Physics Classroom Demonstrations


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Instructional Classroom Resources/Instructions

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Mechanics

M01: Pasco dynamics Track
M04: Equilibrium of Forces
M05: Methods for Measuring Motion
M09: Hover Puck
M10: Newton's First Law-Table Cloth Trick
M11: Inertia Ball
M12: Newton's Third Law-Opposing scales
M20: Egg and Sheet
M24: Air Track Demonstrations
M28: Falling Bodies
M32: Feather and Coin
M34: Air Drag
M36: Monkey and Hunter
M38: Ballistic Car
M42: Dynamics of Circular Motion
M45: Air Table Collisions
M50: Nose Basher
M54: Newton's Cradle
M55: Carbon Dioxide Rocket cart
M56: Low Friction Game of Catch
M58: Balls for Bouncing Collisions
M59: Collisions of Balls


M60: Frictional Properties of Materials
M61: Inclined Plane Problems
M64: Center of Gravity
M65: Center of Gravity Toys
M70: Central Force Demo
M72: Loop the Loop
M73: Rotational Inertia
M74: Angular Acceleration-Rolling Bodies
M76: Conservation of Angular Momentum
M78: Rotational Platform
M79: Torsion Pendulum
M80: Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
M81: SHM Using the Air Track
M82: Action/Reaction in SHM
M83: Reference Circle in SHM
M84: The Physical Pendulum
M85: Forced Vibrations
M86: Coupled Oscillators
M87: Wilberforce Pendulum
M90: Symmetrical Top
M91: Pasco Computerized Gyroscope
M100: Miscellaneous Supplies

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Fluids

F01: Computer Based Presure Measurements
F08: Pacals Vials-Pressure in a Liquid
F09: Fluid Pressure vs. Depth
F11: Atmospheric Cannon
F12: Atmospheric Can Crusher
F13: Atmospheric Pressure Lift
F14: Magdeburg Hemispheres
F20: Archimedes' Principle
F22: Density Balls
F23: Cartesian Diver
F30: Soap Bubble Films
F34: Surface Tension
F50: Bernoulli's Principle
F51: Pasco Bernoulli Cart
F52: Fan Cart
F53: Venturi Meter Demonstration
F60: Acoustic Cannon
F100: Miscellaneous Supplies

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Heat & Thermodynamics

H01: Computer Based Thermometers
H02: Conventional Thermometers
H03: Liquid Crystal Sheets
H04: Molecular Models
H05: Molecular Motion
H10: Thermal Expansion of Air
H14: Thermal Expansion of Metals
H18: Ice Bomb
H20: Pressure vs Temperature
H30: Low T Boiling of Water-Vacuum
H31: Low T Boiling of Water-Franklin Flask
H40: Thermal Conductivity
H44: Convection in Gases
H48: Radiometer
H55: Solar Cell
H56: Thermoelectric Converter
H57: Low delta T Sterling Engine
H70: Thermocouple Lifting Magnet
H90: Reverse Entropy Machine
H92: 3-D Triple point plot
H95: Drinking Bird
H96: Palm Glass
H100: Miscellaneous Supplies

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Electricity & Magnetism

E01: Pasco Electrostatics
E04: Electrostatics I
E06: Electrostatics II
E10: Van de Graaff Generator
E11: Wimshurst Machine
E12: Simple Battery
E13: Two Potato Clock
E15: Precipitation of Smoke
E18: Lamps in Series
E20: Series/Parallel Circuit
E23: RC Circuit
E25: Resistance vs Temperature
E38: Lodestone
E39: Magnetic Compasses
E40: Magnetic Field Lines
E41: 2-D Magnetic Field Demonstrator
E42: 3-D Magnetic Field Demonstrator
E43: Permanent & Electromagnets
E44: e/m Demonstration
E45: Helmholtz Coils
E46: Magnetic Deflection-Electron Beam
E50: Magnetic Force on a Wire
E52: Current in a Magnetic Field
E56: Force between Parallel Currents
E60: Solenoid in a Magnetic Field
E63: Faraday's Law I
E64: Faraday's Law II
E66: Self-Inductance
E67: Pasco Lenz's Law Demonstrator
E68: Induced Currents-Jumping Rings
E72: Lenz's Law Pendulum
E74: LR and LRC Circuits
E75: RC Circuits
E76: LR and LRC Circuits with AC
E80: Wooden Motor Model
E81: Working Motor/Generator Model
E82: Hand Crank Motor/Generators
E85: Tesla Coils
E86: Plasma Ball
E87: Jacobs Ladder
E89: Superconductivity
E90: Electrical Analog Meters
E91: Electrical Digital Meters
E92: Electrical Signal Generators
E93: Electrical Power Supplies
E94: Digital Oscilloscope
E100: Miscellaneous Supplies

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Waves & Sound

W01: Tuning Forks with Resonators
W02: Tuning Fork Sets
W03: A Harmonic Cord
W04: Displaying Sound Waves
W05: Fourier Synthesizer
W07: Dual Function Generator
W08: Waveform Analyzer
W10: Mechanical Waves
W15: Transverse Wave Demonstrator
W16: Longitudinal Wave Demonstrator
W18: Ripple Tank
W20: Buzzer in a Vacuum
W28: Standing Longitudinal Waves
W30: Harmonics on a Rod
W32: Standing Waves on a String
W34: Standing Waves in an Air Column
W35: Bloogle Tube
W36: Chaldni Plates
W50: Acoustic Waves
W52: Interference
W54: Interference of Sound in a Tube
W70: The Doppler Effect
W100: Miscellaneous Supplies

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Light

L10: Multiple Images
L12: Mirrored Cube Corner
L13: Mirror Cube
L15: Illusion
L17: Refraction
L18: Choice Uranium Oxide
L20: Blackboard Optics
L21: Geometric Optics
L22: Lenses and Mirrors
L23: Large Concave-Convex Mirrors
L24: Total Internal Reflection
L25: Fiber Optics
L28: Refraction near a Hot Surface
L30: Dispersion
L38: 2D & 3D Interference/Diffraction
L40: Thin Film Interference
L50: Polarization
L60: Light Scattering
L70: Color Mixing Box
L71: Colored Filters
L90: UV Light Sources
L95: Holograms
L97: Interferometer
L100: Miscellaneous Supplies

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Modern Physics & miscellaneous

Q05: Electrical Discharge in Gases
Q10: Blackbody Radiation
Q15: Light Spectra of Gases
Q16: Hg Light Source
Q17: Na Light Source
Q18: Demonstration Lasers
Q20: Helium Diffusion
Q40: Radioactivity
Q45: Cloud Chamber
Q60: Proton-Proton Reaction Model
Q90: Special Relativity
Q100: Miscellaneous Supplies

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