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View our demos online! CSU Physics Demo Database

The Demo Room is here to aid in the teaching of physics to undergraduate and graduate students in the field of physics, as well as non-majors taking physics here on campus. It currently includes well over 200 different demonstrations in multiple areas. Some demos only cover specific topics, but most deal with multiple topics and as such there are a multitude of demonstrations possible. The Grant that was provided to us this past school year (2006-2007) allowed us to hire Gary Metzger as our Instructional Resource Specialist. The Grant ran out at the end of June 2007, and we no longer have funding for Gary's position. We wish Gary the best in his future endeavers! During the year Gary has helped us to reorganize the Demo Room to be as self-serve as possible. We have also been able to purchase and update many new demos - see our List of New & Updated Demos below.

Spring 2008

Tracey Lipfert will be available in the Demo Room:

 Monday through Friday 11AM-1:45PM

Tracey will be maintaining and updating the existing database as well as keeping the demonstration room organized to facilitate easy self-serve access to demonstration materials.  

The demo room is self-serve, which means the following:

• If you borrow a demo for a lecture, please return it to the appropriate shelf when finished.

•  If you use a demo for more than one day, please sign it out so that we know where it is. There is a notebook on the door for this purpose.

• If you leave a demo out on a table, please leave a note so we know that you are still using it.

•  If something is broken, please let us know. There is a notebook on the door for this purpose.

Demos can be browsed online at your convenience. Demo Database

This database is through FileMaker Pro 7 and is web published for your convenience.

Once there, the window on the left allows you to view different layouts, sort, search, etc.)

Demos are grouped on the shelves according to topic.  The boxes they reside in are appropriately labeled and show pictures of the equipment inside.  If a demo is on a shelf then it should be functioning properly.  Please do not put broken demos back on the shelves.

Ideas and suggestions for new and/or improved demos are welcome.  We will happily maintain a list of them and try them out as time and funds become available. Please realize that our funds are limited, but we will do what we can.

List of New Demos, Equipment, & Supplies:

- 1 Meter Eddy Current Copper Tube w/ slot down length to view Neodymium Magnet

- Fire Piston (Fire Starter)

- Mega Mirrors - Convex & Concave pair

- Matter Model

- Drinking Happy Bird (6-inch)

- Jumbo Drinking Bird (9-inch), Hand-Blown Glass

- Eternity Electromagnetic (Faraday) Flashlight

- Dynamo Hand Powered Electromagnetic (Faraday) Flashlight

- Optical Waveguide Demonstrator Set

- 8"x8" Cristalheat Heat Packs

- Spectrum Tubes - Hydrogen, Helium, Neon, Mercury

- Spectrum Tube Power Sources

- Photon Light Assortment - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, White

- Phosphorescent Vinyl Sheets

- Wicked Huge Tuning Capacitor

- Chinese Water Spouting Bowl

- Capacitor & Flicker Lamp Flasher

- Smashing! Steel Sphere Demo Kit

- Dropper Popper

- Human Balance

- Additive Color Mixing Lights #1

- 40 Watt AC/DC PA Amplifier

- Panasonic Digital Camcorder with Tripod & Mini-DV Tapes

- Friction Blocks

- Phosphorescent Vinyl Sheets

- Ferrofluid Preform Display Cell

- Stop Block, Heavy Duty

- Spinning Glass of Water, Large Waiter Version

- Dual Skateboard with Stool & Fire Extinguisher

List of Upcoming New Demos, Equipment, & Supplies:

- Energy Sucker

- Happy-Sad Ball Pendulum with Block

- Happy-Sad Ball Tube with Block

List of Updated Demos, Equipment, & Supplies:

- Doppler Buzzers

- Howitzer & Tunnel

- Spinning Glass of Water, Small Version

- Microwave Transmitter & Receiver

- Lightning Rod

- Blackboard Mechanics Kit

- Blackboard Optics Kit

- Bells and Whistles

- Electrostatic Flying Saucers

- Fiber Optics Kit

- Rattlebacks

- Newton's First Law Gel Bottle

- Racing Soup Cans

- Jacob's Ladder

- Electrostatic Rods and Pelts

- PASCO Rolling Track