Physics demonstration experiments and hands-on activities

Numbers used in headings are the numbers used in various databases for indexing the subjects.

Please add new guides to the main Guide index so they don't end up as stubs on this page.

Mechanics

Linear Momentum & Collisions (1N)

• Amorphous Metal balls bouncing.

Fluid Mechanics

Surface Tension 2A

• Capillary Pressure in small tubes

the ratio of total force acting on the surface of water to the area.

Oscillations & Waves

Oscillations 3A

Standing waves

• Flame Tube
• Coffee Cup and its two tones

Thermodynamics

Heat and the First Law 4B

• Gravesande Ring

Kinetic Theory 4D

Pressure

• Vacuum Cannon

Electricity & Magnetism

Electric Fields and Potential 5B

High Voltage

High Voltage generators

• Van de Graaff Generator
• Wimshurst Generator
• Lifter
• Anti-static Gun

Capacitance 5C

• Leiden Jar

Resistance 5D

• Human Electric Wire
• Pickle Lamp

Magnetic Material 5G

• Curie Temperature

Ferrofluids

• Guides/Ferrofluid

Magnetic Fields and Forces 5H

• /Gauss Cannon

Inductance (5J)

Eddy currents

• Scienceshow/guides/Spinning_Disk_with_Magnet/Spinning_Disk_with_Magnet
• Scienceshow/Guides/Magnetic_Induction_in_a_Tube/Magnetic_Induction_in_a_Tube

Optics

• Absorption, Transmission and Reflection of Light and Heat

The Eye (6J)

Eyes make us capable of glancing this beautiful world.

Resources on the net

• High School Teachers at CERN
• Pendulum