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Physics Demonstrations - Introduction
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Physics demonstrations, descriptions, discussions of the physics, and hazards to avoid. Groupings are light, magnetism, electricity, sound, heat, and motion.
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Static Generator, Electrical Demonstration
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How to make and use a frictional static electricity generator which makes HUGE sparks. Also, links to other electricity demos on the internet.
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HowStuffWorks: How Hydraulic Cranes Work
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Animations and photos show how these cranes are able to lift thousands of pounds using hydraulics, and how these machines are operated.
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1999 AAPT Apparatus Competition Entries and Winners
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See who entered what and who won in the annual contest.
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PIRA Physics Demonstration Bibliography
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This demonstration bibliography contains about 7500 entries including all of Sutton, Freier & Anderson, Meiners, Hilton, AJP, The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations, the Minnesota Demonstration Handbook, a few articles from the Physics Teacher, and listings of the PIRA 200, PIRA 500, and PIRA 1000 demonstrations.
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Physics Demonstrations and Science Exhibits
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Part of Bill Beaty's amateur scientist pages. Includes many links to his and other demonstration sources.
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TOPS Science
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TOPS Learning Systems, a nonprofit educational publisher, dedicated to making inexpensive, creative, hands-on science and math available everywhere.
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Tarzan Swing
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Tarzan (a water balloon) is swinging on a thread which is cut by a hot wire mid-flight; students must project Tarzan safely through a hole surrounded by pins.
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Pre-College Demonstration Book List
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Annotated list of books for physics and physical science demonstrations as well as science fair projects.
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Physics Demonstration Lab
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School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel aviv University. Demonstrations available at the school, and related links.
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Physics Animations
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Animated experiments and visualizations on physics with theoretical explanations. There is also a physics forum, free samples and educational programs for download.
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Physics Demos and Science Exhibit Designs
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Links to useful demo sites, descriptions of dangerous and not-so-dangerous electrical demonstrations, and some unusual scientific projects.
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Jearl Walker Discusses the Flying Circus
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Reflects on successes and failures doing the 'bed of nails' trick, and tells how to get videotapes of some of his shows.
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PIRA 200 Demo List
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A collection of 200 physics demos believed by professionals to be essential in teaching about the most common physics phenomena. Demos are sorted by topic and illustrated.
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U.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations
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Grouped by physics topic. Images and movies are available in some cases.
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Physics Demonstration Resources On-Line for Science Educators
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For physics educators interested in developing demonstrations. Provides links to many colleges' demo resources.
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Industrial Electrostatics Demonstrations
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The project described at this web page was undertaken to develop a set of demonstrations having clear relevance to manufacturing and commercial operations. Some of these demonstrations should also serve to augment the science teacher's or hobbyist's bag of tricks by making it easier to reinforce the relationship between basic principles and practical situations.
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The Physics Question of the Week
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From the University of Maryland Department of Physics. Each week a new question will be posted and the answer for the previous Question of the Week will be shown. The questions involve real experimental physics, so part of the answers will be photographs and short videos of the experiments carried out in determining the results.
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Demonstrations of Various Physical Principles
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Video clips demonstrating various principles of dynamics, mechanisms, vibration and sound, mechatronics and measurement systems, pool and billiards, solid mechanics, and other fields of physics and engineering.
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Physics Lecture Demonstrations, a Compilation
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Lecture demonstrations for physics courses, compiled and annotated by Dr. Donald Simanek. Reads like a storybook.
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Video Analysis Investigations for Physics and Mathematics
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Contains short video clips that may be used in teaching and learning physics concepts using any one of several video analysis software programs. The video clips linked to this page are also useful in algebra, trigonometry, and calculus studies by providing "real world" examples of many common mathematical relationships.
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Patterns in Nature
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Entry page for the Patterns in Nature course at Arizona State University. This course integrates topics from light, optics, microscopy, and physics. Many assigned activities are simple experiments.
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Physics Learning Laboratories
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Search 39 physics lecture demonstration websites at once.
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Lecture Demonstration Database at U of Colorado
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Available setups for professors and lab instructors to use and review.
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Physics Behind Four Amazing Demonstrations (Skeptical Inquirer)
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Physics theory behind four dramatic demonstrations: walking on broken glass, dipping one's fingers in molten lead, breaking a concrete block over someone lying between beds of nails, and picking up an orange-hot piece of silica tile.
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The Cathode Ray Tube site
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Images and history of old technical glassware and physical instruments, many of which are used for demonstrations in courses worldwide.
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PIRA Physics Demonstration Bibliography
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Full set of PIRA demonstrations, searchable as well as grouped by topic for browsing.
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Jearl Walker Discusses the Flying Circus
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Reflects on successes and failures doing the 'bed of nails' trick, and tells how to get videotapes of some of his shows.
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The Cathode Ray Tube site
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Describes facts behind the development of CRT, Roentgen, camera tubes. Includes background information of Crookes, Geissler and Ruhmkorff. Includes photos of antique models.
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