Michigan Technological University Physics Lecture-Demonstration Facility

Michigan Technological University Physics Lecture-Demonstration Facility

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  About 200 demonstrations, mostly with pictures and descriptions.
  

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    http://physics.msstate.edu/demos/
    

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  About 325 demonstrations with pictures and descriptions with some detail.
  

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    http://www.physics.montana.edu/demonstrations/home.html
    

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  Almost 600 demonstrations with pictures and brief descriptions.
  

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    http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/demoroom/
    

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  Descriptions of over 500 demonstrations with photographs.
  
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  About 100 short videos of the demonstrations.
  
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  Running summary of the “Top 50” demonstrations used over the past twelve years.
  
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  List of suggested demonstrations by chapter for eight popular textbooks.
  
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  Nice list of demonstration equipment suppliers.
  
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  “Isaac & Albert's Excellent Adventure” public programs.
  

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    http://physics.okstate.edu/ackerson/Physics_demos/
    

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  About 175 demonstrations with pictures and descriptions.
  

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    https://www.physics.purdue.edu/demos/
    

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  About 350 demonstrations with brief descriptions and photographs.
  

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    http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/
    

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  About 700 demonstrations with line drawings and short explanations.
  
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  Links to simulations and videos.
  

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    http://www.physics.ucla.edu/demoweb/
    

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  Over 300 demonstrations with short descriptions and photographs or sketches.
  
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  Nice sections on Unique UCLA Demos and Unusual Physics.
  

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    http://www-physics.ucsd.edu/dept/facilities/labs/demos/
    

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  Over 150 demonstrations with pictures and brief descriptions.
  

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    http://homepages.uc.edu/physics/resources/demoweb/
    

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  Almost 200 demonstrations, most with pictures and descriptions.
  

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    http://physicslearning.colorado.edu/Website_new/Common/ldl.asp
    

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  Site includes about 425 demonstration write-ups covering all areas of basic physics, with color photographs, list of equipment, brief description, and history of use.
  
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  Running lists of the demonstrations used by all physics and astronomy classes.
  

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    http://www.phys.ufl.edu/demo/index.html
    

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  About 425 demonstrations listed, some with pictures and brief descriptions.
  
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  Over 100 short demonstration videos.
  

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    http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/demo/tableofcontents.asp
    

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  Over 200 demonstrations, some with pictures and videos, with short descriptions.
  

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    http://demo.physics.uiuc.edu/LectDemo/
    

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  About 750 demonstrations with short descriptions.
  

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    http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu/
    

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  Descriptions of over 1325 demonstrations with photographs.
  
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  Over 250 short videos of demonstrations.
  
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  Extensive listings of teacher resources, Java applets, science related listservs, manufacturers of science equipment, and science equipment catalogs.
  
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  Listings of links to science humor and physics songs.
  
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  Links to science museums, libraries, archives, and history.
  
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  “Hawk-Eyes on Science” outreach program with descriptions, pictures, and videos.
  

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    http://www2.ku.edu/~physics/dept/pademo.shtml
    

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  About 235 demonstrations with relatively detailed explanations.
  

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    http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/
    

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  Descriptions of over 1550 demonstrations with photographs, many with videos.
  
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  About 500 short videos of demonstrations on line.
  
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  Suggested demonstrations for courses, including Acoustics and Optics core courses.
  
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  Summaries of demonstration use over a nine year period in 15 lower level courses.
  
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  Summaries of demonstrations used in all courses for a nine year period.
  
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  The Physics Question of the Week.
  
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  Physics is Phun local demonstration programs and traveling programs.
  

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    http://lecturedemo.ph.unimelb.edu.au/
    

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  Almost 300 demonstrations with pictures and brief descriptions.
  
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  Link to the Physics Museum.
  

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    https://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/
    

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  Over 800 demonstrations with nice pictures and short descriptions (over 25 Astronomy).
  
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  Over 50 short videos of demonstrations.
  
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  Lists of (1) simple, (2) hands-on, and (3) inexpensive demonstrations.
  

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    http://groups.physics.umn.edu/demo/
    

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  Over 1000 demonstrations with about 700 attached videos.
  
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  Separate list of available videos.
  

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    http://physics.unl.edu/undergrad/demonstrations.html,
    

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  About 685 demonstrations with pictures and brief descriptions.
  
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  Outreach for elementary students, both traveling and local programs.
  
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  Summer astronomy workshop for teachers.
  
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  New demo facility with compact shelving and inventory system.
  

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    http://panda.unm.edu/pandaweb/demos/index.php
    

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  About 350 demonstrations with pictures and descriptions.
  
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  Set of “predictive demonstrations.”
  

