New Lecture Demonstration Developments
New additions to our collection will be listed here, with the most
recent additions listed first.
If you have ideas or requests for development or purchase of new
demonstrations or other materials please contact Dick Berg, either
in person at one of the local bars, by telephone at X5-5994, or by e-mail
at reberg@physics.umd.edu.
New additions through August 2009:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
H5-22: EFFECT OF ATTACK TRANSIENT
ON TONE QUALITY OF CORNET
New additions through August 2008:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
M1-06: LASER DIFFRACTION - HUMAN
HAIR
G4-14: SPOUTING BOWL
A1-43: CROSSING RODS
H5-41: McGURK EFFECT
K4-09: BICYCLE GENERATOR - LIGHT BULBs VS CFLs
New additions through August 2007:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
D2-51: BICYCLE WHEEL PENDULUM
C7-44: COLLISIONS - HOVERPUCKS
K4-51: UNIPOLAR MOTOR
New additions through August 2006:
The following demonstartions have been added to the index:
P4-22: CHART OF FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES AND INTERACTIONS
K8-52: MICROWAVE MAGNETRON
J4-13: MATCHSTICK ON NICKLE UNDER GLASS
F5-12: BERNOULLI'S PRINCIPLE?
P2-61: DIRAC STRING TRICK
E1-21: GRAVITATIONAL LENS OPTICAL MODEL
F5-41: WINDBAG
New additions through August 2005:
The following demonstartions have been added to the index:
B2-36: EQUILIBRIUM OF TORQUES ON METER STICK - ROTATORS
H5-47: COMPACT DISC - PHANTOM WORDS AND OTHER
CURIOSITIES
H5-48: COMPACT DISC - SHEPARD'S TONES
H4-97: COMAPCT DISC - CLOCKWORK ORANGE
New additions through August 2004:
The following demonstartions have been added to the index:
C3-06 INERTIA - JENGA
O4-08 GREEN TOMATO
G1-83 PENDULUM WAVES - COMMERCIAL
VERSION
H4-68 MP3 COMPRESSION
H6-08 SOUND SPECTROGRAMS
L3-33 VANITY MIRROR
G1-83 PENDULUM WAVES - COMMERCIAL
VERSION
H4-96 ELECTRONIC MUSIC WITH
SPECTROGRAMS
H6-16 COALESCENCE (audio CD)
New additions through August 2003:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
N3-27 NEGATIVE FILTERS IN
SERIES
I2-45 CONVECTION - HIGH/LOW CANDLES IN CYLINDER
H1-27 SPEED OF SOUND - LISSAJOUS FIGURES
D2-05 DUMBELL - VARIABLE MOMENT OF INERTIA
D5-08 WINEGLASS AND OLIVE
K2-65 INDUCTION AND CAPACITOR FLASHLIGHT
K8-45 RADIO WAVES FROM SPARK
New additions through August 2002:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
A2-71 TOPOLOGY OF A STRING
G1-20 PENDULUM RELEASE CONUNDRUM
H1-04 BELL IN VACUUM - PORTABLE
K8-05 ELECTROMAGNETIC PLANE WAVE MODEL
L6-14 IMAGE OF CONVEX LENS - WITH AND WITHOUT BAFFLE
O4-07 OPTICAL ILLUSIONS - MISCELLANEOUS
I2-12 RADIATION FROM COLD OBJECT
J5-07 MAGNETIZED WIRE FIELD LINE INDICATOR
I1-53 LEAD BELL AT LN TEMPERATURE
New additions through August 2001:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
H1-44 ULTRASONIC MOTION DETECTOR WAVE FORM
K4-08 MAGNETOELECTRIC GENERATOR WITH INDUCTOR
K8-51 MICROWAVE OVEN
New additions through January 2001:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
D1-30 TRAJECTORY FROM CIRCULAR ORBIT - OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
D5-16 FOUCAULT PENDULUM
F2-13 BUOYANCY - EXPANDING BALLOON CONUNDRUM
F3-06 SURFACE TENSION - NEEDLE ON WATER
H2-55 BEATS AND RESONANCE - TUNING BOXES
H4-42 RECORDER
H4-92 DIGITAL DOMAIN DEMONSTRATION CD
H4-93 AUDIOTAPE - SWITCHED-ON BACH
H4-94 AUDIOTAPE - VOICE OF THE COMPUTER
H4-95 AUDIOTAPE - NONESUCH GUIDE TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC
I1-19 LAVA LAMP
I2-11 THERMOS BOTTLE
I3-20 COLLAPSE OF CAN - LARGE CAN WITH MALLET
J4-24 FORCE ON DIELECTRIC IN ELECTRIC FIELD
J5-20 OERSTED EXPERIMENT - LARGE COIL AND COMPASS
K6-12 SERIES/PARALLEL LIGHT CIRCUIT CONUNDRUM
K7-05 SERIES MOTOR AND LIGHT BULB CONUNDRUM
L3-42 CHAOS - FOUR REFLECTING SPHERES
M1-35 LASER DIFFRACTION - VIDEODISC
M7-08 MICROWAVES - MALUS' LAW
P4-07 SHRINK TUBE - IRRADIATED POLYMER
P4-08 IONIZATION SMOKE ALARM
New additions through January 2000:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
F4-33 PYTHAGOREAN CUP
F4-34 SIPHON BALANCE
L6-13 OPTICAL BOARD - PARALLEL RAY FOCUS
M7-18 POLAROID SUNGLASSES
