metal balls 5. The convection in water projector demo 6. A test-tube and some water (I'll hold the bottom and boil the top) 7. Light match and cook marshmallow with light demo (two big reflectors), ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. A test-tube and some water (I'll hold the bottom and boil the top) 2. Light match and cook marshmallow with light demo (two big reflectors) 3. Some ice 4. Liquid nitrogen and the clear dewar and tongs 5. A glass beaker (400 ml or so) 6. A digital thermometer and camera to display it 7. Some salt to depress the melting point of ice 8. A burner and stand so I can heat the water to boiling 9. Vacuum system to boil water at lower temperature 10. A smaller beaker of water to boil in vacuum, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Some ice 2. Liquid nitrogen and the clear dewar and tongs 3. A glass beaker (400 ml or so) 4. A digital thermometer and camera to display it 5. Some salt to depress the melting point of ice 6. A burner and stand so I can heat the water to boiling 7. Vacuum system to boil water at lower temperature 8. A smaller beaker of water to boil in vacuum, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. A burner and stand so I can heat the water to boiling 2. Vacuum system to boil water at lower temperature 3. A smaller beaker of water to boil in vacuum 4. Boiling water in soda cans, flip into water container, and watch them crush. 5. Radiation cube and bolometer, ... Thanks, Lou

• no demos

• 1. My entropy boxes (cardboard boxes with two dials each) 2. The glass jug with thermistor and bicycle pump to drive air into it, ... I'll bring: 1. Syringe 2. Condensible gas for syringe. Thanks, Lou

• 1. My entropy boxes (cardboard boxes with two dials each) 2. The glass jug with thermistor and bicycle pump to drive air into it 3. Deconstructed dehumidifier, ... I'll bring: 1. Syringe 2. Condensible gas for syringe. Thanks, Lou

• 1. Deconstructed dehumidifier 2. Steam engine 3. The candle-carousel (if it works) 4. Dipping Duck 5. Exploding milk jug (methanol and spark) 6. Plunger and flammable chip (compression ignition), ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Plunger and flammable chip (compression ignition) 2. Bowling ball pendulum 3. 3 different length pendulums 4. mass on spring (to bounce up and down), ... I will bring up my pendulum clock, so I'll need the mount for it. Thanks, Lou

• 1. Bowling ball pendulum 2. 3 different length pendulums 3. mass on spring (to bounce up and down) 4. two different tuning forks (large and small) 5. torsional pendulum 6. My pendulum clock, ... I will bring up: 1. 2 ring-balance clocks 2. quartz clock crystal, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Vibrating string demo 2. Sonometer 3. Resonant energy transfer pendulums 4. Video of Tacoma Narrows bridge 5. Break the wine-glass with sound demo 6. Pair of tuning forks on boxes (tuned to transfer energy) 7. Tuning fork and baffle (to project sound better) 8. Carpet tubes and burner 9. Helium tank and coke bottle, ... I'll bring up a violin and a recorder and a music box, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Sonometer 2. Resonant energy transfer pendulums 3. Video of tacoma narrows 4. Break the wine-glass with sound demo (with glasses that I can break-- the others didn't break) 5. Pair of tuning forks on boxes (tuned to transfer energy) 6. Tuning fork and baffle (to project sound better) 7. Carpet tubes and burner 8. Helium tank and coke bottle, ... I'll bring up a violin and a recorder and a music box, ... Thanks, Lou