Columbia University Physics Lecture Demonstrations

Below are all of our most common demonstration requests (to jump to a specific section click below):

Mechanics Fluid Mechanics Oscillations and Waves Thermodynamics Electricity and Magnetism Optics Modern Physics


Mechanics

1A - MEASUREMENT

10. Basic units

60. Scaling

1C - ONE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION

10. Velocity

20. Uniform Acceleration

1D - TWO-DIMENSIONAL MOTION

40. Motion of the Center of Mass

50. Central Forces

50. Centrifugal Escape

60. Projectile Motion

1F - NEWTONS'S FIRST LAWN

20. Inertia of Rest

20. Inertia of Motion

1H - NEWTONS'S THIRD LAW

40. Action and Reaction

1J - STATICS OF RIGID BODIES

10. Finding Center of Gravity

11. Exceeding Center of Gravity

20. Stable, Unstable and Neutral Equilibrium

1K - APPLICATIONS OF NEWTON'S LAWS

20. Friction

1M - WORK AND ENERGY

40. Conservation of Energy

1N - LINEAR MOMENTUM

22. Rockets

30. Collisions in One Dimension

1Q - ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS

10. Moment of Inertia

40. Conservation of Angular Momentum

50. Gyroscopes

1R - PROPERTIES OF MATTER

10. Hooke's Law

40. Coefficient of Restitution

Fluid Mechanics

2B - STATICS OF FLUIDS

20. Static Pressure

40. Density and Buoyancy

60. Siphons, Fountains, and Pumps

2C - DYNAMICS OF FLUIDS

10. Flow Rate

20. Bernoulli Force

30. Viscosity

Oscillations and Waves

3A - OSCILLATIONS

10. Pendula

20. Springs and Oscillators

60. Driven Mechanical Resonance

70. Coupled Oscillators

75. Normal Modes

3B - WAVE MOTION

10. Transverse Pulses and Waves

20. Longitudinal Pulses and Waves

22. Standing Waves

30. Wave Properties of Sound

40. Doppler Effect

50. Interference and Diffraction

60. Beats

70. Coupled Resonators

3C - ACOUSTICS

20. Pitch

50. Wave Analysis and Synthesis

3D - INSTRUMENTS

32. Air Column Instruments

40. Resonance in Plates, Bars, and Solids

Thermodynamics

4A - THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER

30. Solid Expansion

40. Material Properties at Low Temperature

4B - HEAT AND THE FIRST LAW

30. Conduction

40. Radiation

4D - KINETIC THEORY

30. Kinetic Motion

4E - GAS LAW

10. Constant Pressure

4F - ENTROPY AND THE SECOND LAW

10. Entropy

Electricity and Magnetism

5A - ELECTROSTATICS

10. Producing Static Charge

20. Coulomb's Law

40. Induced Charge

50. Electrostatic Machines

5B - ELECTRIC FIELDS AND POTENTIAL

10. Electric Fields

20. Gauss's Law

30. Electrostatic Potential

5C - CAPACITANCE

10. Capacitors

20. Dielectrics

30. Energy Stored in a Capacitor

5D - RESISTANCE AND CONDUCTION

40. Conduction in Gases

5E - ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE AND CURRENT

40. Cells and Batteries

5G - MAGNETIC MATERIALS

10. Magnets

20. Magnet Domains and Magnetization

30. Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism

50. Temperature and Magnetism

5H - MAGNETIC FIELDS AND FORCES

10. Magnetic Fields

20. Forces on Magnets

30. Forces on Moving Charges

40. Force on Current in Wires

50. Torque on Coils

5K - ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION

10. Induced Currents and Forces

20. Eddy Currents

30. Transformers

40. Motors and Generators

5L - AC CIRCUITS

20. RLC Circuits - AC

5M - SEMICONDUCTORS AND TUBES

20. Tubes

5N - ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION

10. Transmission Lines and Antennas

20. Tesla Coil

30. Electromagnetic Spectrum

Optics

6A - GEOMETRIC OPTICS

44. Total Internal Reflection

60. Thin Lens

6B - PHOTOMETRY

30. Radiation Pressure

6C - DIFFRACTION

10. Diffraction Through Slits

20. Diffraction Around Objects

6D - INTERFERENCE

10. Interference from Two Sources

20. Gratings

30. Thin Films

6F - COLOR

30. Dispersion

6H - POLARIZATION

10. Dichroic Polarization

20. Polarization by Reflection

Modern Physics

7A - QUANTUM EFFECTS

10. Photoelectric Effect

50. Wave Mechanics

60. X-ray and Electron Diffraction

7B - ATOMIC PHYSICS

10. Spectra

13. Resonance Radiation

30. Ionization Potential

7D - NUCLEAR PHYSICS

10. Spectra

30. Particle Detectors

7F - RELATIVITY

10. Special Relativity