Lecture Demonstrations Laboratory

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PHYS 1050-001: How Things Work

• I'll need: 1. Razor Scooter 2. Tablecloth Trick, ... I will bring: 1. Spring-knife 2. Apples 3. Bananas 4. Spaghetti 5. Free knife 6. Airpucks, ... And I'd like to have the video recorded, so that I can post it after class. Thanks, Lou

• For today, I'll need: 1. Razor Scooter 2. 2 Baseballs 3. A bouncy ball 4. A bowling ball 5. A basketball 6. A tennisball, ... I will bring: 1. Airpucks 2. Coins 3. Book & Paper, ... Thanks, Lou

• For today, I'll need: 1. 2 Baseballs 2. A bouncy ball 3. A bowling ball 4. A basketball 5. A tennisball, ... I will bring: 1. Airpucks 2. Coins 3. Book & Paper, ... Thanks, Lou

• For today, I'll need: 1. 2 Baseballs 2. A bowling ball 3. A basketball 4. A 5-kg weight (the big black one) 5. Two different spring scales (high newtons and low newtons) 6. Two green grocery spring scales 7. Two Pasco Carts, ... I will bring: 1. Airpucks 2. Coins 3. Book & Paper 4. My ramp and toy wagon 5. My big toy wagon 6. Water balloons, ... Thanks, Lou

• For today, I'll need: 1. 2 Baseballs 2. A bowling ball 3. A basketball 4. A 5-kg weight (the big black one) 5. Two different spring scales (high newtons and low newtons) 6. Two green grocery spring scales 7. Two Pasco Carts, ... and my stuff: 1. My ramp and toy wagon 2. My big toy wagon, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. A Baseball 2. A bowling ball 3. A 5-kg weight (the big black one) 4. Two different spring scales (high newtons and low newtons) 5. Mini-me 6. Medium rubber mallet 7. Long aluminum bar & short aluminum pivot (mini-seesaw) 8. 4 1-kg weights 9. Short aluminum bar & short aluminum pivot (mini-water-balloon launcher), ... and my stuff: 1. My ramp and toy wagon 2. My big toy wagon 3. My rotating beam 4. Wobble ball 5. Waterballoons, ... Thanks, Lou

• For today, I'll need: 1. Mini-me 2. Medium rubber mallet 3. Long aluminum bar & short aluminum pivot (mini-seesaw) 4. 4 1-kg weights 5. Short aluminum bar & short aluminum pivot (mini-water-balloon launcher), ... and my stuff: 1. My rotating beam 2. Wobble ball 3. (I have my bag of Waterballoons), ... Thanks, Lou

• For today, I'll need: 1. Mini-me 2. Medium rubber mallet 3. Long aluminum bar & short aluminum pivot (mini-seesaw) 4. 4 1-kg weights 5. Short aluminum bar & short aluminum pivot (mini-water-balloon launcher) 6. 2 different newton spring scales 7. 3 metal rods to act as rollers under my toy wagon 8. ~75 Volt battery set to charge my capacitor 9. Snake in a can spring 10. Uninflated balloons (2 or so) 11. Bicycle wheel, ... and my stuff: 1. My rotating beam 2. (I have my bag of Waterballoons) 3. My wheel-less toy wagon 4. My fire-starter bow system 5. My big capacitor and screwdriver, ... Thanks, Lou