46. 
    http://www.physics.unc.edu/demos/
    

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  Over 180 demonstrations with photographs and short descriptions.
  

47. 
    http://www.phys.unt.edu/~klittler/demoroomindex.htm
    

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  Over 175 demonstrations with pictures and descriptions.
  
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  Suggested demonstrations for several basic physics courses.
  

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    http://physics.uoregon.edu/~demo/Demo/demo.html
    

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  Over 350 demonstrations with sketches and short descriptions.
  

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    http://physics.usc.edu/demolab/index.html
    

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  About 270 demonstrations with pictures and descriptions.
  

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    http://www.phys.utk.edu/demoroom/
    

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  About 130 demonstrations with pictures and creative descriptions.
  

51. 
    http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~phy-demo/
    

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  Over 250 demonstrations with pictures and brief descriptions.
  

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    http://demolab.phys.virginia.edu/demos/demolab.asp
    

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  About 250 demonstrations with pictures and descriptions.
  
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  Thorough lists of demos used for over ten years in about a dozen basic physics classes, including How Things Work, the class originated by Louis Bloomfield at Virginia.
  

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    http://www.phys.washington.edu/facilities/lectdemo/toc.html
    

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  Approximately 750 demonstrations with brief descriptions.
  

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    http://www.physics.wisc.edu/facultywiki/Demonstrations
    

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  Over 1000 demonstrations, some have descriptions and nice photographs.
  
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  WIKI system to obtain information on demonstrations. (Search by subject, course, or storage location.)
  
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  Nice pictures of 50 exhibits in the "L.R. Ingersoll Physics Museum" Established in 1918: http://www.physics.wisc.edu/museum/
  

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    http://www.vuw.ac.nz/scps-demos/
    

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  Large collection of demonstrations that can be loaned for use at schools in New Zealand.
  

56. 
    http://www.phys.vt.edu/~demo/
    

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  Over 200 demonstrations with pictures and descriptions.
  

57. 
    http://www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/
    

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  Over 230 demonstrations with pictures and descriptions.
  
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  Over 150 videos, linked to demos and separately indexed.
  

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    http://www.physics.wsu.edu/demos/
    

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  Over 500 demonstrations with short descriptions, some with photos and videos.
  

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    http://www.as.wvu.edu/phys/demobook/demo_menu.htm
    

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  About 180 demonstrations with short descriptions.
  

60. 
    http://ris-systech2.its.yale.edu/physics/demos/demomain.asp,
    

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  Over 300 demonstrations with pictures and descriptions; approximately 30 with videos.
  

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    http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/
    

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    http://www.uvm.edu/~dahammon/museum/
    

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    http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/index.html
    

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    http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/index.html, The Little Shop of Physics, Brian Jones, Colorado State University. This group has a collection of more than 100 physics demonstrations that are used in several excellent programs aimed at pre-college students and teachers. They hold an annual demonstration open house at the University, and present a variety of demonstration workshops for teachers. (I)
    
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    http://van.physics.illinois.edu/k12/, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign SCIENCE 2 SCHOOLS. This is the home page of the University of Illinois Physics Van. On the page is a map of the United States with indicators linked to all of the known traveling physics programs in the states. Click on the geographical indicator or on the state to get contact information for the program in which you are interested. The site seems up-to-date. According to the director, Mats Selen, anyone who wants to have something added to the map can email physvan@illinois.edu. Very nice site! (E)
    
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    http://www.aps.org/programs/outreach/guide/road/programs.cfm, American Physical Society: Physics on the Road Programs. This is the formal listing of 22 traveling physics programs known to the American Physical Society. This is not a complete list, compared with the UIUC list above, so people interested in advertisement for their physics road shows should contact the webmaster and send in their information. (E)
    

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   Demonstration videos
   

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   http://www.edgroup.org/, The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations, John A. Davis, Brett Carroll, Richard E. Berg, and Jearl Walker, Spanish translations by Adelaida Lopez-Mejia, Josip Slisko, and Raul A. Brito Orta (The Education Group, Inc., 2011) This is a professionally produced set of 600 physics demonstrations, covering all areas of physics. Accompanying written literature discusses the demonstrations in some depth, provides reference material, and gives further information regarding their use. These videos are very appropriate for use in high schools and college/university basic physics courses, especially where demonstrations are not readily available. The Education Group has made many of these films available to students and faculty at certain schools and universities by a special licensing agreement; talk with the company representative to see if your school can make such an arrangement. A full set of 25 DVDs with both English and Spanish narrative is now available from The Education Group; other language narratives are being prepared. (E)
   
