Revised Sat Aug 31 19:07:41 2002
| EM-a1a | Frictional Electricity | An electroscope is charged using charged rods. |
| EM-a2a | Charged Rods on Pivots | A charged rod on a pivot is used to show attraction and repulsion by another charged rod. |
| EM-a5b | Van de Graaff Generator | Describe the operation of the Van de Graaff and show sparks from the ball to a nearby grounded conductor. |
| EM-a4a | Electroscope Charged by Induction | Charge an electroscope by induction. |
| EM-a4b | Charged Rods and Aluminum Can | A charged rod can be used to pull a soda can by electrostatic induction |
| EM-a5a | Wimshurst Machine | Generate sparks with a Wimhurst Machine, and explain its workings. |
| EM-b1b | Hair on End | Charge yourself with a Van de Graaff generator |
| EM-b1c | Styrofoam Peanut Blowout | Styrofoam peanuts in a box on top of the Van de Graaff fly out. |
| EM-b1e | Tart Pan Blowoff | Tart pans stacked on top of the Van de Graaff fly off. |
| EM-b1d | Electric Field Visualizer | Tiny fibers in a clear oil align in the direction of strong applied electric fields. |
| EM-b2a | Faraday Bucket | Show that charge resides on the outside of a hollow conductor. |
| EM-b2f | Gauss with Electric Field Visualizer | Tiny fibers in a clear oil that align in the direction of strong applied electric fields remain randomly oriented inside a charged ring. |
| EM-b2b | Radio in a Cage | Surround a radio by a Faraday cage and the signal goes away |
| EM-b1a | Oscilloscope | Show that an electron beam passing between charged, parallel plates is deflected using an oscilloscope. |
| EM-a5c | Van de Graaff Generator--Sound | The engine strains more and more as the charge on the dome increases. |
| EM-b3a | Surface charge density - balls | Separate two pairs of balls of different radius but same separation are attached to and charged simultaneously with the Wimhurst. |
| EM-b3c | Charged Ovoid | Use a proof plane and an electroscope to compare charge densities at different points on an egg-shaped conductor. |
| EM-b3g | Lightning Rod | Electrical arcing between two large metal spheres abruptly ceases when the lightning rod is touched to one. |
| EM-b3f | Electric Wind with Van de Graaff | A point attached to the Van de Graaff blows a hanging peice of cardboard. |
| EM-b3e | Van de Graaff Pinwheel | A pinwheel rotates on top of a van de Graaff generator. |
| EM-e6a | Piezoelectric Demonstrator | Generate sparks by compressing a piezoelectric crystal. |
| EM-c1a | Parallel Plate Capacitor | Vary the spacing of a parallel plate capacitor attached to an electroscope. |
| EM-c1b | Capacitance as a Function of Area | The rotary plate capacitor is attached to the electroscope. |
| EM-f3b | Lighting bulb with Capacitor | A large (1 Farad) capacitor is charged with a battery then discharged through a light bulb. |
| EM-c3e | Capacitors in Series and Parallel | Discharge a 0.1F capacitor through a light bulb, and compare with that for three in series and three in parallel |
| EM-c3a | Explosive Capacitor Discharge | Discharge a 10kV, 1uF capacitor through a thin wire or thick screwdriver |
| EM-c3b | Bulb and 1 Farad Capacitor | A large (1 Farad) capacitor is charged with a battery then discharged through a light bulb. |
| EM-c2a | Parallel Plate Capacitor with Dielectric | Insert and remove a dielectric sheet from a charged parallel plate capacitor attached to an electroscope. |
| EM-c2c | Force on a dielectric | Mineral oil climbs in the gap between parallel plates |
| EM-c2b | Dissectable Capacitor | This curious capacitor is charged, disassembled, passed around, assembled, and discharged with a spark. |
| EM-b1f | Ball Charge Transfer | A conductive ball bounces between electrically charged horizontal plates |
| EM-d1a | Wire Resistivity | Place 6V across a set of wires of different diameters and measure the currents. |
| EM-d2a | Change of Resistance with Temperature | A coil in series with a lamp is immersed in liquid nitrogen making the lamp glow brighter. |
| EM-d2c | Conduction in Glass | Heat a glass rod with a flame until its resistance is low enough to sustain conduction. |
| EM-d4a | Jacob's Ladder | An arc rises between rabbit ear electrodes attached to a high voltage source. |
| EM-f1e | Hot Dog Cooker | Spike a hot dog with two nails and cook it. |
| EM-f1a | Resistor I-V characteristics | Measure and graph the I-V characteristics for a resistor. The value of the resistance may be varied. |
| EM-f1b | Resistance of a Wire | Measure the potential drop along a wire |
| EM-f2a | Series Circuit with Bulbs | Show a series circuit of light bulbs |
| EM-f2b | Parallel Circuit with Bulbs | Show a parallel circuit of light bulbs |
| EM-f2c | Series Parallel Combination | Two bulbs in series with a power supply, and a third bulb in parallel with one of others. |
| EM-c3c | Bulb, 1 Farad Capacitor, and DVM | Monitor the discharge of a 1 Farad capacitor through a light bulb with a digital voltmeter. |
