Physics 2305

Suggested Demonstrations arranged by chapter

University Physics: Young & Freedman 11 th Edition

Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20

Chapter 1: Units, Physics Quantities, and Vectors Top

  1. M01 Pasco Dynamic Track
  2. M04: Equilibrium of Forces

Chapter 2: Motion along a straight line Top

  1. M01 Pasco Dynamic Track
  2. M09: Hover Puck
  3. M24: Air Track Demonstrations
  4. M28: Falling Bodies
  5. M32: Feather and Coin

Chapter 3: Motion in Two or Three Dimensions Top

  1. M36: Monkey and Hunter
  2. M38: Ballistic Car
  3. M70: Central Force Demo

Chapter 4: Newton’s Laws of Motion Top

  1. M01 Pasco Dynamic Track
  2. M09: Hover Puck
  3. M10: Newton's First Law-Table Cloth Trick
  4. M12: Newton's Third Law-Opposing scales
  5. M24: Air Track Demonstrations
  6. M32: Feather and Coin
  7. M34: Air Drag
  8. M38: Ballistic Car
  9. M55: Carbon Dioxide Rocket Cart
  10. M56: Low Friction Game of Catch
  11. M58: Balls for Bouncing Collisions
  12. M59: Collisions of Balls
  13. M70: Central Force Demo

Chapter 5: Applying Newton’s Laws Top

  1. M01 Pasco Dynamic Track
  2. M04: Equilibrium of Forces
  3. M20: Egg and Sheet
  4. M42: Dynamics of Circular Motion
  5. M55: Carbon Dioxide Rocket Cart
  6. M56: Low Friction Game of Catch
  7. M58: Balls for Bouncing Collisions
  8. M60: Friction Properties of Materials
  9. M61: Inclined Plane Problems
  10. M65: Center of Gravity Toys
  11. M70: Central Force Demo
  12. M72: Loop the Loop

Chapter 6: Work and Kinetic Energy Top

  1. M01 Pasco Dynamic Track
  2. M24: Air Track Demonstrations

Chapter 7:   Potential Energy and Energy Conservation Top

  1. M01 Pasco Dynamic Track
  2. M24: Air Track Demonstrations
  3. M50: Nose Basher

Chapter 8: Momentum, Impulse and Collisions Top

  1. M20: Egg and Sheet
  2. M55: Carbon Dioxide Rocket Cart
  3. M56: Low Friction Game of Catch
  4. M58: Balls for Bouncing Collisions
  5. M59: Collisions of Balls
  6. M65: Center of Gravity Toys

Chapter 9: Rotation of Rigid Bodies Top

  1. M73: Rotational Inertia
  2. M78: Rotational Platform

Chapter 10: Dynamics of Rotational Motion Top

  1. M74: Angular Acceleration-Rolling Bodies
  2. M76: Conservation of Angular Momentum
  3. M78: Rotational Platform
  4. M79: Torsion Pendulum
  5. M90: Symmetrical Top
  6. M91: Pasco Computerized Gyroscope

Chapter 11: Equilibrium and Elasticity Top

  1. M04: Equilibrium of Forces
  2. M65: Center of Gravity Toys

Chapter 12: Gravitation Top

Chapter 13: Periodic Motion Top

  1. M24: Air Track Demonstrations
  2. M80: Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
  3. M81: SHM Using the Air Track
  4. M82: Action/Reaction in SHM
  5. M83: Reference Circle in SHM
  6. M84: The Physical Pendulum
  7. M85: Forced Vibrations

Chapter 14: Fluid Mechanics Top

  1. F08: Pacals Vials-Pressure in a Liquid
  2. F09: Fluid Pressure vs. Depth
  3. F12: Atmospheric Can Crusher
  4. F13: Atmospheric Pressure Lift
  5. F14: Magdeburg Hemispheres
  6. F20: Archimedes' Principle
  7. F22: Density Balls
  8. F23: Cartesian Diver
  9. F34: Surface Tension
  10. F50: Bernoulli's Principle
  11. F51: Pasco Bernoulli Cart

Chapter 17: Temperature and Heat Top

  1. H01: Computer Based Thermometers
  2. H02: Conventional Thermometers
  3. H03: Liquid Crystal Sheets
  4. H14: Thermal Expansion of Metals
  5. H44: Convection in Gases
  6. H48: Radiometer

Chapter 18: Thermal Properties of Matter Top

  1. H10: Thermal Expansion of Air
  2. H14: Thermal Expansion of Metals
  3. H30: Low T Boiling of Water
  4. H92: 3-D Triple point plot  

Chapter 19: The First Law of Thermodynamics Top

  1. H30: Low T Boiling of Water
  2. H20: Constant Volume Thermometer

Chapter 20 The Second Law of Thermodynamics Top

  1. H04: Molecular Models
  2. H05: Molecular Motion