The lectures for Physics 10: Physics for Future Presidents are available at Google Video for free. Professor Richard A. Muller teaches this class for non science majors, by using many interesting hands on demonstrations. This is a wonderful resource for high school and middle school teachers, who may want show or do some […]
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UC Berkeley Physics Lectures on Google Video
Published by September 27th, 2006 in Demos, Video, Lessons and Resources. 0 CommentsAn important component in learning matter, is being able to measure how much space matter takes up–in other words volume. Measuring the volume of liquids requires the use of a graduated cylinder. Students need practice to use the graduated cylinder effectively. My colleague, Cindy Giove, shared the lab activity, Rainbow Volume with […]
Many of the demos that I use in teaching chemical reactions are taken from a terrific book called A Demo A Day–Chemical Demonstration Book. The book contains a year’s worth of chemistry demonstrations that are easy to follow and to use. This demonstration shows the concepts of polymers. Styrofoam is an example of a polymer. […]
This is not so much a lesson but rather a demo. This is kind of a “Wow!” demo. The chemical composition of the penny has varied greatly through the years. From 1793 to 1837 it was actually pure carbon. It went through many changes since then. From 1864 to 1962 it was bronze (95 percent […]
This is a demo that I only show the video. This is an example of what happens in the reaction chamber of a liquid fuel rocket. I use about 100 ml of denatured alcohol. I pour it into the 5 gallon plastic bottle. I swirl it around vigorously, trying to speed up the evaporation of […]
