Fall 2004
Hendrik Gerritsen
Hank for Thu. 9/9 1. Point source to make spotlight on the blackboard that can be tilted to show the seasons effect. 2. Old seasons model 3. Precession of equinoxes. 4. Precession toy top. 5. Precession frictionless air ball shadow projected. 6. Colored chalk. 7. Precession top 8. Precession Mitac gyro and magnets 9. Precession air ball. 10. Rotating bands. 11. Lamp for sun and old globe. Note: Test phases of the moon. Tue 9/14 1. Repeat air ball precession. 2. Repeat toy top. 3. Repeat Precession of equinoxes. 4. Phases of the moon with lamp and basketball. 5. Point source to make spotlight on the blackboard that can be tilted to show the seasons effect. Thu. 9/16 1. Repeat air ball precession. 2. Repeat toy top. 3. Repeat Precession of equinoxes. 4. Phases of the moon with lamp and basketball. Tue 9/21 Video: Ian's Kepler edits. BB ellipse drawer. Thu. 9/22 His retrograde motion machine. BB ellipse device again. conical sections Tue 9/28 2 slit interference (DSI) Light bulb and prism. Note set up speed of light. thu 9/30 photoelectric effect Poisson's spot Tue 10/5 Blackbody prism, projector, variac. Sun Bulb on a variac Single photon Curved space bucket Tue 10/12 Speed of light High pressure Na spectrum H2 spectrum Thu 10/14 BB Optics Note: evening exam. Tue. 10/19 Magnet and filings with earth mask Short coil and power supply, magnetic compass and filings. Thu 10/21 Rotating bands Hoberman Sphere Tue 10/26 solar cell convection His Video Edits from Stardust Thu 10/28 Sunspots on OHP Tue 11/2 Crooke's tube and magnet. Thu 11/4 1) Longitudenal and xvrse waves machines with UV lights to show p wave and s wave. 2) Long slinky Tue 11/9 Geyser, Volcano, Cratering. Thu 11/11 Geyser Tue 11/16 Greenhouse Effect Thu 11/18 Mars: Iron oxide= jewer's rouge, LN to freeze something. Tue 11/23 Chladni plate for stable orbits, rings around saturn. LN rubber hose, lead bell. Use a lead rod (pure lead) held at midpoint like singing rod. superconducting ceramic donut flux thing? levitating superconductor. Thu 12/2 Tue 12/7 |