Peter Watson

Laboratory Demos

Lab Demonstrations for First Year Physics

Mass on a Spring	Penny and Feather	Foucault Pendulum	Bicycle Wheel Gyroscope
Ice Skater	Bicycle Wheel and Angular Momentum	Waves in a Slinky	The Ripple Tank
The Light Box	The Microscope	Telescopes	Two-slit Interference
Spectroscopy	Solar Absorption Spectrum	Introduction to Electrostatics	Electrostatic Induction
The Van Der Graaf Generator	The Oscilloscope	The Exploding Wire	Magnetic Field and Iron Filings
The Thomson Experiment	The Electric Motor	The Faraday Effect	"Maltese Cross"
Magnetic Braking	Induced EMF	The Jumping Ring Experiment	Eddy Currents
Cloud Chamber