BU Physics demo room home page
Course schedule:
Day 1 - 1-12-99
Intro
A bunch of toys, including two balls, a remote-control truck, a yo-yo and a glider
Day 2 - 1-14-99
Day 3 - 1-19-99
Basic mechanics
mass and spring scale (model of elevator)
Day 4 - 1-21-99
Terminal velocity
dropping balls of various sizes in a cylinder of glycerine
Day 5 - 1-26-99
Motion
Day 8 - 2-4-99
Momentum
Day 9 - 2-9-99
Collisions
Day 10 - 2-18-99
Work and energy
Day 12 - 3-2-99
Rotational dynamics
Day 13 - 3-3-99
Center of gravity
Day 14 - 3-4-99
Fluid statics
Day 15 - 3-16-99
Fluid statics and dynamics
Day 16 - 3-18-99
Fluid dynamics
Day 17 - 3-25-99
Thermal physics
Day 18 - 3-30-99
Thermal physics
Day 19 - 4-1-99
Entropy
Day 20 - 4-6-99
Simple harmonic motion
Day 21 - 4-8-99
More SHM
Day 22 - 4-13-99
Waves
Day 23 - 4-15-99
Interference
Day 24 - 4-20-99
Electrostatics
Day 25 - 4-22-99
Circuits
Day 26 - 4-27-99
Circuits; Magnets
Day 27 - 4-29-99
Magnets; Electromagnetic induction