• For today, I'll need: 1. 3 metal rods to act as rollers under my toy wagon 2. Bicycle wheel 3. Bowling ball pendulum 4. Swivel chair, dumbbells, grinder to spin up bicycle wheel, ... and my stuff: 1. My wheel-less toy wagon 2. My air hockey table 3. My air pucks, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Bowling ball pendulum 2. The two baseball mallets (hard and soft) and nails and boards 3. The hockey puck mallet 4. A hanging spring, with stretch scale and several identical masses to hang from it (hooke's law demo) 5. Camera and bathroom scale (for me to stand on) 6. Green grocery scale and some weights 7. A disk-shaped spring scale (a usual physics demonstration equipment scale) and weight 8. A spring to hang the disk-shaped spring scale and weight from (bouncing scale demo), ... and my stuff: 1. Some big springs 2. Bathroom scale 3. Diablo, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. A hanging spring, with stretch scale and several identical masses to hang from it (hooke's law demo) 2. Camera and bathroom scale (for me to stand on) 3. Green grocery scale and some weights 4. A disk-shaped spring scale (a usual physics demonstration equipment scale) and weight 5. A spring to hang the disk-shaped spring scale and weight from (bouncing scale demo) 6. Basketball 7. Happy ball and unhappy ball 8. Baseball 9. Tennis ball 10. Golf ball, ... and my stuff: 1. Some big springs 2. Bathroom scale, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Basketball 2. Happy ball and unhappy ball 3. Baseball 4. Tennis ball 5. Golf ball 6. Bed of sand 7. Air mattress 8. 12" square board 9. Baseball Bat 10. Baseball Mallet, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Pink ball on string 2. Wine glass and Pizza Tray (over the head) 3. Ball on Loop-the-loop track 4. Rotating table with liquid that slopes when the table spins, ... and my stuff: 1. book, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Pink ball on string 2. Marble with plastic stability track 3. Stability tower 4. Bicycle wheel & grinder (to hang and let precess), ... and my stuff: 1. book for hand 2. book for stability 3. bicycle 4. broom, ... Thanks, Lou

• Midterm Exam I: no demos

• 1. Bicycle wheel & grinder (to hang and let precess) 2. Water rocket 3. CO2 rocket cart 4. Bottle rocket, hairspray, and string to the top of the classroom 5. Pasco Cart & Medicine Ball 6. Arrows with and without feathers -- both on strings, ... and my stuff: 1. bicycle 2. broom, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Arrows with and without feathers -- both on strings 2. 5 balls (bouncy balls, tennis balls, golf balls) 3. An uninflated balloon (12" or so) 4. Vacuum station 5. Magdeberg hemispheres 6. Marshmallow man frame 7. An empty (clean) plastic bottle (for me to suck the air out of) and my stuff: 1. marshmallows (I have a fresh bag) 2. smallish fragile balloons (to pop in vacuum) Thanks, Lou

• 1. 5 balls (bouncy balls, tennis balls, golf balls) 2. Several uninflated balloons (12" or so) 3. Vacuum station 4. Magdeberg hemispheres 5. Marshmallow man frame 6. An empty (clean) plastic bottle (for me to suck the air out of) 7. The marshmallows I bought 8. Archimedes demo 9. Hot air balloon 10. Tank of helium 11. Liquid nitrogen and transparent dewar, ... and my stuff: 1. smallish fragile balloons (to pop in vacuum), ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Archimedes demo 2. Hot air balloon 3. Tank of helium 4. Liquid nitrogen and transparent dewar 5. Methane bubble demo with candle to light the bubbles 6. Some ~12" uninflated balloons 7. Some drinking straws and a glass of water 8. The short water tank, hose, and nozzle demo, ... and my stuff: 1. smallish fragile balloons, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Some drinking straws and a glass of water 2. The short water tank, hose, and nozzle demo 3. The tall water tank, hose, and nozzle demo 4. Pascal's vases 5. Plastic squeeze bottle full of water 6. Siphon demo 7. Vacuum cannon (PVC pipe, vacuum system, mallet, plug, bungee-pulled cap, balls to fire), ... and my stuff: 1. smallish fragile balloons, ... Thanks, Lou

• 1. Air flow between two plates demo (they stick together) 2. The ping pong ball in the funnel 3. The water-sprayer with air nozzle and pipe 4. Water hammer toy 5. Medium Rubber Mallet 6. Smoke generator (to show tiny particles suspended in the air) 7. Beach ball and air blower (Bernoulli effect) 8. A couple of uninflated 12" balloons 9. Golf ball 10. Baseball 11. Basketball 12. Tennis ball, ... I'll bring: 1. Root beer bottles to break

• 1. The ping pong ball and baster air jet 2. The water-sprayer with air nozzle and pipe 3. Smoke generator (to show tiny particles suspended in the air) 4. Beach ball and air blower (Bernoulli effect) 5. A couple of uninflated 12" balloons 6. Golf ball 7. Baseball 8. Basketball 9. Tennis ball 10. Curveball throwing toy

