LIGO Motion Explorations 2014

Energy

Watts a Joule lift a 2 Liter bottle to do work and provide power.
Watts a Joule longer write-up by Don Rathjen.

Over the Hill activity writeup by Don Rathjen
Over the Hill Video

Downhill Race Measure motion under constant acelleration http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/Downhillrace/Downhillrace.htm
Downhill race Video

Optional

Curved track: Gravtity's Rainbow, Tautochrone and tides: http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/curvedtrack/CurvedTrack.htm

Reaction timer, use a ruler falling with constant acceleration under gravity to calculate your reaction time http://www.exo.net/~pauld/books/car_science/reactiontimer.html

Domino Model of a Nerve measure motion at constant velocity, and then explore how it depends on the spacing between the dominos.
http://www.exo.net/~pauld/summer_institute/summer_day15current/Domino_model_of_a_nerve/Domino_model_of_a_nerve.html

Temperature

Line up by hand temperature

Cage model of an ideal gas
Video of ideal gas model exhibit

Cool Hot Rod
Cool Hot Rod Thermal Expansion Calculation

Optional

Thought Experiment Solid Liquid Gas

Boyling water, Boil water by reducing the pressure at room temperature.

Spectroscopy

Build a spectroscope from a compact disk

Spectrum of light using an overhead projector

Energy Level Model

The Fabric of the Universe

Graph the Universe by Paul Doherty

PlayDoh model of the Earth and Moon

PlayDoh Model of Collidiing Black Holes

Balloon Universe

Sinewave on a Rubberband

Web Resources

LIGO: http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/

LIGO Livingston Science Education Center: http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/worksheets/SEC/sechome.html

The Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Teacher Institute: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/

Index of activities: http://www.exploratorium.edu/educate/index.html

Iron Science Teacher: http://www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science/index.php

Images and videos for teachers: http://nsdl.exploratorium.edu/nsdl/welcome.do

Exploratorium You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Exploratorium

Paul Doherty: http://www.exo.net/~pauld/

List of activities: http://www.exo.net/~pauld/site_map.html

Lori Lambertson: http://philo.exploratorium.edu/~loril/

Eric Muller: http://www.exo.net/%7Eemuller/

Larry Braile Earth Science: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/indexlinks/educ.htm

 

Scientific Explorations with Paul Doherty

© 2014

30 May 2014