UW-Madison 

Physics Demonstration 

Using the

PIRA Scheme 
Mechanics Fluid Mechanics Oscillations and Waves  Thermodynamics 
Electricity and Magnetism  Optics Modern Physics
Astronomy
Demo List
By Subject then by Demo Name
  • Electricity and Magnetism 
    • 5A- Electrostatics
      • Amber
      • Pith Balls, Electroscopes, and Charging Materials
      • Stirrup
      • Surface with Pith Balls
      • Plumes
      • Paper Particles and Electrostatics
      • Electrophorus
      • Edison Effect
      • Electrostatic Bells
      • Electrostatic Surface with Pith Balls
      • Electrostatics - Rotating Disk - Pinwheel
      • Lightning Rod with Round Brass Ball Cloud
      • Static Machine
    • 5B- Electric Fields and Potential
      • Attract Stream of Water (H2O)
      • Cathode Ray Tube - Transparency
      • Cathode Ray Tube Elements
      • Fields with Hair
      • For Different Ice Pails
      • Lightning Rod and Round Brass Ball Cloud
      • Sphere in an Electric Fields - Transparency
      • Spheres
      • Vane Electroscopes
      • Van De Graaff Generator
      • Tesla Coil with or with out Faraday Cage
      • Electric Field Pattern - Transparency
      • Voltage Hail Storm and Smoke Condenser
      • Cavendish Spheres
      • Charge Distribution with Brass Teardrop
      • Electric Wind to Blow Out Candle
      • Pith Balls, Electroscopes, and Charging Materials
      • Surface with Pith Balls
      • Tapered Cylinder and Faraday Ice Pail
      • Vane Electroscopes
    • 5C- Capacitance
      • Capacitor Samples
      • Discharge Rate Through Capacitor
      • Discharging Capacitor threw 3 Different Resistance
      • Dissecting a Lyden Jar
      • E and D Across a Boundary - Transparency
      • Electric Field Between Parallel Plates - Transparency
      • Energy Stored in a Capacitor, Light Bulb
      • Exploding Wire or Foil, Energy Stored in a Large Capacitor
      • Lyden Jar
      • Variable Plate Capacitor, Dielectrics
    • 5D- Resistance
      • Hydrogen-Oxygen Battery and Fuel Cell -old film loop (on video tape)
      • Peltier Effect
      • Resistor Samples
      • Thermocouple
    • 5E- Electromotive Force and Current
      • Jacob's Ladder
    • 5F- DC Circuits
      • Alternating Copper-Nichrome Wires
      • Ammeter and Voltmeter - Transparency
      • Copper Plating
      • Diode Rectifier
      • Diode and Rectifier Samples
      • Discharge Rate Through Capacitor
      • Discharging Capacitor with Different Resistance
      • Electrolysis of Water (H2O into 2H & O)
      • Fall of Potential in Copper-Nichrome Wire
      • Meter - old film loop (on video tape)
      • Model of d'Arsonval Galvanometer
      • Ohms Rule Panel
      • Resistance Charge with Temperature
      • Samples of Batteries
      • Transistor Demo
      • Triode Rectifier Demo
    • 5G- Magnetic Materials
      • Large Permanent Magnet
      • Boit's Law - Transparency
      • Curie Point {2 demos}
      • Levitating Ceramic Magnets
      • Para and Diamagnetism
      • Parmalloy Bar
      • Project Magnetic Fields in a Solenoid Using  Iron Filings
      • Simple electromagnet
      • Paramagnetism of Liquid Oxygen - old film loop (on video tape)
      • Ferromagnetic Domain Wall Motion - old film loop (on video tape)
    • 5H- Magnetic Fields and Forces
      • Coils on Overhead with Compasses Showing Magnetic Domains
      • Compass Needle and Wire - Oersted Experiment
      • Cyclotron - Transparency
      • Deflecting Electrons with Magnet and old CRT Osc.
      • Magnet with Cathode Ray Tube
      • Dip Needle
      • Project Magnetic Fields Around a Wire Using  Iron Filings
      • Forces on Charged Particles - Transparency
      • Magnetic Fields Due to a Circular Coil - Transparency
      • Magnetic Fields Due to a Solenoid - Transparency
      • Field From a Steady Current - old film loop (on video tape)
      • Can Crush or Launch, Energy Stored in a Large Capacitor, Eddy Currents
      • Levitating an Al Ball
      • Eddy Current with Moving Magnets
      • Hall Effect
      • Hysterisis
      • Hysteresis - Transparency
      • Mass Spectra - old film loop (on video tape)
      • Mass Spectropraph - Transparency
      • Model of Motor
      • Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field - Transparency
      • Repulsion and Attraction of Wires with E.M.F.
