Fall 1997

Physics 7, Humphrey Maris

Date Lecture Demonstration
9/3 W 1.
  1. Galilean incline plane.
  2. Dropping strings of beads.
9/5 F 2.  
9/8 M 3.
  1. Simultaneous two balls drop off table.
  2. Vertical billiards.
  3. Monkey and gun demonstration.
  4. Howitzer and tunnel.
  5. Coin and feather in vacuum.

 
9/10 W 4.
  1. Circular motion with bubble for overhead.
  2. Centrifuge.
  3. Rotating bands.
9/12 F 5.
  1. Ring with cut.
9/15 M 6.
  1. Coin and feather.
  2. Water parabola.
  3. Dynamic track.
9/17 W 7.
  1. Newton Scales.
  2. Blackboard Mechanics.
  3. Inertia ball.
  4. Cork on Rope.
9/19 F 8.
  1. Balance and burning string.
9/22 M 9.
  1. Bucket with sponge.
  2. Viewgraph machine of liquid flows.
9/24 W 10.
  1. Cinder block on masonite.
  2. Puck on turntable.
9/26 F 11.
  1. Remote control electric car on top of coke cans on a table.
  2. Air track with two carts with a spring compressed between them.
  3. Air track plus a firecracker between them.
  4. Water rocket.
  5. Red ball express.
9/29 M 12.
  1. Styrofoam wrench to illustrate center of mass motion.
  2. Hang an irregular object from three places.
  3. Throw an egg and catch it in a sheet.
  4. Bucket and water.
  5. Cork and string.
10/1 W 13.  
10/3 F Exam 1  
10/6 M 14.  
10/8 W 15.
  1. Galileo pendulum.
  2. Bowling ball basher.
  3. Balls falling down three tracks.
  4. Racing balls. Same as A) except the tracks are identical apart from a lowered section at the bottom.
  5. Two carts coupled by a spring down an inclined track and bounce off magnet buffers at the end.
10/10 F 16.
  1. Newton's cradle demonstration.
  2. Track demo. Two carts bouncing off each other.
  3. Drop a basketball to the ground with a tennis ball on top of it.
10/13 M Columbus  
10/15 W 17.
  1. Pair of balls, one very elastic and one inelastic.
  2. Collisions of two carts with Velcro between them.
10/17 F 18.  
10/20 M 19.
  1. Hula hoop.
  2. Bike wheels with handles.
10/22 W 20.  
10/24 F 21.
  1. Atwell's machine with a massive pulley.
  2. Rod with cross beams with weights  attached to it.
  3. Bike wheel with string attached to the edge.
  4. Astronaut video.
10/27 M 22.  
10/29 W 23.
  1. Chaotic pendulum with second arm attached.
  2. BB variable angle physical pendulum.
  3. Simple pendulum of varying length.
10/31 F 24.
  1. Wheel with small axle rolling down a ramp.
  2. Roll objects down a hill (disc, hoop, sphere).
  3. Bird with lead weights in wings so that it balances on its nose.
  4. Set of 9 planks hanging over the edge of a table.
11/3 M 25.
  1. Yo-yo on string.
  2. Bowling ball sliding then rolling.
  3. Bike chain.
11/5 W 26.
  1. Giant wooden yo-yo.
  2. Broomstick and wine glasses.
  3. A hinged stick has a small ball resting in a cup at the free end.
11/7 F Exam 2  
11/10 M 27.
  1. Bicycle wheel and stool demo
  2. Broomstick.
11/12 W 28.
  1. Disk with weights attached.
  2. Bike wheel and stool.
11/14 F 29.
  1. Gyroscopes.
  2. Tops.
  3. Bike wheel with an axle which can be supported at one end.
11/17 M 31.
  1. Mitac Gyro.
  2. Candle flame.
11/19 W 31.  
11/21 F 32.  
11/24 M 33.  
11/26 W 34.  
11/28 F Thanksgv.  
12/1 M 35.
  1. Examples of oscillators: pendulum, mass plus spring, torsional oscillator.
12/3 W 36.  
12/5 F 37.  
12/8 M 38.
  1. Breaking glass with sound.
  2. Tuning fork with amplifier so that oscillation can be heard and also seen on an oscilloscope.
  3. Water balloon.