PIRA Code(s): 1C20.10
Set up time:1 minute
Operation: Tip the tube with penny and feather upside down. The penny will fall faster than the feather. Then, use the pump to evacuate all of the air. Like before, turn the tube upside down and the two objects will fall at the same rate.
Physics and Science Concepts: Uniform Acceleration, Mechanics, Gravity
Safety: Do not crack tube.
Must check out demonstration 3B30.30 to obtain and use pump.

PIRA Code(s): 1D60.10
Set up time:1 minute
Operation: Press down on the inside of the cup. Turn the cart over, and stick the pin in the hole that protrudes from the bottom of the cart. Place the ball inside the cup. Then, push the car at a constant velocity as you gently pull the string. The ball should pop up and land in the cup again.
Physics and Science Concepts: Mechanics, Motion in Two Dimensions, Projectile Motion
Safety: None

PIRA Code(s): 1M20.10
Set up time:none
Operation: These may be used by themselves or with other demonstrations.
Physics and Science Concepts: Mechanics, Mechanical Advantage, Simple Machines
Safety: None

PIRA Code(s): 1M40.10
Set up time:5 minutes
Operation: Hook the bowling ball onto the chain. Pull the bowling ball back until it reaches your nose. Release the ball and do not move. Let the ball come back and show how it will not reach your nose again. *For use in lecture room 131.
Physics and Science Concepts: Mechanics, Work and Energy
Safety: Do not give the ball an initial velocity or move forward once the ball is release. Warning: it’s hard not to flinch.

PIRA Code(s): 1M40.20
Set up time:none
Operation: Place ball at the top of track and let it fall. To show students the minimum height required to loop the loop, place the ball on the track at a height that is about double the height of the loop.
Physics and Science Concepts: Mechanics, Work and Energy, Conservation of Energy, Centripetal Force
Safety: Do not stand where the ball exits the track.

PIRA Code(s): 1N30.10
Set up time:1 minute
Operation: Pull back a number of balls and let them collide with the other balls, allowing the same number of balls to be released on the other side.
Physics and Science Concepts: Conservation of linear momentum
Safety: Align the balls for the best results. Do not allow the strings to tangle.

PIRA Code(s): 5A50.10
Set up time:2 minutes
Operation: Place the four (two large, two small) balls on the poles in the front about 1 inch apart. Turn the crank.
Physics and Science Concepts: Electrostatics
Safety: Do not touch any metal portions of the generator

PIRA Code(s): 5H30.10
Set up time:2 minutes
Operation: Plug in the cathode ray tube. Deflect the beam of the CRT by holding a permanent magnet near the edge of the tube. If the beam disappears, you are holding the magnet too close. Also, you can deflect the beam by attaching a battery to the binding posts and adjusting the variable control knob.
Physics and Science Concepts: Magnetic Fields and Forces
Safety: None

PIRA Code(s): 5K20.10
Set up time:5 minutes
Operation: Set up the pole with the right angle clamp and pendulum. Place the permanent magnet so that the copper sheet is in between the two magnet sides. Swing the full copper sheet swing through the magnet. Watch as it damps out quickly. The, flip the pendulum so that the copper comb side is swinging through the magnet. Watch how it swings as if the magnet is not even there.
Physics and Science Concepts: Electromagnetic Induction, Eddy Currents
Safety: Stand to the side of the pendulum as it swings, not directly in the path.