    • 5J- Inductance
      • Coil to Galvanometer and Coil to Battery
      • Induction Coil - Transparency
      • Induction with a Bar Magnet
      • Induction with the Earth's Field
      • Lenz's Law, Eddy Currents - Large Electromagnet and Plates
      • Model of a Motor
      • Moving Rod in a Magnetic Field - Transparency
      • LC Circuit, Transparency
      • MCI Demo Transformer
      • Sample Inductors
      • Time Constant of an RL Circuit
      • Oscillatory Decay of an LC Circuit
      • Damped RLC Circuit
    • 5K- Electromagnetic Induction
      • Jumping Ring
      • AC and DC Generator
    • 5L- AC Circuits
      • Simple AC Circuit
      • AC Voltage - Current Relations, Transparency
      • DC-RMS demo
      • Resonance Circuit with Ammeter and Voltmeter
      • Resonance Sine-wave Generator and Oscilloscope
      • Resonance with Coil and Light Bulb
      • Samples of Variac Transforme
    • 5M- Semiconductors and Tubes
      • Superconductor,  YaBCO
    • 5N- Electromagnetic Radiation
      • Electromagnetic Waves, Transparency
      • Field Due to an Oscillating Dipole, Transparency
      • Hertz Transmitter and Reciever
      • Microwave Transmitter
      • Old Short Wave Transmitter and Reciever
      • Plane Electromagnetic Waves, Transparency
      • Measure of the Speed of Light, Transparency
  • Optics 
    • 6A- Geometrical Optics
      • Image from a Mirror
      • Image from a Lens
      • Multiple Image Set-up
      • Old Projector on Stand
    • 6B- Photometry
    • 6C- Diffraction
    • 6D- Refrection & Refraction
      • Achromatic Prisms
      • Beam Splitter
      • Caustic Curve
      • Crown Grass Prism
      • Flint Glass Prism
      • Candle Burning under Water Illusion
      • Optical Illusions
      • Talking Head Illusion
      • Pepper's Ghost Illusion
      • Index of Refraction Chart, (3x4 slide)
      • Spiral Light Guides
      • Water Light Guides with Trough
      • Liquid Filled Prism
      • Mercury Spectra
      • Optical Disc
      • Parallax
      • Plane Electromagnetic Waves
      • Rainbow, Inverted
      • Rainbow using a Large Raindrop
      • Roof Mirrors
      • Triple Section Prism
      • Two Prisms on Stand
      • Water Tank for Total Internal Reflection
    • 6E- Interference
      • Double Slit and Lloyd's Mirror
      • Fringes With Optical Flats
      • Interference and Diffraction, Transparency
      • Interferometer  --Fabry Perot
      • Interferometer  --Michelson
      • Interferometer  --Twyman Green
      • Michelson Interferometer, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Michelson Interferometer, Transparency
      • Newton's Rings
      • Ripple Tank  --Pasco set-up
      • Single Slits, Double Slits, and Pinholes
      • Slide, Electromagnetic Spectrum (3x4)
      • Thin Films
      • Thin Films  --Mercury Source, Mica, Soap Film
      • Thin Films  --Soap Bubbles
      • Young's Experiment, Transparency
    • 6F- Color
    • 6H- Polarization
      • Argon Laser Spcitra Using Diffraction Gratings
      • Interference and Diffraction, Transparency
      • Laser  --Diffraction
      • Laser Optic Bench
      • Light Scattering in Water Tank
      • Microwave Transmitter
      • Polarization Kit
      • Single Slits, Double Slits, and Pinholes on Optical Bench
      • Slits, Holes, Bearings on Optical Bench
      • Why is the Sky Blue, old film loop (on video tape)
    • 6J- The Eye
      • Eye Model
    • 6Q- Modern Optics
      • Laser Gun (also a heat absorption demo)
      • Laser Beam(s)
  • Modern Physics 
    • 7A- Quantum Effects
      • Barrier Penetration by Waves, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Black Body Box Model
      • Black Body Spectra with Carbon Arc Lamp and Thermopile
      • Black Body Radiation with a pinhole in a Platinum Tube
      • Bragg Reflection of Waves, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Non-recurrent Wave-fronts, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Photoelectric Effect
      • X-Ray Tube
    • 7B- Atomic Physics
      • Absorption Spectra, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Atomic Structure, Transparency
      • Chemical Change, Transparency
      • Cyclotron, Transparency
      • Electrolysis of Water
      • Electron Diffraction Tube with Built in Target
