Demos for Ian, Physics 27 Fall 2005

Wed 9/7/05
2. Starry nights on his PC.
motion of sky from north pole and equator, Phases of Moon.
3. His photos on his PC. looking at the contellations from distant viewpoints in space.
4. Celestial sphere. Big one.
5. Meterstick to showing angular dimensions. Note: Meet before Wed. to test this. Test angle.
6. Basket ball moon and frosted bulb for sun to show phases. Note: Test this before Wed.
8. Precession of equinoxes demo to show that the two axis are different.

Wed 9/14
the toy top
and meter stick.
(He has a computer animation that does the phases well)

Wed 9/21
Ian's Kepler video edits
Penny and feather.
Airtrack and cart.
Zani mobiles and rope.
Hoberman sphere.
donut-o-pault.
bubble on OHD
BB ellipse drawer device
Abberation of star light

Wed 9/28
Table One:
*Foucault
*Long slinky spring for waves
*white light recombination 2 prisms
*single and double slit
*Blackbody on a variac (spectrometer)

Table Two:
*Photoelectric effect with 1P39 tube
· H2 spectra
· Na absorption High pressure, Na emission
Rutherford video (mpg, meet before class to test)
doppler buzzer
refraction tank

Wed 10/5
Refraction tank
h2 spectra
doppler buzzer
Diffraction grating on OHP

Wed 10/12
No demo

Wed 10/19
· Coke can implosion.
· Convection square
· Greenhouse effect.
· iron filings and magnet

Wed 10/26
First half:
1) Solar surface convection
2) Limb Darkening-
video projection of flourescein soap
bubbles under UV lamps
3) Hydrostatic equilibrium balloons.
4) Mousetrap movie

2nd half:
sunspots on ohp

11/2
Exam

11/9
Spin flip
Throw toy for center-of-mass.

11/16
b-ball and t-ball
equiv princip
pulsar
curved space bucket

11/30
1. Flash tube. Note: Give him a short stool so it is easier to push harder onto the lunger because the lecture bench is too high.
2. OHP Transparencies for Expansion of the Universe
3. Black Globe
5. Grav Lens (to show microlensing)

12/7
Video edits of SETI
FMG