Demonstration List

Spring 2002 Physics 8 Rick Gaitskell

 

1st Lecture. Wednesday, January 23rd

Video: Gaitskell #2.  Edits by Bob Lanou from the Mechanical Universe about Relativity.
Single Photon Double Slit Interference.
Laser Double Slit Interference.
Shive Wave Machine, end clamp, UV light.

 

2nd Lecture. Friday, January 25

Normal modes: Shive Wave Machine, Pasco Mechanical Driver, UV light. 

Normal modes: Longitudinal Wave Machine, Pasco Mechanical Driver, UV light. 

Normal modes: Air track, two gliders coupled by a spring. 

BB mass and spring

 

3rd Lecture. Monday, January 28

Normal modes and Beats: Two coupled pendulums. 

Normal modes: Air track, two gliders coupled by a spring. Change the mass of a glider with wax. (apezion Q).

His Physics Applet on his Mac.

 

4th Lecture.  Wednesday, January 30

Normal modes: Air track, two gliders coupled by a spring. Change the mass of a glider with wax. ( apezion Q).
Normal modes and Beats: Two coupled pendulums.
Normal modes: Shive Wave Machine, Pasco Mechanical Driver, UV light.

 

5th Lecture.  Friday, February 1

Standing Waves: Vibrating String, strobe light.
Normal modes: Shive Wave Machine, Pasco Mechanical Driver, UV light.

Beats: Tuning Forks, audio amplifier.
Beats: Two oscillators, oscilloscope using the math function to sum together the two channels.

 

Lecture 6.  Monday, February 4.

Standing Waves: Vibrating String, strobe light.

Normal modes: Shive Wave Machine, Pasco Mechanical Driver, UV light.

 

Lecture 7.  Wednesday, February 6

Long Spring to show the superposition of two traveling wave pulses
Slow motion video replay using the Laser disc to show the superposition of two traveling wave pulses on the Long Spring
Normal modes: Shive Wave Machine, Pasco Mechanical Driver, UV light.
Beats: Tuning Forks, audio amplifier.
Beats: Two oscillators, oscilloscope using the math function to sum together the two channels.

 

Lecture 8.  Friday, February 8

audio beats on the scope
white light rainbow and dispersion prism
Laser disc of dispersion on a Shive wave machine
Shive wave machine to show dispersion