List of scientific demonstrations: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Worldbruce (talk | contribs) |
No edit summary |
||
| (10 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|none}} |
|||
This is a list of [[scientific demonstrations]] used in [[educational demonstration]]s and [[popular science]] lectures. |
This is a list of [[scientific demonstrations]] used in [[educational demonstration]]s and [[popular science]] lectures. |
||
| Line 6: | Line 7: | ||
* [[Hand boiler]] — demonstrates [[vapour-liquid equilibrium]] and simple [[heat engine]] principles |
* [[Hand boiler]] — demonstrates [[vapour-liquid equilibrium]] and simple [[heat engine]] principles |
||
* [[Newton's cradle]] — demonstrates [[elastic collision]], [[conservation of momentum]], and [[conservation of energy]] |
* [[Newton's cradle]] — demonstrates [[elastic collision]], [[conservation of momentum]], and [[conservation of energy]] |
||
* [[Gauss gun]] |
|||
* [[Plate trick]] or Dirac belt trick — demonstrates [[spinor]]s and the double cover of [[SO(3)]] by [[SU(2)]] |
|||
* [[Prince Rupert's Drop]] — demonstrates [[supercooling]] and [[tensile stress]] |
* [[Prince Rupert's Drop]] — demonstrates [[supercooling]] and [[tensile stress]] |
||
* [[Self-siphoning beads]] |
* [[Self-siphoning beads]] — demonstrates momentum, energy and inertia |
||
* [[Water rocket]] — demonstrates [[conservation of momentum]], [[conservation of energy]], the [[gas laws]] and basic [[rocket |
* [[Water rocket]] — demonstrates [[conservation of momentum]], [[conservation of energy]], the [[gas laws]] and basic [[rocket]]ry |
||
* [[Franklin bells]] |
* [[Franklin bells]] — demonstrate electric charges |
||
* [[Oxford Electric Bell]] — an experimental electric bell that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since |
|||
* [[Oxford Electric Bell]] |
|||
* [[Wimshurst machine]] |
* [[Wimshurst machine]] — an electrostatic generator |
||
| ⚫ | |||
* [[Foucault pendulum]] — demonstrates the rotation of Earth |
|||
== Chemistry == |
== Chemistry == |
||
| Line 18: | Line 23: | ||
* [[Blue bottle (chemical reaction)]] — demonstrates reduction and oxidation reactions, and chemical colour change |
* [[Blue bottle (chemical reaction)]] — demonstrates reduction and oxidation reactions, and chemical colour change |
||
* [[Chemical garden]] |
* [[Chemical garden]] |
||
* [[Diet Coke and Mentos eruption]] |
* [[Diet Coke and Mentos eruption]] — demonstrates bubble [[nucleation]] |
||
* [[Dry ice color show]] |
|||
* [[Elephant toothpaste]] |
* [[Elephant toothpaste]] |
||
* [[Fizz keeper]] |
* [[Fizz keeper]] |
||
* [[Flame test]] |
* [[Flame test]] |
||
* [[Magic sand]] |
* [[Magic sand]] — demonstrates [[hydrophobic]] substances |
||
* [[Mercury beating heart]] — demonstrates [[electrochemistry|electrochemical]] redox reaction. and an effect of a non-homogeneous [[electrical double layer]] |
* [[Mercury beating heart]] — demonstrates [[electrochemistry|electrochemical]] redox reaction. and an effect of a non-homogeneous [[electrical double layer]] |
||
* [[Screaming jelly babies]] |
* [[Screaming jelly babies]] — demonstrates the [[chemical energy|energy]] within candy |
||
| ⚫ | |||
== Miscellaneous == |
|||
* [[Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī|Al-Biruni]]'s [[reaction time]] |
|||
* [[Ibn al-Haytham|Alhazen]]'s [[camera obscura]], [[Oil lamp|lamp]] experiment and [[magnifying lens]] |
|||
* [[Al-Jazari]]'s [[crankshaft]], [[elephant clock]] and programmable [[robot]]s |
|||
* [[Ibn Zuhr|Avenzoar]]'s [[parasite]]s |
|||
* [[Detonation|Detonating]] a cloud of [[flour]] |
* [[Detonation|Detonating]] a cloud of [[flour]] |
||
* [[Foucault pendulum|Foucault's pendulum]] |
|||
* [[Galileo Galilei]]'s ball experiments, [[pendulum]] and [[telescope]] |
|||
* [[Heron's fountain]] and [[aeolipile]] |
|||
* [[Ibn al-Nafis]]' [[pulmonary circulation]] and [[coronary circulation]] |
|||
* [[Gyroscope|Gyroscopic]] [[bicycle wheel]] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
* [[Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf|Taqi al-Din]]'s [[alarm clock]], [[steam turbine]] |
|||
* Using a [[linear motor]] as a gun |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
* [[William Harvey]]'s [[circulatory system]] |
|||
{{ |
{{expand list|date=January 2014}} |
||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scientific demonstrations}} |
|||
[[Category:Lists]] |
|||
[[Category:Science-related lists]] |
|||
[[Category:Science demonstrations| ]] |
[[Category:Science demonstrations| ]] |
||
Latest revision as of 18:36, 15 April 2024
This is a list of scientific demonstrations used in educational demonstrations and popular science lectures.
Physics
[edit]- Balsa wood bridge — demonstrates compressive strength and tensile strength, teaches engineering thinking
- Egg drop competition — demonstrates compressive strength, teaches engineering thinking
- Hand boiler — demonstrates vapour-liquid equilibrium and simple heat engine principles
- Newton's cradle — demonstrates elastic collision, conservation of momentum, and conservation of energy
- Gauss gun
- Plate trick or Dirac belt trick — demonstrates spinors and the double cover of SO(3) by SU(2)
- Prince Rupert's Drop — demonstrates supercooling and tensile stress
- Self-siphoning beads — demonstrates momentum, energy and inertia
- Water rocket — demonstrates conservation of momentum, conservation of energy, the gas laws and basic rocketry
- Franklin bells — demonstrate electric charges
- Oxford Electric Bell — an experimental electric bell that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since
- Wimshurst machine — an electrostatic generator
- Shooting a candle through a plank
- Foucault pendulum — demonstrates the rotation of Earth
Chemistry
[edit]- Ammonia fountain — introduces concepts like solubility and the gas laws at entry level.
- Barking dog reaction — demonstrates rapid exothermic chemical reaction
- Blue bottle (chemical reaction) — demonstrates reduction and oxidation reactions, and chemical colour change
- Chemical garden
- Diet Coke and Mentos eruption — demonstrates bubble nucleation
- Dry ice color show
- Elephant toothpaste
- Fizz keeper
- Flame test
- Magic sand — demonstrates hydrophobic substances
- Mercury beating heart — demonstrates electrochemical redox reaction. and an effect of a non-homogeneous electrical double layer
- Screaming jelly babies — demonstrates the energy within candy
- Using liquid nitrogen to shatter a rose
- Detonating a cloud of flour
 |