Physics Education Demonstrations

• University Manuals

• Apparatus Competition, American Association of Physics Teachers, 1999  - Displays contest winners and details the projects.
• Donald Simanek, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Physics Lecture Demonstrations  - Compiles and lists lecture demonstration related to physics problems including electrostatic and magnetism issues.
• Dramatic Physics Demonstrations  - Provides lecture demonstrations in the areas of Newton's laws, air pressure, and heat.
• Electrostatic Machines  - Discusses the construction details and historical details of the electrostatic generators used for classroom experiments.
• Firewalking Myth vs Physics  - Describes the background, shows historical data, and scientific explanations of firewalking.
• Industrial Electrostatics Demonstrations  - Develops demonstrations relating to manufacturing and commercial operations on physics-related material and instruments.
• Jearl Walker Discusses the Flying Circus  - Shows an article discussing successes and failures when doing the “bed of nails” trick.
• Physics Behind Four Amazing Demonstrations, Skeptical Inquirer  - Explains the theories relating to magical tricks including walking on broken glass, dipping one's fingers in molten lead, breaking a concrete block over someone lying between beds of nails, and picking up an orange-hot piece of silica tile.
• Physics Demonstration Resources Online, University of Texas at Austin  - Shows a collection of learning aids relating to physical phenomena.
• Physics Demonstrations and Science Exhibit Designs  - Compiles supplier lists, shows book reviews, and details physics demos.
• The Physics Question of the Week, University of Maryland  - Answers common physics problems through videos, photographs, and experiment illustrations.
• PIRA Demonstration Bibliography  - Compiles demonstration videos and illustrations on various physics topics arranged by category.
• Pre-College Demonstration Book List, University of Maryland  - Contains a list of books discussing physical science demonstrations as well as science fair projects.
• Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics  - Discusses common experimental hazards and shows physics demonstrations relating to light, magnetism, electricity, sound, heat, and motion.
• Static Electricity Generator  - Explains the creation and application of the frictional static electricity generator.
• Tarzan Swing, PennState York  - Explores the project of the students to explain geometry, trigonometry and parabolic trajectories.
• Using Interactive Lecture Demonstrations to Create an Active Learning Environment  - Shows the application of microcomputer-based interactive lecture demonstrations in introductory physics lectures.
• Video Demonstrations, Colorado State University College of Engineering  - Presents devices that explain various physical principles including dynamics, mechanisms, vibration and sound, mechatronics, and measurement systems.