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The Experiments

  1. Flashing LED - measure the acceleration of gravity
  2. Reaction Time Experiment - is your measurement correct?
  3. Speed of Sound - measured using a stereo microphone
  4. Sound Card Oscilloscope - how to use a sound card as an oscilloscope
  5. Beer Froth Experiment - replacement for radioactive decay experiment
  6. Infrared Camera - turn your webcam into an IR detector
  7. Statistics with Popcorn - learn statistics and eat your experiment
  8. Pretzelscope - build your own electroscope
  9. Planck's Constant - using LEDs
  10. Thermos Bottle - Cerenkov detector
  11. Photoelectric Effect - using an electroscope
  12. Brownian Motion - using latex spheres and milk fat
  13. Cloud Chamber - particle physics at home
  14. Olive Oil - Olive Oil Fluorescence
  15. Soap Film - A continuously running soap film

Demonstrations

  1. Cosmic Chris - Chris counts muons
  2. Rainbow Demonstration - inexpensive way to make a nice rainbow
  3. Liquid Nitrogen Icecream - quick way to make ice cream
  4. LED in Liquid Nitrogen - changing colors of LED in LN2



Inexpensive Instrumentation

  1. Inexpensive Magnetometer - A magnetometer for less than $10?? It is possible