Scienceshow/Physics

Physics demonstration experiments and hands-on activities

Numbers used in headings are the numbers used in various databases for indexing the subjects.

Please add new guides to the main Guide index so they don't end up as stubs on this page.

=Mechanics=

Linear Momentum & Collisions (1N)

 * Amorphous Metal balls bouncing.

Properties of Matter (1R)
=Fluid Mechanics=

Surface Tension 2A
the ratio of total force acting on the surface of water to the area.
 * Capillary Pressure in small tubes

Dynamics of Fluids 2C
=Oscillations & Waves=

Standing waves

 * Flame Tube
 * Coffee Cup and its two tones

Sound Reproduction 3E
=Thermodynamics=

Heat and the First Law 4B

 * Gravesande Ring

Pressure

 * Vacuum Cannon

Entropy and the Second Law 4F
=Electricity &amp; Magnetism=

High Voltage generators

 * Van de Graaff Generator
 * Wimshurst Generator
 * Lifter
 * Anti-static Gun

Capacitance 5C

 * Leiden Jar

Resistance 5D

 * Human Electric Wire
 * Pickle Lamp

Magnetic Material 5G

 * Curie Temperature

Ferrofluids

 * ../Guides/Ferrofluid/

Magnetic Fields and Forces 5H

 * /Gauss Cannon

Eddy currents

 * ../guides/Spinning Disk with Magnet/Spinning Disk with Magnet
 * ../Guides/Magnetic Induction in a Tube/Magnetic Induction in a Tube

Electromagnetic Radiation (5N)
=Optics=
 * Absorption, Transmission and Reflection of Light and Heat

The Eye (6J)
Eyes make us capable of glancing this beautiful world.

Modern Optics (6Q)
=Modern Physics=

Relativity (7F)
=Astronomy=

Cosmology (8C)
=Equipment=

Mechanical (9C)
=Resources on the net=
 * High School Teachers at CERN
 * Pendulum