List of Undergraduate Demos
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A+0+10
Atwood machine: Unbalanced weights on a pulley accelerate slowly.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/13
A+0+25
Cork float accelerometer: Cork and water in sealed flask.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/19
A+0+31
Swinging mass M lifts mass 2M
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/7741
A+0+35
A ball swung on a string held by a sleeve.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/21
A+0+59
Chain lariat with hand drill or electric rotator
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/29
A+5+0
Ball on string mounts on blackboard and pivots on lower rod.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/57
A+5+10
Equal path lengths ball race.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/35
A+12+0
Blocks, with various surfaces slide on an inclined plane.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/44
A+14+0
Weight on a vertical spring with markers on stand
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/58
A+14+1
Block pulled horizontally by a spring.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/48
A+20+0
Card snapped from under a weight by a leaf spring.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/64
A+25+15 Rotational Inertia Wands
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/7753
A+30-not in catalog
Bicycle wheel with attached string
A+35+5 Elastic collisions: Seven steel balls roll on a wooden track.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/82
A+50+20 Rocket is filled with water and compressed air and launched vertically.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/105
A+55+0 "Sweet Spot": Meterstick pivot point changes with point struck.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/109
A+55+5 Rolling spool: String on spool is pulled at various angles.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/110
A+55+10 Cycloid disk draws path on chalkboard.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/111
A+60+32 Center of gravity (toy) objects.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/122
A+60+37 Rotation about the center of mass: Object to throw.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/124
A+60+45 Center of mass of a baseball bat
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/3192
A+60+55 Stacking Blocks Extend Over Base
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/8431
A+70+20 Rope with slug(unit of mass) in center is lifted from ends.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/131
B+10+0 Mass on a spring.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/138
B+10+1 Simple pendulum: Ball on a string.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/139
B+10+60 Tuning forks, various.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/153
B+15+15 Two balls hung on the same string, one in middle, one at the end.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/160
B+20+15 One tuning fork with tuned cavity, drives another.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/164
B+45+32 Twirling Tube
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/195
B+45+40 Caruga horn: Varigated tube to blow through
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/197
B+50+35 Xylophone.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/212
C+20+5 Crooke's radiometer with flashlight, arc lamp or IR source.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/245
C+25+4 Airzooka
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/255
C+25+50 A water vortex in two soda bottles joined vertically.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/268
C+27+5 Various bubble frames.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/271
C+30+35 Cartesian divers: Pressure on cap sends divers sinking.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/284
C+30+62 Mat held down by atmospheric pressure.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/2364
C+70+47 Dippy bird: Large glass bird containing ether oscillates.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/351
C+90+15 Shear: Stack of masonite squares.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/374
C+90+16 Shear: Foam block.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/375
D+10+4 Pith balls on thread, with positive and negative charged rods.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/418
D+10+6 Attraction and repulsion of charged styrofoam balls.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/419
D+10+12 Charge resides on the outside of a conductor.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/423
D+10+13 Faraday cage: blocks signal from portable radio
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/424
D+10+16 Separation of charge using electrical tape and an electroscope.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/426
D+10+18 Electrophorous: Cat fur on teflon, acetate on lucite.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/427
D+10+20 Van de Graaff generator. http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/428
D+10+24 Electrostatic pinwheel:Van de Graaff makes pinwheel spin.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/430
D+15+20 Jumping rings: High current AC coil causes rings to jump.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/446
(no LN2 for undergrads)
D+15+26 Eddy currents:Small magnet slowly drops between aluminum rails.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/449
D+15+45 Magnet inserted and withdrawn from copper ring causes ring to swing=
.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/7743
(no LN2 for undergrads)
D+30+6 Iron filings and permanent magnets to show field on an OHP.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/460
(Plexiglass only as transparent surface)
D+35+0 Wobbly bar: Magnets in frame balanced by repulsive forces.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/473
D+35+15 Mass Driver
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/8401
D+35+20 Curie Temperature
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/8425
D+55+18 Resistor analog: Marbles cascading down pin board.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/502
D+60+8 Commercial solar cell spins propeller using small arc lamp.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/507
D+75+3 Secondary used for small Jacob's ladder.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/518
D+75+6 Automobile coil makes a spark.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/520
E+10+45 Limit of resolution: Two small lamps on adjustable slide.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/545
E+5+0 Standard color blindness tests and box of colored yarns.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/527
E+5+25 Cyan, magenta, and yellow filters mix subtractively on OHP.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/532
E+15+25 Hand-held gratings for class to view Hg, Ne discharge tubes.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/555
E+20+6 Reflection hologram viewed with white light.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/558
E+25+20 Red/green/blue line source viewed with double slit paddles.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/563
E+30+15 Real images: Lighted arrow image and various lenses.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/576
E+30+17 Real images: Lighted =E2=80=98F-object=E2=80=99 and an astygmatic l=
ens.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/2362
E+30+18 Real images: Lighted =E2=80=98F-object=E2=80=99 and a cylindrical l=
ens.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/2362
E+30+20 Cylindrical lens of lucite with words "DIOXIDE GLASS".
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/577
E+30+25 Fresnel lenses to show.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/578
E+40+40 Clam shell mirrors: Floating coin illusion.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/597
E+45+60 Polarized light and stressed lucite on an OHP.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/612
(not with OHP for undergrads)
E+50+35 Binoculars and Porro prisms to show.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/630
E+60+2 Indices of Refraction: glass in glycerin and phantom crystals.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/636
E+60+5 Total internal reflection/critical angle: Nakamura water tank.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/637
E+60+15 Light pipes and fiber optic flashlight.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/639
E+65+5 Crooke's radiometer with flashlight or IR source.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/647
F+15+20 Commercial solar cell spins propeller using halogen light source.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/669
F+20+10 Model of the nucleus: Steel balls in plastic dish on OHP.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/681
G+5+5 Earth, Sun, and Mars model.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/717
G+5+10 Solar system model.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/718
G+55+10 Optical illusion posters.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/722
G+60+20 Set of color blindness cards.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/730