Physics Circus:

INTRODUCTION

Laser Music

Top Secret: Perpetual Motion

Mirage: Optical Illusion

MECHANICS:

Table Cloth Pull

Bike Wheel Ang. Mom.

Curve ball

Soda Density

Hammer Hand & Lead Brick

Cantilevered Blocks

Raw Egg Spin

Raw Egg Toss

Tug of War

CMS of Texas

VACUUM:

Balloon & Marshmallows

Evacuated Sphere Pull

SOUND:

Singing Rod?

Helium Balloon

SINGING TUBE:

Singing Tube Arpeggio

Vacuum Effect

Bernoulli Effect w/ paper

Bernoulli & Ping Pong Ball

TRUMPET:

Harmonic Tone Series

Model Discrete Frequencies

Scales and Harmonic Series:

High & Low notes

Piccolo & E-flat comparison

TIMBRE* OF INSTRUMENTS:

*Pronounced like timber, but means different

Harmonic Fingerprint

Trumpet vs. Clarinet

Computer Timbres

INTERFERENCE

Octave, 5th, 4th, 2nd, ...

Tuning Forks

Visual Analog: Same or Different?

Beats, & Computer Beats

Doppler Effect; how to measure diff.

NAME THAT TUNE:

Bugle Calls

Wm Tell Overture. Composer? (Not Tonto)

Star Spangled Banner

In The Mood

Woody Woodpecker or Malcom Arnold Quintet

Handel Fireworks or Mozart Concerto

Star Wars Tape

LIQUID NITROGEN:

Rubber band & Plastic Tube

Banana Hammer

Liquid Air in test tube

Superconductivity

E&M Ring Jumping

Instant Ice Cream

Memory Wire

E&M:

Pickle Light bulb

Hot Dog Fuse

Tesla Coil

Magnet & Copper Tube

Disks in Mag Field

FINALE: Bed of Nails

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EQUIPMENT:

Overhead Projector

Laser Setup

Cantilevered Blocks

Rope: Tug of War

Hair Dryer & Ping Pong Ball

Memory Wire

Slinky

Spring or Rope

Tuning Forks

Singing Tube

Singing Rod & Rosin

He Balloons

Cut Paper Holes

Visual Int. Handout

Visual Int. Overheads

Trumpet

Clarinet

Tape Recorder: Star Wars Tape

Toothpicks

PERISHABLES:

Liquid Nitrogen

Bananas (3)

Apple (2)

Pickle (2)

Hot Dogs (2)

Marshmallows

Egg (3) Hard & Soft

NOTES::

Victoria Coburn

Gail @ Alum Center: x-4746