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May 23, 2019January 22, 2024 aneat1

Physics of Bounce (Outreach set)

Bounce Outreach

Set includes:

  • Hammer and steel slug attached to vertical tubes.
  • Happy/sad balls
  • Astro blaster
  • Bag of sand
  • Spring loaded hopper thingy
  • Dropper Popper
  • Marbles 

Explore the physical properties that contribute to an object’s bounciness.

May 23, 2019January 19, 2024 aneat1

Energy (Outreach set)

Energy Outreach

Demo set includes

  • Lead brick with hammer
  • Fire Syringe
  • Collision Balls

Each demo illustrates some aspect of energy conversion.

May 8, 2018January 19, 2024 aneat1

Light and Lasers (outreach set)

Light, lasers, etc

Demos in this set include:

  • Red, green, and violet lasers
  • Fiber optic segments
  • Tonic water
  • Olive Oil
  • Container half filled with cloudy water
  • Cylindrical contianer
  • Smoke maker
  • glow-in-the-dark paper
  • Flashlight
  • UV flashlight
  • UV beads
May 8, 2018January 19, 2024 aneat1

Electrical Circuits (outreach set)

circuits

Demos in this set include:

  • Penguin track
  • Human battery (copper and aluminum plates connected to voltmeter)
  • Energy Stick and Energy Ball
  • Mounted light bulbs
  • Hand-held generator
  • Battery pack (with 2 D-cells)
  • D-cell Battery

May 4, 2018January 19, 2024 aneat1

Electromagnetic Induction (outreach set)

EM induction

Demos in this set include:

  • Jumping ring
  • Induction Pipe
  • Induction Fire-fly
  • Homopolar Motor
  • Simple Motor
  • Lenz’s Law Plate (with large magnet)
  • Induction flash-light

Lab Videos

  • E over M Apparatus
  • Intro to Oscilloscope and Function Generator
  • Bread Board

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Recent Demos

  • Stable Rollers (Train Wheel Stability)
  • Magic Eye Puzzles
  • Infrared Activity of CO2
  • Hand Crank Van de Graaff Generator
  • Rspec Explorer Camera
  • Useful Links:
  • swarthmore physics home
  • physics/astronomy faculty & staff
  • lab equipment inventory
  • Physics Instructional Resource Association
  • TSG @ MIT
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