| EM-c3d | Bulb, 1 Farad Capacitor, and oscilloscope | Oscilloscope display of a 1 Farad capacitor discharging through a light bulb. |
| EM-g1a | Lodestone | Show that the lodestone attracts small nails and paperclips. |
| EM-h1c | Dip Needle | A dip needle is used to show the inclination of the earth's field. |
| EM-h1d | Magnet and Iron Filings -- 2D | A small magnet on top of the magnetic domain model apparatus |
| EM-h1e | Magnet and Iron Filings -- 3D | A bar magnet surrounded in 3D by a clear acrylic tank filled with a liquid containing iron filings. |
| EM-h2a | Magnets on Pivots | One magnet is placed on a pivot. The other is used to attract or repel the first |
| EM-h2b | Ring Magnets on a Pole | Two or more ring magnets are placed on a vertical pole |
| EM-h3a | e/m tube | Deflect the beam in an e/m tube with magnets |
| EM-h3b | Oscilloscope and magnet | Deflect the beam in an oscilloscope with magnets |
| EM-h1a | Oersted Experiment | Show that current in a wire deflects a compass needle. |
| EM-h4a | Force Between Two Current Carrying Conductors | Show on the overhead projector that long parallel wires with currents in the same (opposite) directions attract (repel). |
| EM-h4c | AC and DC Lamps | A magnet is brought near two carbon filament bulbs, one DC powered and one AC powered. |
| EM-h4b | Force on Current-carrying wire | A loop of wire swings to the side of a U-magnet's gap when connected to a current-limited power supply. |
| EM-h5a | Galvanometer | A magnet exerts a torque on a current-carrying coil. |
| EM-k4c | Direct Current Motor | Show and explain a DC motor running on batteries. |
| EM-h1k | B-Field due to long straight wire | Iron filings are sprinkled on a plexiglas plate through which a long vertical current-carrying wire passes. |
| EM-h1m | B-Field due to single coil. | Iron filings are sprinkled on a plexiglas plate through which a single loop of current-carrying wire is mounted |
| EM-h1n | B-Field due to solenoid | Iron filings are sprinkled on a plexiglas plate through which a current-carrying solenoid is mounted. |
| EM-g2c | Barkhausen effect | A soft iron core is inserted into a coil inside a magnetic field and connected to an audio amplifier and speaker. |
| EM-g2a | Magnetic Domain Model | An array of small compasses shows domain structures |
| EM-g2b | Hard vs. Soft magnetic materials | A circular magnetic yoke connecting two wire coils is closed with soft and hard materials |
| EM-g3b | Paramagnetic Aluminum | A small aluminum rod suspended by a thread in the gap of a powerful magnet aligns with the field. |
| EM-g3c | Diamagnetic Glass | A small glass rod suspended by a thread in the gap of a powerful magnet orients transverse to the magnetic field. |
| EM-g3a | Paramagnetic Liquid Oxygen | Liquid oxygen condensing from air drips into the gap of a strong magnet |
| EM-k1a | Induction Coil and Magnet | A magnet is moved in and out of a coil connected to a galvanometer |
| EM-k1b | Induction with Coils and Battery | Attach one coil to a galvanometer, another to a battery and tap switch. Use a core to increase coupling |
| EM-k2a | Eddy Current Pendulum | A copper sheet, a comb, a ring, and a broken ring are swung through a large electromagnet. |
| EM-k2b | Magnets and Eddy Tubes | Drop magnet and a non-magnetic dummy down an aluminum tube. |
| EM-k2c | Magnet and Copper Tube | Drop magnet down a short length of straight copper tubing and watch it fall. |
| EM-k2d | Jumping Rings | A solid conducting ring sitting on a vertical solenoid jumps and a split ring doesn't |
| EM-k4a | AC Generator | Rotating a wire loop in a magnetic field generates an AC current in the loop. |
| EM-k4b | DC Generator | Generate a DC current by rotating a loop with a split-ring connection in a magnetic field. |
| EM-k4d | Hand-held DC Generator | Use the handheld generator to illuminate a bulb. |
| EM-j2a | Series RL circuit: L/R charge/discharge | "Charging" and "Discharging" of inductor shown with square wave and oscilloscope |
| EM-j2b | Series RL circuit: L/R phase shifts | Show phase shifts in a series RL circuit using the oscilloscope. |
| EM-j2c | Variable Inductor | A lamp in series or parallel with a variable inductor. |
| EM-j1b | Back EMF with light bulb | Open the switch of a large coil with a light bulb in parallel |
| EM-j1a | Inductance Spark | A bright spark is produced when the switch of a large electromagnet is opened |
| EM-k3a | Transformer | Demonstrate step-up and step-down transformers. |
| EM-L2c | non-driven LRC circuit oscillations | Show the oscillations (ringing) when a charged capacitor is connected in series to an inductor and small resistor. |
| EM-L2a | 60 Hz LRC circuit | Shows the potential difference across the Capacitor and Inductor at resonance. |
| EM-L2b | LRC circuit with function generator | Show the voltage-to-current phase shift and amplitude peaking at resonance in a driven LRC circuit. |
