Lecture Demonstrations Laboratory

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PHYS 2720-001: Special Topics Physics

• large 10-inch glass lens in holder & stand, large 8-inch Edmund Optics Mirror F/8 64-inch focal length in holder & bench clamp, spiral fluorescent bulb in green socket, small 15"x12" white poster board, confocal mirrors and low-power red laser pointer

•  video  - Polarization of Light
• Polarization by Reflection
• Birefringence

•  video  - 2-Liter Bottle Rocket

•  video  - 2-Liter Bottle Rocket

• Mass on a spring (hand held) for showing natural frequency and resonance. Simple pendulum (hand held) for showing natural frequency and resonance.

• tennis ball on spring (hand held)

• Hacksaw Blade Resonance

• Theremin

• Long spring clamped at one end for demonstrating standing waves and wave pulses

• Singing Tubes and Rods
  ( Aluminum rods and corrugated tubes only)
• Chladni Figures

• tennis ball on spring, will hold by hand

• Coupled Pendulum Oscillators
  ( Large double pendulum only)
•  video  - Tuning Fork Beats

• Spark Gap Tesla Coil

•  video  - Precession of Bicycle Wheel Under Gravity Force

•  video  - 2-Liter Bottle Rocket
  ( If you think it will work for me....)