• 1. The ping pong ball and baster air jet 2. The water-sprayer with air nozzle and pipe 3. Beach ball and air blower (Bernoulli effect) 4. A couple of uninflated 12" balloons 5. Golf ball 6. Baseball 7. Basketball 8. Tennis ball 9. Curveball throwing toy 10. Styrofoam Airplane

• 1. Styrofoam Airplane 2. Beachball and Air Blower 3. Candle and lighter 4. Matches to strike (ignite) 5. Two baseballs 6. Liquid nitrogen and the clear Dewar 7. Tongs 8. Breakable racketballs, ... I'll bring: 10. Flowers

• 1. Candle and lighter 2. Matches to strike (ignite) 3. Two baseballs 4. Thermal conductivity demo (central hub with 3 metal rods and marbles) 5. Thin walled stainless tube to heat red hot. 6. Projection convention demo (heated filament in water) 7. Testtube, burner, and water (heat top of tube while holding bottom with fingers 8. Radiation transfer demo: bulb, parabolic reflectors, and match to light 9. Hot cube and bolometer radiative power sensor

• 1. Thermal conductivity demo (central hub with 3 metal rods and marbles) 2. Thin walled stainless tube to heat red hot. 3. Projection convention demo (heated filament in water) 4. Testtube, burner, and water (heat top of tube while holding bottom with fingers 5. Radiation transfer demo: bulb, parabolic reflectors, and match to light 6. Hot cube and bolometer radiative power sensor

• 1. A bucket of ice 2. A beaker of water in which to dump the ice 3. LN2 and glass dewar (in which to put some ice, as well) 4. A burner and support so that I can heat the beaker of water to boiling 5. Some empty cans, a little water, a burner, tongs, and a tray of water into which I can put the cans to crush them.

• 1. A bucket of ice 2. A beaker of water in which to dump the ice 3. A burner and support so that I can heat the beaker of water to boiling 4. Some empty cans, a little water, a burner, tongs, and a tray of water into which I can put the cans to crush them. 5. The hot cube and bolometer 6. Some glass fiber insulation that doesn't stink when it's heated? 7. A propane torch 8. A piece of thin metal that I can heat red hot while supported on the glass fiber insulation 9. Some aluminum foil (12" square approximately)

• 1. The hot cube and bolometer 2. Firebrick 3. A propane torch 4. A piece of thin metal that I can heat red hot while supported on the glass fiber insulation 5. Some aluminum foil (12" square approximately)

• 1. The hot cube and bolometer 2. Firebrick 3. A propane torch 4. A piece of thin metal that I can heat red hot while supported on the glass fiber insulation 5. Some aluminum foil (12" square approximately)

• 1. The glass dewar and LN2 (last time) 2. Glass tray of colored beads, purple and white on separate sides 3. My entropy and heat boxes (with the paper pointers) 4. The glass jug with thermistor and bicycle pump, ... I'll bring: 1. Big plugged syringe & working fluid

• 1. My entropy and heat boxes (with the paper pointers) 2. The glass jug with thermistor and bicycle pump 3. The disassembled dehumidifier, ... I'll bring: 1. Big plugged syringe & working fluid

• 1. The steam engine 2. Dipping Duck 3. Exploding milk container 4. The fire syringe

• 1. Exploding milk container 2. Bowling ball pendulum 3. Mass bouncing on a spring 4. Set of 3 pendulums 5. 3 different tuning forks and rubber striker

• 1. Vibrating string demo 2. Resonant energy transfer pendulums 3. Break the wine glass demo 4. Sonometer 5. Pair of tuning forks on boxes, with/without putty 6. Pair of identical tuning forks and rubber mallet 7. Tuning fork and surface to increase loudness 8. Swinging tubes 9. Coke bottle 10. Helium tank, ... I'll bring: 1. Violin - Lou

• 1. Pair of tuning forks on boxes, with/without putty 2. Pair of identical tuning forks and rubber mallet 3. Tuning fork and surface to increase loudness 4. Swinging tubes 5. Coke bottle 6. Helium tank 7. 3 Drinking straws 8. Carpet tubes and metal tube 9. Chladni plates and audio driver system, ... I'll bring: 1. Violin

• Show Lou's YouTube video for class:
  https://youtu.be/MqZlcs6sLsA