- Physics Demonstrations - Introduction - http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm
Physics demonstrations, descriptions, discussions of the physics, and hazards to avoid. Groupings are light, magnetism, electricity, sound, heat, and motion.
- Electrostatic Machines - http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/electrostatic.html
Construction details and history of the classic electrostatic generators. Very detailed and descriptive site, with pictures and directions for a wide variety of generators.
- Static Generator, Electrical Demonstration - http://www.alaska.net/~natnkell/staticgen.htm
How to make and use a frictional static electricity generator which makes HUGE sparks. Also, links to other electricity demos on the internet.
- HowStuffWorks: How Hydraulic Cranes Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydraulic-crane.htm
Animations and photos show how these cranes are able to lift thousands of pounds using hydraulics, and how these machines are operated.
- PIRT - http://pirt.asu.edu/
Arizona State University physics and astronomy demonstrations.
- PIRA Physics Demonstration Bibliography - http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/pira/
This demonstration bibliography contains about 7500 entries including all of Sutton, Freier & Anderson, Meiners, Hilton, AJP, The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations, the Minnesota Demonstration Handbook, a few articles from the Physics Teacher, and listings of the PIRA 200, PIRA 500, and PIRA 1000 demonstrations.
- TOPS Science - http://www.topscience.org/
TOPS Learning Systems, a nonprofit educational publisher, dedicated to making inexpensive, creative, hands-on science and math available everywhere.
- Tarzan Swing - http://www.yk.psu.edu/stem/tarzan.html
Tarzan (a water balloon) is swinging on a thread which is cut by a hot wire mid-flight; students must project Tarzan safely through a hole surrounded by pins.
- Pre-College Demonstration Book List - http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/outreach/bklst.htm
Annotated list of books for physics and physical science demonstrations as well as science fair projects.
- Physics Demonstration Lab - http://www.tau.ac.il/~simcha/index.htm
School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel aviv University. Demonstrations available at the school, and related links.
- Physics Animations - http://physics.nad.ru/
Animated experiments and visualizations on physics with theoretical explanations. There is also a physics forum, free samples and educational programs for download.
- Physics Demos and Science Exhibit Designs - http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/scied.html
Links to useful demo sites, descriptions of dangerous and not-so-dangerous electrical demonstrations, and some unusual scientific projects.
- Jearl Walker Discusses the Flying Circus - http://www.csuohio.edu/physics/walker/JWNOTES2.html
Reflects on successes and failures doing the 'bed of nails' trick, and tells how to get videotapes of some of his shows.
- PIRA 200 Demo List - http://www.wfu.edu/physics/pira/pira200/pira200.htm
A collection of 200 physics demos believed by professionals to be essential in teaching about the most common physics phenomena. Demos are sorted by topic and illustrated.
- Industrial Electrostatics Demonstrations - http://www.ece.rochester.edu/~jones/demos/
The project described at this web page was undertaken to develop a set of demonstrations having clear relevance to manufacturing and commercial operations. Some of these demonstrations should also serve to augment the science teacher's or hobbyist's bag of tricks by making it easier to reinforce the relationship between basic principles and practical situations.
- The Physics Question of the Week - http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/outreach/QOTW/active/questions.htm
From the University of Maryland Department of Physics. Each week a new question will be posted and the answer for the previous Question of the Week will be shown. The questions involve real experimental physics, so part of the answers will be photographs and short videos of the experiments carried out in determining the results.
- Demonstrations of Various Physical Principles - http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~dga/video_demos/index.html
Video clips demonstrating various principles of dynamics, mechanisms, vibration and sound, mechatronics and measurement systems, pool and billiards, solid mechanics, and other fields of physics and engineering.
- Video Analysis Investigations for Physics and Mathematics - http://www.science.tamu.edu/CMSE/videoanalysis/
Contains short video clips that may be used in teaching and learning physics concepts using any one of several video analysis software programs. The video clips linked to this page are also useful in algebra, trigonometry, and calculus studies by providing "real world" examples of many common mathematical relationships.
- Patterns in Nature - http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/
Entry page for the Patterns in Nature course at Arizona State University. This course integrates topics from light, optics, microscopy, and physics. Many assigned activities are simple experiments.
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