Head of Ceremonies: Shelly Budinger
Student Presenters:
Leah Barner,
Brad Hoppes,
Tim Ottinger,
Kyle Snyder,
Justin Spano,
Faculty: Anura Goonewardene, John Reid, Jim Wheeler
Special Thanks To: Leah Barner, Nicole Lavallee, Robert Harley
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Electrostatics
Anura and Leah do several demos with the Van de Graaff.
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Mirrors Images
Kyle shows a candle burning at both ends.
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LEDs
Jim demonstrates AC voltage changes using LEDs.
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Eye Rentention
Using a slide projector and a meter stick swept in front of the projector, John and Justin demonstrates how the eye retains images..
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3D Images
Justin and John show 3D images of shadows using red and blue beams from two slide projectors.
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Soap Film and Turbulence
Shelly demonstrates bubbles made from a flowing film of soap water. Light was projected through
the film to observe turbulence on a screen.
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Polarity of Water Molecules
Justin and John use light from a projector to observe how a stream of neutral water can be deflected
by electric charge from a plastic rod.
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Electrostatics
Jim does several demonstrations using the Wimshurst Machine.
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Eddy Currents
Jim and Justin demonstrate induction and eddy currents by dropping a magnet through
a copper pipe.
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Lissajous Figures
John and Justing demonstrate how Lissajous figures can by made using two mirrors and a pen light.
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Diffraction
Jim demonstrates optical diffraction.
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Refraction
Justin and John demonstrate optical refraction by sending light through water.
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