      • Emission Spectra, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Mass Spectra, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Mass Spectrograph, Transparency
      • Mass of an Atom, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Periodic Chart, Transparency
      • Photoelectric Effect, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Reversibility of Time, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Scattering in One Dimension (Part I: Barriers), old film loop (on video tape)
      • Scattering in One Dimension (Part II: Square Wells), old film loop (on video tape)
      • Scattering in One Dimension (Part III: Edge Effects), old film loop (on video tape)
      • Scattering in One Dimension (Part IV: Momentum Space), old film loop (on video tape)
      • Spectral Lines of (Hg, Cd, Ne), H, He, and Ne
      • Spectral Lines of  Hg
      • Visible and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, old film loop (on video tape)
      • X-Ray Tub, Transparency
    • 7D- Nuclear Physics
      • Atomic Fission, Transparency
      • Atomic Fusion, Transparency
      • Detecting Radioactivity, Transparency
      • Cloud Chamber
      • Nuclear Reactor, Transparency
      • Nuclear Reactor, Model of (120 mouse traps)
      • Radioactive Decay of Cs137/Ba137
      • Radioactivity, Sources and Geiger Counter
      • Rutherford Scattering, old film loop (on video tape)
      • U-235 Series, Transparency
      • Uranium Series, Transparency
    • 7E- Elementary Particles
    • 7F- Relativity
      • Coordinate Transformations, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Length Contraction, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Simultaneity is Relative, old film loop (on video tape)
      • The Doppler Effect and the Twin Paradox, old film loop (on video tape)
      • The Michelson-Morley Experiment, old film loop (on video tape)
      • The Speed of Projectiles, Sound , and Light, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Time Dilation, old film loop (on video tape)
      • World Lines, old film loop (on video tape)
    • ## - Molecular and Solids State
      • Crystal Lattice --Body Centered Cubic
      • Crystal Lattice --Calcite
      • Crystal Lattice --Carbon Dioxide
      • Crystal Lattice --Copper
      • Crystal Lattice --Diamond
      • Crystal Lattice --Face Centered Cubic
      • Crystal Lattice --Germanium
      • Crystal Lattice --Graphite I
      • Crystal Lattice --Graphite II
      • Crystal Lattice --Hexagonal Close Packed
      • Crystal Lattice --Magnesium
      • Crystal Lattice --Miller Indices
      • Crystal Lattice --N Germanium
      • Crystal Lattice --P Germanium
      • Crystal Lattice --Silicone
      • Crystal Lattice --Sodium Chloride
      • Orbital Models--s, p, and d
      • Bubble Model of a Crystal: Deformation and Dislocation, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Bubble Model of a Crystal: Structure and Boundaries, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Packers Incident on a Crystal, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Packets in a Perfect Crystal, old film loop (on video tape)
      • Scattering from Impurities, old film loop (on video tape)
    • ## -  Chaos
      • Magnetic Pendulum
      • Drippy Faucet
      • Chaos Toys
      • Driven Pendulum
      • Ridged Pendulum
      • Driven Balls in Troughs
      • Diffusion of dye in a Water (Waves)
      • Run-a-way Fire Hose
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    • ## - Plasma
      • Plasma Discharge Tube
      • Inter Tube
      • Electron Beam Tubes
      • Jackups Ladder
      • Neon Discharge Tubes
  • Astronomy 
    • 8A- Planetary Astronomy
      • Solar System Model, Heliocentric
      • Solar System Model, Geocentric
      • Sun, Earth, and Moon Model
      • Globe of the Earth, Small
      • Globe of the Earth, Very Large
      • Globe of the Earth, Magnetic Elevation
      • Orrery: This is Astronomy's
    • 8B- Stellar Astronomy
      • Twinkling of Starlight (also a convection demo)
    • 8C- Cosmology
      • Galaxy Model
  • Misc.
    • ##
      • Reaction Time
      • Random Walk
      • Fluorescence
  • Equipment 
    • 9A- Support Systems
    • 9B- Electronic
    • 9C- Mechanical