P3-02 ATOMIC ELECTRON ORBITAL MODELS
P3-66 FLUORESCENCE AT LN TEMPERATURE
P3-67 FLUORESCENCE OF LAUNDRY SOAP
New additions through August 23, 1999:
P3-71 VISIBLE LASER
New additions on August 23, 1999:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
K7-27 RLC CIRCUIT - COMPLETE
F2-26 BUOYANCY PARADOX - BALL IN TWO LIQUIDS
P4-06 RADIOACTIVE CONSUMER PRODUCTS
New additions on August 24, 1998:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
C5-20 PUTT PUTT STEAM BOAT
D2-04 MOMENT OF INERTIA RODS
E2-54 REFLECTING TELESCOPE - STRING MODEL
F3-31 WATER BELL
G1-36 MASS ON SPRING WITH FORCE MEASUREMENT
G1-37 MASS ON SPRING WITH ULTRASONIC RANGER
G2-12 BARTON'S PENDULUMS
H4-58 MODULATION - AM RADIO
H4-91 COMPACT DISC - MULTIMEDIA SOUND
I6-26 DIFFUSION - PERFUME
I7-08 CRYSTAL MODEL WITH FAULTS
J2-33 TESLA COIL - PORTABLE
K2-29 COIL AND MAGNET WITH LED SENSOR
K6-36 VISIBLE AMMETER
K7-04 RL CIRCUIT - FIELD COLLAPSE WITH FLUORESCENT BULB
K7-30 RLC CIRCUIT - RINGING
K7-31 RLC CIRCUIT - OVER/UNDER/CRITICAL DAMPING
M4-25 INTERFERENCE IN LARGE SOAP FILM - SODIUM AND WHITE
O4-25 RINSING ILLUSION
The following videotapes have been added:
VT WONDERS OF PHYSICS - FIFTEENTH SEASON CELEBRATION (COL,59) Section A
VT VIEWING THE VIOLENT UNIVERSE - THE COMPTON GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY (COL,7) Section E2
VT THE WONDERS OF PHYSICS - PHYSICS OF SOUND (COL,29) Section H
VT THE CLARINET, THE WASHTUB, THE MUSICAL NAILS: HOW MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS WORK (COL,59) Section H4
VT WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE AND SOMETIMES ICE AND STEAM
(COL,57) Section I4
VT WHITER THAN WHITE, BLACKER THAN BLACK, AND GREENER THAN GREEN: THE PERCEPTION OF COLOR (COL,49) Section O3
VT THE WONDERS OF PHYSICS - MODERN PHYSICS (COL,59) Section P
VT FUSION: NATURE'S FUNDAMENTAL ENERGY SOURCE (COL,21) Section P4
New additions on January 20, 1998:
The following demonstrations have been added to the index:
A1-03 DENSITY - VARIOUS BRICKS
C6-16 SLIDING AND STATIC FRICTION
C6-17 FRICTION VS. PULLING ANGLE
C7-43 AIR TABLE - SMALL - COLLISIONS OF PUCKS
D1-84 SPINNING CYLINDRICAL SHELL
E2-37 PLATONIC SOLIDS AND KEPLER
E2-53 STELLAR EVOLUTION - HYDROGEN BURNING
H4-57 FREQUENCY MODULATION BY FEEDBACK
H5-20 HEARING SCIENCE LABORATORY
H5-21 THREE DECIBELS
I1-18 BIMETALLIC STRIP THERMOMETERS
K6-44 SPECTRUM OF RECTIFIED SINE WAVE
L5-14 LASER AND PLEXIGLASS TUBE
Three sets of videotapes of film loops:
Physics Single-concept Films Collection 1 (PSF1) - 4 tapes
containing
35 loops,
Physics Single-concept Films Collection 2 (PSF2) - 4 tapes containing
38 loops,
The Miller Collection Physics Single-concept Films (Miller) - 3 tapes
containing 21 loops,
were added to our collection. Locations in our files are shown in
(...) following the film loop title.
Included in this group are the following new film loops new to our
library:
L ANALYSIS OF A HURDLE I (PSFC 1 Tape 1) Section C2
L ANALYSIS OF A HURDLE II (PSFC 1 Tape 1) Section C2
L ONE DIMENSIONAL MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 1) Section C2
L DISTANCE, TIME, AND SPEED (PSFC 2 Tape 1) Section C2
L ONE DIMENSIONAL ACCELERATION (PSFC 2 Tape 1) Section C2
L TRAJECTORIES (PSFC 2 Tape 1) Section C2
L SCATTERING OF A CLUSTER OF OBJECTS (PSFC 1 Tape 4) Section C7
L COLLISIONS IN TWO DIMENSIONS (PSFC 2 Tape 2) Section C7
L SAND PENDULUM III - DRAWINGS ON A TRAVELLING TABLE (PSFC 2 Tape 2) Section G1
L SAND PENDULUM IV - SLOWING DOWN (PSFC 2 Tape 2) Section G1
L SAND PENDULUM V - POURING SAND IN SODA STRAWS (PSFC 2 Tape 2) Section G1
L THE MOUSE AND THE CANDLE (PSFC 2 Tape 3) Section I3
L GAS DIFFUSION RATES (PSFC 2 Tape 3) Section I5
L FIELD VS. CURRENT (PSFC 2 Tape 4) Section J5
New additions on September 2, 1997:
B1-09 CENTER OF MASS - TRIANGLE
H6-07 AUDIO SPECTROGRAMS AND SPECTRAL SURFACES
K7-44 RLC CIRCUIT - 10KHZ - DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION
K8-04 SPEED OF LIGHT
N1-09 COMPLEMENTARY SPECTRUM
P3-65 WINTERGREEN MINTS
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