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Donald Simanek, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Physics Lecture Demonstrations
Lecture demonstrations for physics courses, compiled and annotated by Dr Donald Simanek. Reads like a storybook.
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/demos.htm
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Physics Behind Four Amazing Demonstrations, Skeptical Inquirer
Physics theory behind four dramatic demonstrations: walking on broken glass, dipping one's fingers in molten lead, breaking a concrete block over someone lying between beds of nails, and picking up an orange-hot piece of silica tile.
http://www.csicop.org/si/9911/willey.html
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The Cathode Ray Tube site
Images and history of old technical glassware and physical instruments, many of which are used for demonstrations in courses worldwide.
http://members.chello.nl/~h.dijkstra19/
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Video Analysis Investigations for Physics and Mathematics
Contains short video clips that may be used in teaching and learning physics concepts using any one of several video analysis software programs. The video clips linked to this page are also useful in algebra, trigonometry, and calculus studies by provid
http://www3.science.tamu.edu/cmse/videoanalysis/
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Global Demo Web Spider
Search 56 Physics Lecture Demonstration Websites at once. The web's only indexes of University Physics Lecture Demonstration Websites.
http://physicslearning.colorado.edu:9999/vestris/QuerySp.html
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Tarzan Swing, PennState York
Tarzan (a water balloon) is swinging on a thread which is cut by a hot wire mid-flight; students must project Tarzan safely through a hole surrounded by pins.
http://www2.yk.psu.edu/stem/tarzan.html
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PIRA Demonstration Bibliography
An up-to-date, searchable, interactive version produced and maintained by the Physics Instructional Resource Demonstration Classification Committee. It contains about 9265 entries.
http://physicslearning.colorado.edu/pira.asp
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Firewalking Myth vs Physics
Information on firewalking from people who firewalk. Background on firewalking and data on modern walks. Information for putting on your own.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dwilley/Fire/FireTxt/fire.html
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Dramatic Physics Demonstrations
Physics demonstrations for classroom use. Covers Newton's Laws, Air pressure, heat and other areas. Contains instructions for making many of the demos.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dwilley/Show/menu.html
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Using Interactive Lecture Demonstrations to Create an Active Learning Environment
Physics Teacher Abstract, David R. Sokoloff and Ronald K. Thornton, Center for Science and Mathematics Teaching, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
http://ase.tufts.edu/csmt/html/abstracts/physteach.html
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