Phys 101 Demos
This list includes all demos that were done in Phys 101 in 2018, plus a few extras.
1D Motion
- Fan cart
- Beeping flashing hat
- Tennis ball
- Motion sensor
- Cart & track
Projectile Motion
Relative Motion
- Tractor on sliding paper
- Dolly and ball
Newton's Laws
- Pulling people with scales
- Skateboard with medicine ball and basketball
- Fire extinguisher and skateboard
- Fan cart
- Cart, pulley, and hanging mass
- Apparent weight on a scale
Circular Motion
- Coat hanger & penny
- Bike wheel
Friction and Drag
- Marbles falling in glycerol
- Friction block
- Pulling stacked blocks
Statics of Rigid Bodies
- Upright bird
- Picking up money
- Bowling ball challenge
Dynamic Torque
Work and Energy
Linear Momentum and Collisions
- Foam dominoes
- Fan cart with sail
Rotational Dynamics
- Translation of rolling wheel
Density and Buoyancy
- Floating bowling ball
- Melting ice in water
Static Pressure
- Pressure in a leaking bottle
Siphons, Fountains, Pumps
Atmospheric Pressure
- Tube and water (water in the tube does not fall when the top of the tube is blocked)
Dynamics of Fluids
- Dynamic pressure of air between two cups
Thermodynamics
- Balloon in liquid nitrogen
- Food colouring diffusion
Oscillations and Waves
- 3A20.10 Mass on a Spring
- 3A20.40 Harmonic Oscillator Cart
- 3A40.10 Circular Motion vs. Mass on a Spring
- 3B10.20 Slinky on the Table
- 3B10.30 Shive Wave Machine
- 3B22.10 Vibrating String
- 3B30.30 Buzzer in a Vacuum
- 3B40.10 Doppler Buzzer
- 3B55.10 Two Speaker Interference
- 3B60.10 Tuning Fork Beats
- 3D20.10 Monochord
- 3D30.35 Whirly Tube
- 3D32.20 Organ Pipe
- 3D40.20 Singing Rod
- 3D46.16 Tuning Fork
- Spring oscillations
- Frequency dependence of hearing
- Gas cylinder bell
- Microphone and oscilloscope
- Speaker beats
- Slide whistle
- Penny whistle