| O-a1c | Blackboard Optics -- Plane Mirror | Use multiple-beam generator to show image formation with a plane mirror. |
| O-a1g | Diffuse vs Specular Reflection | Reflect light first from a shiny surface, then from a rough surface. |
| O-a1d | Corner Reflector | Look into a corner reflector |
| O-a4a | The Magic Mending Solution | A broken pyrex beaker is "magically" mended with a beaker of Wesson Oil. |
| O-a4d | Refraction with Blackboard Optics | A single beam of light shines on a large acrylic prism |
| O-a4j | Stick in Water | A stick appears bent when inserted into the water at an angle. |
| O-a4p | Total Internal Reflection/Fiber Optics | Shows the path of a laser beam inside an acrylic rod. |
| O-a4q | Optical Fibers | Show (with a laser pointer) and tell with optical fibers |
| EM-n3b | Project the Spectrum | Project white light through a high-dispersion prism |
| O-a2c | Blackboard optics -- curved mirrors | Show image formation (size, location, orientation) from concave and convex mirrors on the blackboard. |
| O-a2d | Optic Mirage | Two concave mirrors face each other. The top mirror has a hole allowing light to enter and escape. An image of the objects resting on the bottom of one appears at the center hole of the top mirror. |
| O-a2e | Large Concave/Convex Mirrors | Shake hands with yourself using the large concave mirror; view images in the large convex mirror. |
| O-a6a | Blackboard Optics -- Thin Lens | Ray trace images using convex and concave lens and a parallel ray box. |
| O-a6q | Pincushion/Barrel Distortion | Show pincushion and barrel distortion with a thick lens and grid object. |
| O-j1d | Molded Eye Model | Show a molded model of the eye. |
| O-j1c | Working Eye Model | A model demonstrates the focal capabilities of the normal, nearsighted, and farsighted eye. |
| O-a1f | Parity Reversal in a Mirror | Right-handed and left-handed coordinate axes illustrate parity reversal in a mirror. |
| O-d1a | Double Slit and Laser | Show the light interference pattern of two slits, using different widths and spacings |
| O-d1b | Microwave Double Slit Interference | Placing the Aluminum Sheet with Double Slit in front of the Microwave Generator produces a double slit interference pattern which can be detected by the Microwave detector and heard through the auditorium. |
| O-c1a | Single Slit Diffraction Pattern | Shine a laser beam through single slits of various widths. |
| O-c1b | Microwave Diffraction | The diffraction pattern of a single slit can be heard with the audio-coupled detector |
| O-c2a | Arago's (or Poisson's) Spot | Shine a laser beam at a small ball and look at the diffraction pattern |
| O-d2b | Rowland Ruling Engine | The Rowland Ruling Engine, on the second floor of the Bloomberg Center. |
| O-d2a | Number of Slits | Shine a laser beam through various numbers of slits with the same spacing |
| O-d3a | Newton's Rings | Reflect white light off Newton's Rings onto a screen. |
| O-d3b | Soap Film Interference | View the interference fringes of a soap film in a 2-litre bottle. |
| EM-n1b | Microwave Generation and Detection | Show the generation and detection of microwaves including polarization |
| O-h1a | Polaroids on the Overhead | Show polarization with two sheets of polaroid on the overhead |
| O-h1b | Microwave Polarizing Filter | Insert a grid of parallel wires (= cookie cooling rack) in a microwave beam and rotate the grid. |
| O-h2b | Reflection off Water | Reflected light is shown to be polarized. |
| O-h3p | Calcite Crystals | Use a polaroid filter to show the polarization of ordinary and extraordinary rays |
| O-h3q | Demonstrating Strain with Crossed Polaroids | A set of lucite shapes are stressed between crossed polaroids |
| O-h5a | Polarization in the Sunset Demo | Rotate a Polaroid at the side of the tank in the sunset demo. |
| O-f4a | Sunset | A beam of light shines through a tank of slightly milky water onto the wall. |
| O-h3a | Karo Syrup | Insert a beaker of liquid sugar between crossed polaroids. |
| O-a1b | Speed of light in fiber optic cable | Compare the time for a light pulse to travel through two different lengths of fiber optic cable. |
| O-d4a | Michaelson Interferometer | Show the Michaelson Interferometer and how it works. |
| MO-d3a | Diffusion Cloud Chamber | A diffusion cloud chamber shows the tracks from cosmic rays and from alpha, beta, gamma, and X-ray sources. |
| O-b4a | Blackbody Radiation | Project the spectrum of an incandescent bulb as a function of temperature. |
| MO-a1a | Photoelectric Effect in Zinc | A charged electroscope attached to a zinc plate discharges when UV light illuminates the zinc. |
| MO-a5d | Vibrating Circular Wire | A circular wire driven by a function generator produces standing waves at resonant frequencies. |
| MO-b1a | Diffraction Grating and Atomic Spectra | Have students look through a diffraction grating at a spectrum tube. |
| MO-a6a | Electron Diffraction | Electrons passing through a carbon target produce a circular diffraction pattern. |