Demonstration Index

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Demonstration Index

DEMONSTRATION TOPICAL OUTLINE

(29 August 95)

A. INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS

A1. BASIC MATERIALS AND MEASUREMENT
A2. MATHEMATICS

B. STATICS

B1. CENTER OF MASS STATICS
B2. EQUILIBRIUM OF FORCES AND TORQUES
B3. SIMPLE MACHINES
B4. ELASTICITY

C. KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS

C1. CENTER OF MASS MOTION
C2. KINEMATICS IN ONE AND TWO DIMENSIONS
C3. FIRST LAW OF MOTION
C4. SECOND LAW OF MOTION
C5. THIRD LAW OF MOTION
C6. FRICTION
C7. COLLISIONS
C8. MECHANICAL ENERGY AND POWER

D. ROTATIONAL MECHANICS

D1. ROTATIONAL KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS
D2. MOMENT OF INERTIA
D3. ANGULAR MOMENTUM
D4. GYROSCOPES
D5. ROTATIONAL ESOTERICA

E. GRAVITATION AND ASTRONOMY

E1. GRAVITATION AND ORBITS
E2. ASTRONOMY

F. FLUID MECHANICS

F1. PRESSURE IN STATIC FLUIDS
F2. BUOYANCY
F3. SURFACE TENSION
F4. FLUID IN MOTION
F5. PRESSURE IN MOVING FLUIDS

G. VIBRATIONS AND MECHANICAL WAVES

G1. SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
G2. RESONANCE AND COUPLED OSCILLATIONS
G3. MECHANICAL WAVES - ONE-DIMENSIONAL
G4. MECHANICAL WAVES - TWO-DIMENSIONAL

H. SOUND

H1. NATURE OF SOUND
H2. WAVE PROPERTIES OF SOUND
H3. STANDING SOUND WAVES
H4. MUSIC
H5. THE EAR
H6. THE VOICE

I. THERMODYNAMICS

I1. THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
I2. TRANSFER OF HEAT
I3. GASES
I4. CHANGES OF STATE
I5. LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS
I6. KINETIC THEORY AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS
I7. SOLID STATE AND LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS

J. ELECTROSTATICS AND MAGNETOSTATICS

J1. ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE AND FORCE
J2. ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS
J3. ELECTRIC FIELDS AND POTENTIAL
J4. CAPACITANCE AND POLARIZATION
J5. MAGNETOSTATICS
J6. ELECTROMAGNETS
J7. MAGNETIC MATERIALS

K. ELECTROMAGNETIC PRINCIPLES

K1. FORCES ON MOVING CHARGES
K2. ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
K3. TRANSFORMERS
K4. MOTORS AND GENERATORS
K5. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
K6. ELECTRIC CIRCUITS AND INSTRUMENTS
K7. RLC CIRCUITS
K8. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND SOURCES

L. GEOMETRICAL OPTICS

L1. LIGHT SOURCES AND LIGHT RAYS
L2. PLANE MIRRORS
L3. CURVED MIRRORS
L4. REFRACTION
L5. TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION
L6. LENSES
L7. OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

M. WAVE OPTICS

M1. INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION - SLITS AND GRATINGS
M2. DIFFRACTION - CIRCULAR
M3. INTERFEROMETERS
M4. THIN FILM INTERFERENCE
M5. INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION ESOTERICA
M6. HOLOGRAMS
M7. LINEAR POLARIZATION AND SCATTERING
M8. OPTICAL ACTIVITY AND BIREFRINGENCE
M9. CIRCULAR POLARIZATION

N. SPECTRA AND COLOR

N1. CONTINUOUS SPECTRA
N2. LINE SPECTRA
N3. COLOR

O. VISION

O1. IMAGE PRODUCTION
O2. VISUAL LATENCY
O3. COLOR VISION
O4. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

P. MODERN PHYSICS

P1. RELATIVITY
P2. QUANTUM MECHANICS
P3. ATOMS AND MOLECULES
P4. NUCLEI AND PARTICLES

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