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Windelborn, Augden F. – Physics Teacher, 2000
Presents guidelines for stocking, organizing, and maintaining a storage space for physics education laboratory and demonstration equipment. (WRM)
Descriptors: Classroom Furniture, Higher Education, Laboratories, Laboratory Equipment

Altshuler, Ken – Physics Teacher, 1989
Describes an aircart upon which a person can sit. Discusses the construction and use of it in a physics class. (YP)
Descriptors: Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Procedures, Mechanics (Physics)

Sherfinski, John – Physics Teacher, 1989
Describes an air track experiment demonstrating the transfer of mechanical energy from elastic potential to kinetic. Discusses four methods for calculating energy stored in the spring. Included are pictures, typical data, and graphs. (YP)
Descriptors: Energy, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Procedures

Christensen, Fritjof E. – Physics Teacher, 1974
Summarizes the results of a 1969 experiment survey made for learning the impact of special publications and the trend of experimentation in colleges. Describes some new or modified apparatus that has appared since the 1956 survey. (GS)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Experiments

Connolly, Walter, Ed. – Physics Teacher, 1989
Describes apparatus for Doppler demonstrations. Provides several pictures of the apparatus and ways it could be used. (YP)
Descriptors: Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Procedures, Optics

Winters, Loren M. – Physics Teacher, 1990
Discusses the equipment and techniques for taking photographs using a sound-actuated trigger. Describes a method using two flash units, two sound triggers, and a high-frequency clock to measure speeds. Provides several high-speed photographs. Lists 11 references. (YP)
Descriptors: Electronics, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Procedures

Connolly, Walter, Ed. – Physics Teacher, 1989
Describes three demonstrations: (1) "A 'Rocket' Cart" (using a fire extinguisher and a child's truck); (2) "Angular Momentum Conservation" (providing materials and calculations); and (3) "Cavendish Experiment" (including the building method and examples of calculations). (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Experiments

Southworth, Tom – Physics Teacher, 1990
Presents an experiment to show the energy conservation principle using a bow. Describes how to measure the force and work of the bow and the initial velocity of an arrow. (YP)
Descriptors: Energy, Force, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Experiments

Ouellet, Carol – Physics Teacher, 1988
Should a prism be centered to measure the apex angle and refraction index? Concludes that centering the prism is not critical, and that there is an interval for which the prism can be displaced. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Experiments

Noll, Ellis D. – Physics Teacher, 1988
Describes a circuit by which capacitance and the dielectric constant can be measured. Shows the circuit diagram and the method to calculate these constants. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Computation, Electricity, Electronics

Connolly, Walter, Ed. – Physics Teacher, 1989
Describes making laboratory apparatus such as a heavy-duty turntable; a hand-held milk-carton accelerometer; an inverted air table; free-fall measurement with a solenoid as a starting device; and a bright point source. Presents an evaluation of "The Champ Universal Interface and Sensor Pack Software." (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Reviews, Higher Education

Physics Teacher, 1974
Presents ideas for equipment protection, equipment storage, apparatus construction, demonstration techniques, and laboratory procedures. (GS)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Equipment, Equipment Storage, Higher Education

Pizzo, Joe, Ed. – Physics Teacher, 1988
Describes a soap film demonstration apparatus. Presents information on the construction of the apparatus and methods for thin-film demonstrations. (YP)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Procedures, Optics

Bransky, Judith – Physics Teacher, 1990
A demonstration related to current transport through a superconductor is presented. The principle of the experiment, procedures for the demonstration, and technical data are provided. (CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Demonstrations (Educational), Electricity, Higher Education

Wake, Masayoshi – Physics Teacher, 1990
A room-temperature demonstration of a floating magnet using a high-temperature superconductor is described. The setup and operation of the apparatus are described. The technical details of the effect are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Demonstrations (Educational), Higher Education, Laboratory Experiments