Physics Demos - Electricity & Magnetism - University of Houston
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Physics Demos - Electricity & Magnetism

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Electrostatics

Equipment:

  • Electrostatics kit
  • Balloons

Worksheet available upon request.

Series & Parallel Circuits

Equipment:

  • Vernier computer-based laboratory system
  • 2 current probes
  • 2 voltage probes
  • ILD experiment configuration files
  • Circuit board with battery, bulb socket and bulb and provision for second identical bulb in series
  • Circuit board with battery, two bulb sockets, two identical bulbs and a switch
  • 6 V lantern battery (very fresh)

Worksheet available upon request.

Magnetism

Equipment:

  • Assorted magnets, including a horseshoe magnet
  • Magnetic field indicator
  • Electrostatics kit
  • Balloons
  • Cathode ray tube with fluorescent screen
  • Induction Coil power supply for CRT
  • 6V lantern battery

Worksheet available upon request.

Electromagnetic Induction

Equipment:

  • Relatively strong bar magnet
  • 2 coils of wire with large number of closely wound turns
  • Sensitive projection analog ammeter or galvanometer
  • Connecting wires
  • DC power supply

Worksheet available upon request.