Watts a Joule lift a 2 Liter bottle to do work and provide power.
Watts a Joule longer write-up by Don Rathjen.
Over the Hill activity writeup by Don Rathjen
Over the Hill Video
Downhill Race Measure motion under constant acelleration http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/Downhillrace/Downhillrace.htm
Downhill race Video
Optional
Curved track: Gravtity's Rainbow, Tautochrone and tides: http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/curvedtrack/CurvedTrack.htm
Reaction timer, use a ruler falling with constant acceleration under gravity to calculate your reaction time http://www.exo.net/~pauld/books/car_science/reactiontimer.html
Domino Model of a Nerve measure motion at constant velocity, and then explore how it depends on the spacing between the dominos.
http://www.exo.net/~pauld/summer_institute/summer_day15current/Domino_model_of_a_nerve/Domino_model_of_a_nerve.html
Cage model of an ideal gas
Video of ideal gas model exhibit
Cool Hot Rod
Cool Hot Rod Thermal Expansion Calculation
Optional
Thought Experiment Solid Liquid Gas
Boyling water, Boil water by reducing the pressure at room temperature.
Build a spectroscope from a compact disk
Spectrum of light using an overhead projector
Graph the Universe by Paul Doherty
PlayDoh model of the Earth and Moon
PlayDoh Model of Collidiing Black Holes
Web Resources
LIGO: http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
LIGO Livingston Science Education Center: http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/worksheets/SEC/sechome.html
The Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Teacher Institute: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/
Index of activities: http://www.exploratorium.edu/educate/index.html
Iron Science Teacher: http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/index.php
Images and videos for teachers: http://nsdl.exploratorium.edu/nsdl/welcome.do
Exploratorium You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Exploratorium
Paul Doherty: http://www.exo.net/~pauld/
List of activities: http://www.exo.net/~pauld/site_map.html
Lori Lambertson: http://philo.exploratorium.edu/~loril/
Eric Muller: http://www.exo.net/%7Eemuller/
Larry Braile Earth Science: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/indexlinks/educ.htm
Scientific Explorations with Paul Doherty |
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30 May 2014 |