Science
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- Iso/Thixotropy
- This experiment demonstrates iso- and thixo-tropy properties of certain emulsions (fluid mixtures).
- 502
- Newton's Law
- Offers a discussion in simple language. Includes jokes as well as explanation of gravitational formula.
- 503
- Your Weight on Other Worlds
- From the Exploratorium, an interactive calculator that will determine a person's weight on another planet.
- 504
- Color and Color Vision
- Explains additive and subtractive colour mixing, the mixing of wavelengths, Newton's dispersion of white light to show the colours of the rainbow.
- 505
- Exploring the Atmosphere With Lidars
- Learn about this type of laser, which is similar to radar but uses light instead of radio waves. Features descriptions of applications in measuring short and long term climate change indicators such as temperature, ozone, and ocean waves. Includes charts.
- 507
- Light and Optics: Online Meteorology Guide
- Introduces optical effects resulting from light interaction with air, dust and haze particles, ice crystals and water droplets.
- 508
- Science Snacks About Light
- A set of very simple experiments featured by Exploratorium, each one with details on materials, assembly, how can be done, and an explanation of the physical laws involved.
- 509
- Skytopia - Colour and Light Trivia
- Amusing guide lists various oddities about colour and light. Find trivia on 3D, mirrors, light bulbs, and contradictions about the perception of colour.
- 510
- The Reflection and Refraction of Light
- Uses geometry to predict reflection from plane and spherical mirrors, and looks at how speed and wavelength varies with different media.
- 511
- AS Sounds Amazing
- Offers experiments and demonstrations designed to help you understand sound, waves and acoustics.
- 512
- Looking at Sound
- Detailed look at how sound can be analyzed with a microphone and oscilloscope with clear examples of expected results.
- 513
- Sound Waves and Music
- Offers an animation of how high and low pressure waves make the eardrum vibrate along with information on how the journey of sound waves affects the brain.
- 514
- Sounds Amazing
- Learn all about sounds and waves through a graphical-learning based interface in four lessons.
- 515
- Sounds and Noise
- Try these experiments which show the physics of sound waves by using objects around the house to demonstrate how they travel.
- 516
- The vOICe Sonification Applet - Draw your own Sound
- Lets explore synthetic sound and vision with a voice mapping Java applet. Also, sonify the pre made images, or make new ones.
- 517
- How Semiconductors Work
- Information about the properties of these materials of key importance in electronics. Also covers its manufacture and its use in transistors and chips.