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Editor's Pick Global Demo Web Spider Open in a new browser window Editor's Pick
   Search 56 Physics Lecture Demonstration Websites at once. The web's only indexes of University Physics Lecture Demonstration Websites.
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http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~moloney/AppComp/1999Entries/ac99.htm
Apparatus Competition, American Association of Physics Teachers, 1999 Open in a new browser window
   Entries and winners, San Antonio, Texas, August 4, 1999
   http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~moloney/AppComp/1999Entries/ac99.htm
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/demos.htm
Donald Simanek, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Physics Lecture Demonstrations Open in a new browser window
   Lecture demonstrations for physics courses, compiled and annotated by Dr Donald Simanek. Reads like a storybook.
   http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/demos.htm
http://www.pitt.edu/~dwilley/Show/menu.html
Dramatic Physics Demonstrations Open in a new browser window
   Physics demonstrations for classroom use. Covers Newton's Laws, Air pressure, heat and other areas. Contains instructions for making many of the demos.
   http://www.pitt.edu/~dwilley/Show/menu.html
http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/electrostatic.html
Electrostatic Machines Open in a new browser window
   Construction details and history of the classic electrostatic generators. Very detailed and descriptive site, with pictures and directions for a wide variety of generators.
   http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/electrostatic.html
http://www.pitt.edu/~dwilley/Fire/FireTxt/fire.html
Firewalking Myth vs Physics Open in a new browser window
   Information on firewalking from people who firewalk. Background on firewalking and data on modern walks. Information for putting on your own.
   http://www.pitt.edu/~dwilley/Fire/FireTxt/fire.html
http://www.ece.rochester.edu/~jones/demos/
Industrial Electrostatics Demonstrations Open in a new browser window
   The project described at this web page was undertaken to develop a set of demonstrations having clear relevance to manufacturing and commercial operations. Some of these demonstrations should also serve to augment the science teacher's or hobbyist's bag o
   http://www.ece.rochester.edu/~jones/demos/
http://www.csuohio.edu/physics/walker/JWNOTES2.html
Jearl Walker Discusses the Flying Circus Open in a new browser window
   Reflects on successes and failures doing the 'bed of nails' trick, and tells how to get videotapes of some of his shows.
   http://www.csuohio.edu/physics/walker/JWNOTES2.html
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm
Julien Clinton Sprott, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Physics Demonstrations, A Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics Open in a new browser window
   Physics demonstrations, descriptions, discussions of the physics, and hazards to avoid. Groupings are light, magnetism, electricity, sound, heat, and motion.
   http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm
http://physicslearning.colorado.edu/pira.asp
PIRA Demonstration Bibliography Open in a new browser window
   an up-to-date, searchable, interactive version produced and maintained by the Physics Instructional Resource Demonstration Classification Committee. It contains about 9265 entries.
   http://physicslearning.colorado.edu/pira.asp
http://www.csicop.org/si/9911/willey.html
Physics Behind Four Amazing Demonstrations, Skeptical Inquirer Open in a new browser window
   Physics theory behind four dramatic demonstrations: walking on broken glass, dipping one's fingers in molten lead, breaking a concrete block over someone lying between beds of nails, and picking up an orange-hot piece of silica tile.
   http://www.csicop.org/si/9911/willey.html
http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~phy-demo/resources/resources.html
Physics Demonstration Resources Online, University of Texas at Austin Open in a new browser window
   For physics educators interested in developing demonstrations. Provides links to many colleges' demo resources.
   http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~phy-demo/resources/resources.html
http://www.amasci.com/scied.html
Physics Demonstrations and Science Exhibit Designs Open in a new browser window
   Bill Beaty's Science Hobbyist site. Includes many links to his and other demonstration sources.
   http://www.amasci.com/scied.html
http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/outreach/bklst.htm
Pre-College Demonstration Book List, University of Maryland Open in a new browser window
   Annotated list of books for physics and physical science demonstrations as well as science fair projects.
   http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/outreach/bklst.htm
http://phys.csuchico.edu/sps/activities.html
Society of Physics Students, California State University, Chico - Award Winning Activities Open in a new browser window
   Images and movies of The Annual Pumpkin Drop (repeating Galileo's famous experiment), The Rocket Trike, The Great Can Crush, and the making of Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream.
   http://phys.csuchico.edu/sps/activities.html
http://www.alaska.net/~natnkell/staticgen.htm
Static Electricity Generator Open in a new browser window
   How to make and use a frictional static electricity generator which makes HUGE sparks. Also, links to other electricity demos on the internet.
   http://www.alaska.net/~natnkell/staticgen.htm
http://www2.yk.psu.edu/stem/tarzan.html
Tarzan Swing, PennState York Open in a new browser window
   Tarzan (a water balloon) is swinging on a thread which is cut by a hot wire mid-flight; students must project Tarzan safely through a hole surrounded by pins.
   http://www2.yk.psu.edu/stem/tarzan.html
http://members.chello.nl/~h.dijkstra19/
The Cathode Ray Tube site Open in a new browser window
   Images and history of old technical glassware and physical instruments, many of which are used for demonstrations in courses worldwide.
   http://members.chello.nl/~h.dijkstra19/
http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/outreach/QOTW/active/questions.htm
The Physics Question of the Week, University of Maryland Open in a new browser window
   Each week a new question will be posted and the answer for the previous Question of the Week will be shown. The questions involve real experimental physics, so part of the answers will be photographs and short videos of the experiments carried out in det
   http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/outreach/QOTW/active/questions.htm
http://ase.tufts.edu/csmt/html/abstracts/physteach.html
Using Interactive Lecture Demonstrations to Create an Active Learning Environment Open in a new browser window
   Physics Teacher Abstract, David R. Sokoloff & Ronald K. Thornton, Center for Science and Mathematics Teaching, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
   http://ase.tufts.edu/csmt/html/abstracts/physteach.html
http://www3.science.tamu.edu/cmse/videoanalysis/
Video Analysis Investigations for Physics and Mathematics Open in a new browser window
   Contains short video clips that may be used in teaching and learning physics concepts using any one of several video analysis software programs. The video clips linked to this page are also useful in algebra, trigonometry, and calculus studies by providi
   http://www3.science.tamu.edu/cmse/videoanalysis/
http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~dga/video_demos/index.html
Video Demonstrations, Colorado State University College of Engineering Open in a new browser window
   Various principles and devices, including dynamics, mechanisms, vibration and sound, mechatronics and measurement systems, pool and billiards, and solid mechanics.
   http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~dga/video_demos/index.html

Last Updated: 2007-08-12 04:19:03