-------------------------------------------------------------------- PHESTIVAL of PHYSICS On 29-Oct-00 2000 at 5 PM the PHYSICS CLUB at Lock Haven University will be holding a physics demonstration show in the Ulmer Planetarium. The show will include bangs, whistles, rockets and much much more. The show is for kids of all ages. It promises to be fun. The show is free and open to the public. For more info contact Nicole Lavallee, nlavalle@falcon.lhup.edu John Reid (570-893-2078, jreid@lhup.edu) -------------------------------------------------------------------- TO DO LIST reserve planetarium done make flyers notify people notify LHU PR done Here is the current list of demos. ============================================== Definite participators: John, Jim, Curt, Nicole, Robert, Nick, making demo, will not be there -Aimee May help: Mark, Jeff, Mike Robert -------- Jenga Blocks Leverage Stack of Blocks bowling ball initially have object on opposite side at wrong postition then maybe have person on opposite side located at the "correct" position angular momentum w/ bicycle wheel ? objects breaking off PVC tube w/ holes (use colored water) balls on table w/Nick Jim ---- needle and balloon bed of nails rocket cart Jeff ----- Spud gun vortex cannon JR --- block of ice and wire swinging water collapse can ( big one) stand on eggs alarm in bottle make paper support, put kid on top Nicole ------ little demos hair dryer & ping pong balls egg in bottle small can imploding water in jar upside down cuts pieces of pipe to match a few notes. tilt can (cm demo) shoot toilet paper with leaf blower or hair dryer?? reaction time and dollar bill - used ruler with times marked Nick ------ egg drop soup ghost wave torsion waves water spring on floor Acoustic Focussing w/ CO2 throw egg at sheet hovercraft =============================================================== PROGRAM =============================================================== Introduction everyone line up with letter taped on them - not spelling anything (on our backs it spells welcome, but the audience can't see it) Then Nicole yells at us. So we face away from the audience to rearrage and they then see WELCOME. Then we rearrange and welcome gets mixed up, but when we turn around it spells PHYSICS NL Nick LB Leah NL Nicole RM Robert water in jar upside down NL swinging water JR ("oh no I forgot the water" get it from NL) throw egg at sheet NB ( and helpers) block of ice JR sound interference JW collapsing can small NL collapsing can large JR doppler JW alarm in bottle LB angular momentum RM, JW + kids? bowling ball RM hovercraft JR, NB waves NB bed-of-nails JW PVC pipe and pressure LB egg in bottle NL egg drop soup LB toilet paper & blower JR stack of blocks RM rocket cart JW, NB