Physics Demonstrations Collections:
Links to Physics Demonstrations that have been catalogued by major topic as follows:
Electricity and Magnetism
After each link you'll find the resources available: pictures, diagrams, directions, etc.
Excellent website that contains demos with detailed information on how they work, how to perform them, and downloadable videos of each demo.
Very good downloadable videos. All topic areas in the B curriculum are included.
Picture, purpose, description, suggestions about how to present the demonstration and bibliography.
Picture, description, materials and in some cases the setup time.
Brief descriptions. Most of the demos include pictures..
Picture, purpose, equipment, description and set up time.
Detailed diagram of the setup.
Simple diagram with a brief explanation.
Principle, sketch of the setup and brief directions.
Objective, procedure, equipment and setup time.
Picture, principle, equipment, procedure, reference and in some cases a short video.
The AP Physics Web Guide includes links to demos for every single topic of the AP Physics (B and C) curriculum.
Easy to set up demos with animated illustrations. Just click on the Demos link on top of the webpage.
Louis Bloomfield. UVA
An excellent pdf file with 373 demos in all areas of physics. Most of the demos require very simple equipment or materials. Each demo includes procedure, explanation and student follow-ups.
A neat collection of demo ideas by Chris Chiaverina, an outstanding physics teacher and former president of AAPT.
This website helps teachers learn how to use easily made toys to teach physics concepts in a more concrete way. Question sheets accompany the toys to guide and test the student's understanding of how these toy-like devices demonstrate specific physics concepts.
