Lecture demonstrations for physics courses, compiled and annotated by Dr. Donald Simanek. Reads like a storybook.
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.
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.
Search 39 physics lecture demonstration websites at once.
Available setups for professors and lab instructors to use and review.
Physics theory behind four dramatic demonstrations: walking on broken glass, dipping one's fingers in molten lead, breaking a concrete block over someone lying between beds of nails, and picking up an orange-hot piece of silica tile.
Images and history of old technical glassware and physical instruments, many of which are used for demonstrations in courses worldwide.
Full set of PIRA demonstrations, searchable as well as grouped by topic for browsing.
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