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   http://www.physicscurriculum.com/video.htm, Physics Curriculum & Instruction, Physics DVD Titles. Twenty videos of approximately 30 minute length are available, covering the following areas of physics: mechanics (6 films), heat (3 films), sound and waves (3 films), light (2 films), electricity and magnetism (3 films), space flight (3 films) and high-speed photography (1 film). Each individual film includes about eight of the popular physics demonstrations. These films are very professionally done. (E)
   
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   http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/wop.htm, Wonders of Physics, Julien Clinton Sprott (University of Wisconsin, 1986-2010). The Wonders of Physics is the title given to the yearly series of public demonstration lectures that Professor Sprott had presented at the University of Wisconsin since 1986. All 27 of these lectures have been videotaped, and are available from the University of Wisconsin in DVD format. Two additional DVDs, with individual demonstration segments for about 85 of the demonstrations which Professor Sprott discusses in his book, Physics Demonstrations: A Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics, are available with the book. Professor Sprott is a highly respected researcher and outstanding teacher, and his Wonders of Physics programs are immensely popular. Information regarding the purchase of these materials is found at the above URL. (E)
   
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   http://www.ovguide.com/tv/the_kinetic_karnival_of_jearl_walker.htm, The Kinetic Karnival Of Jearl Walker, Jearl Walker (WVIZ/PBS Ideastream®, Cleveland, Ohio, 2011). This is a set of six 30-minute videos created by Professor Walker in the 1970s. Titles include: 1. Forces and Collisions, 2. Rotation, 3. Fluid Flow and Friction, 4. Viscosity, 5. The Leidenfrost Effect, and 6. The Science of Cooking. They are all very creatively done, with nice short explanations of the phenomena demonstrated.
   

If you are contemplating doing the “finger in molten lead” or the “walking on red-hot coals” demonstrations, you should probably watch the video entitled The Leidenfrost Effect. These experiments can be very dangerous; serious injury can occur if something goes wrong, even when you believe that you are doing the demonstrations properly. (E)

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   http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/video?viewall=1, Steve Spangler’s Science, Steve Spangler (Steve Spangler’s Science, 2011). This web site contains over 300 short videos of physics demonstration experiments as performed by Steve Spangler on his weekly Science Mondays segments on KUSA-TV 9 News in Denver. The production is professional and the explanations are brief. These videos can be nicely used in a number of classroom situations, so are well worth reviewing. (E)
   
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   http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/services/refs/DIAdescrip.htm Demonstrations in Acoustics, Richard E. Berg and David G. Stork (Physics Department, University of Maryland, 1979, 2004). This is a set of two 2-hour DVDs with over 75 individual demonstrations in 29 titled segments; topics include vibrations, waves, and sound, at the level of an introductory non-major college course; a complete listing with further descriptions will be found on the web site. The material was recorded in 1979, and re-issued in DVD format in 2004. These demonstrations, along with large number of others, are used in the Physics of Sound course at the University of Maryland. (E)
   
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   http://courses2.cit.cornell.edu/physicsdemos/, The Physics Video Demonstration Database, Cornell University (Matthias Liepe, 2008-2011). The Database includes about 180 films produced at Cornell as well as a number of films submitted by other institutions. (E,I)
   
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   http://demo1.physics.wisc.edu/Shortfilms/1960sFilmLoops.html
   

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   http://www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/bychptr.htm Wake Forest University Physics Demonstration Videos. This web site includes over 150 short videos of demonstrations covering many topics of the general physics curriculum. (E)
   
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    http://video_demos.colostate.edu/, Engineering and Physics Video Demonstrations, Dave Hall (Colorado State University, 2011). This site contains a very large number of demonstration videos, along with simulations, covering a large number of physics and engineering topics. These materials are short and to the point, and are of excellent technical quality and carefully designed for clarity, both in the videography and in the physics explanations provided. This is one place that you should always look if you need high-quality short films. A short list of other physics film sources is also given. (E,I,A)
    
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    http://alfredleitner.com/ Alfred Leitner's Old Physics Stories. This page includes links to five movies, in the areas of low temperature physics (at Michigan State University) and classical optics (at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), produced by Professor Alfred Leitner. As an MSU physics graduate student in the 1960s, my laboratory was across the hall from Professor Leitner’s production studio, and I found his experiments and videos on superconductivity and superfluid He³ to be immensely interesting and insightful. At this site you will be able to view and download any of the five excellent movies that Professor Leitner has produced. (I)
    
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    http://home.messiah.edu/~barrett/mpg/mpg.html, Physics Movies [mpg’s], Robert Barrett, Messiah College. This web page contains short film loops on wave motion produced by Professor Barrett in the 1960s era, as well as some films that he produced in later years. I have used several of these in teaching elementary physics as well as sound and light courses for non-physics students, and found them very helpful. You may download the films from this site. (E)
    

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