- 1A10. Basic Units
- 1A10.10 Basic Unit Set Show models of the fundamental units of mass and length and a clock with second hand for time.
- 1A10.20 Standards of Mass Various mass displayed
- 1A10.30 Yard and Meter Put out standard yard and meter stick.
- 1A10.33 Historical Note on Development of Meter Very interesting history of the development of the meter.
- 1A10.36 Nanosecond Cut a length of meter stick to equal the distance light travels in one nsec.
- 1A10.40 Clocks Set out an hour glass and compare it with a wall clock or wrist watch to show the different ways that time is measured.
- 1A10.48 Orrery Use an Orrery to show sidereal time
- 1A10.50 1 Liter Cube Show a 1L cube.
- 1A10.52 Cubic Meter PVC pipe joined to form cubic meter
- 1A10.55 Mass, Volume, and Density Compare wood and aluminum cubes, each with 10 cm sides, (equal volume). Compare a 10 cm aluminum cube with a 10 cm sq x 4 cm lead block (equal mass). Compare a 10 cm aluminum cube with a 10 cm sq x 4 cm aluminum block (equal density).
- 1A20. Error and Accuracy
- 1A20.10 Gaussian Collision Board Steel balls roll down a peg board with parallel chutes. Balls falling into chutes should form a probability curve.
- 1A20.20 Coin Flip Flip coins to determine Gaussian distribution.
- 1A20.25 Dice Use dice to determine Gaussian distribution
- 1A20.41 Vernier Calipers Demonstration versions of the micrometer and vernier calipers.
- 1A20.42 Demonstration of Slide Rule A slide rule and vernier scale made of clear plastic for use on the overhead projector.
- 1A20.50 Weight Judgement Pass 35 mm film canisters with different masses inside to students and have them place in proper order from lightest to heaviest.
- 1A20.60 Reaction Time Cover 3/4 of a stop clock face. Push the stop button when the hand shows.
- 1A30. Coordinate Systems
- 1A30.10 XYZ Axes
- 1A30.22 Euler’s Angles Use the MITAC gyro as a classroom model to illustrate Euler’s angles.
- 1A30.40 Chalkboard Globe Draw coordinates on a 20″ plain globe.
- 1A40. Vectors
- 1A40.10 Components of a Vector Arrows define a three dimensional coordinate system. An arbitrary vector is viewed in the three planes.
- 1A40.30 Magnetic Vector Addition Magnetic arrows on blackboard used to show vector addition.
- 1A40.40 Resultant Vectors Use an On-line app
- 1A50. Math Topics
- 1A60. Scaling
- 1A60.10 Powers of Ten A documentary video used to teach students about exponential growth.
Wesleyan University Dept. of Physics
