Fall 2006 PH 21 I. Delantonio

sundagger
Celestial sphere
meter stick
Check starry nights projection tomorrow

tue 9/12
celestial sphere
gnomon
his seasons demo (Lamp and board)
spinning top precession

thu 9/14
phases of moon
precession with equitorial from black slate
meter stick
top for precession

Tue 9/19
1) Phases of moon. (Make the eclipse the right size. Make the sun-lamp the same size as the moon. The photoflood lamp is too big)
2) Umbra-Penumbra
3) Gnomon
4) Model for Aritosthenes measurement of the distance from the earth to the moon: Two one meter sticks; Large Protractor; Phases of the moon demo.

Thu 9/21
1) Retrograde motion on floor.
2) Kepler video edits.
3) BB ellipse.
4) Conic sections.
5) Airtrack and glider.

Tue 9/26
Penny and feather.
Airtrack and glider
Zani mobiles and rope.
Dynamic track, cart, pulley and mass

Thu 9/28
donut-o-pault.
speed of light
Cavendish

Tue 10/3
black body spectrometer and prism
two prisms recombine
long spring
speed of light
single and double slit
sun bulb and variac

The 10/5
exam. no class.

Tue 10/10
Photoelectric effect
emission line spectra
Na absorption and emission
Single photons
Doppler buzzer

Thu 10/12
Doppler Buzzer
H2 emission
Rutherford video
BB optics, flat mirror, block, Convex lens, concave lens, refractor, curved mirror
Refraction tank.

Tue 10/17
Refractor and reflector Telescopes w BB optics, flat mirror, curved mirror, curved mirror w hole
Resolution test w two different sized lenses. (Keep same magnification equal)

Thu 10/19
Remove lens from CCD camera
Color absorption through media w spectrometer. email him.

Tue 10/24
String and planet balls for scale of U. in lecture hall
Ice skater
Hoberman sphere

Thu 10/26
inelastic collisions
rotating bands
hoberman
ice skater


Tue 10/31
55 gallon supernova
convection square
cratering

Thu 11/2
Greenhouse
iron filings and magnet

Tue 11/7
resonances with chladni

Thu 9
exam

Tue 11/14
surface convection frying pan, and the equilibrium balloons

Thu 11/16
mouse trap chain reaction (He has)

Tue 11/21
finish the sun:
Zeeman
Center of mass balls,
Sunspots on OHP
(Limb darkening? No.)

Tue 11/28
COM balls on a string

Thu 11/30
Greg Tucker, Seti Video
Ians edits from seti 45 minutes
wireless mic

Tue 12/5
no demo

Thu 12/7
no demo