Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:52:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Cavalcade of Amazing Science Demonstrations

Main Entry: cav·al·cade 
Pronunciation: "ka-v&l-'kAd, 'ka-v&l-"
Function: noun
Etymology: French, ride on horseback, from Old Italian cavalcata, from 
cavalcare to go on horseback, from Late Latin caballicare, from Latin 
caballus horse; akin to Greek kaballeion horse, Middle Irish capall 
workhorse
1 a : a procession of riders or carriages b : a procession of vehicles or 
ships
2 : a dramatic sequence or procession : SERIES 

Main Entry: -cade
Function: noun combining form
Etymology: cavalcade
: procession <motorcade>

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ITINERARY

Preliminary Activity:
> BSLG: The Spectacular Spectrum - Part 1: Spread the Light
(gas discharge tubes + spectroscopes)
1. incandescent light
2. fluorescent light
3. hydrogen
4. helium
5. nitrogen
6. neon (gas tube broken)

line of sight
|
| |-\
| |  \ <--- spectroscope
| |   \
| |____\
v  ^
   |
 (small vertical slit)

   X = light source

Related demo ...
- Color wheel/fan/white light

--
Day 1 - Chem-Related Demos
Heat energy in foods: One-timer (Honors, Per. 1)
cereal + sodium peroxide & water <-- Still works!!!
1. Cartesian Diver (Diving Tony)
2. Old Foamey
3. Flaming Coffee Creamer
4. Bottle Ba-whoosh
5. Colorful Chemicals (fireworks)
Note: Add either "Bending Water" or "The Fireproof Balloon"

Day 2 - Pressure Demos ["Got Me Under Pressure" Eliminator (album) by ZZ 
Top]
1. Can-Crusher (SanForce)
2. Balloon in a Bottle [use clear 10 oz. club soda bottle]
   Note: Be sure to boil water BEFORE placing balloon on lip of bottle!
3. Karate chop/stick & newspaper
4. Can-o-Air (as air expands, it cools)
5. Cloud in a Bottle
6. Bernoulli Principle (hair dryer & ping-pong ball or 1" diam. styrofoam 
ball). 
7. 35mm howitzer, a.k.a., film can bazooka (action-reaction).

Day 3 - Physics Demos
1. "Who Gets Wet?", a.k.a., "Will You be Wet or Dry?" (inertia)
2. Sound Waves (slinky)
3. Beaker Xylophone (sound waves)
4. Giant Bubbles (surface tension)

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DAY 1 - CHEM-RELATED DEMOS

> "Diving Tony" (Cartesian Diver)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/descartes_diver.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/condiment_diver/index.html
*Test eye dropper as a diver... <-- It works! Better, in fact, because you
can see the air inside the dropper is compressed as you squeeze the
bottle. Discuss inverse relationship between volume & density.

   http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/descartes_diver.html
   http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/condiment_diver/index.html

> The Money Catalyst (a dollar bill as a metaphor for a catalyst)
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/mamres/pages/demos/chemistry/money_catalyst.htm

- Paper Clip Catalyst
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/printables/PSciencePhysicalAndChemicalReactionsExperiments58.htm

> Old Foamey
http://www.flinnsci.com/Documents/demoPDFs/Chemistry/CF0398.00.pdf

   H2O2 --> H2O2 + O2(g)

> Another variation (w/o catalyst):
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/demos/productionfoam2.htm

> Flaming Coffee Creamer (sfc. area)

science demos + coffee creamer
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/matter/sciber/grain.htm

> Bottle Ba-Whoosh!
Pour ~25ml rubbing alcohol into a 5gal. H2O bottle. Cover with inverted
250ml beaker. Coat insides of bottle with excess liquid before igniting
alcohol vapor. Stand back, citizens!

==
DAY 2 - PRESSURE DEMOS

> (Air) Pressure

- Mysterious "Sanforce" used to crush soda can (with my mind) +
"balloon in a bottle" (see below re: "gas laws")

- The gas laws:
Use a flask that a balloon will just fit over its mouth.
Place a small amount of water in the flask and just bring it to a boil.
Quickly stretch the balloon over the mouth of the flask.
Continue heating the flask to make the balloon grow.
Remove the flask from the heat and let it cool.
The balloon will be pushed into the flask by air pressure.

- Related demo ... (hard-boiled) egg in a bottle

- Trick: Try to blow up a balloon in two different bottles: one w/o a 
hole; one w. a small (unnoticeable hole).
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/demos/BalooninBottle.html

- Karate chop wooden slat & newspaper
- Upside down cup of H2O

- Bike pump (air heats when it is compressed) & (x)can of compressed air 
(air cools as it expands)
... Related demo ...
- Cloud in a bottle
http://www.flinnsci.com/Documents/demoPDFs/EarthSci/ES10108.pdf

- Balancing a Ball with a Hair Dryer - ConAir 1875 "Translucence" works 
well! Features the following settings: hot, warm, cool; high, low, off.
[http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bernoulli_levitator.html]

- 35mm Howitzer: gas pressure + Newton's 3rd Law of Motion (action-reaction)
(x) - Test "Film Can Bazooka" (repurpose either Science Olympiad musical
instrument or astronomy kit cardboard tubes)
White plastic film containers work better. Use 1,000 ml graduated cylinder 
as the howitzer. "Fire in the hole!"

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DAY 3 - PHYSICS DEMOS

> "Who Gets Wet?", a.k.a., "Will You be Wet or Dry?"
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/mamres/pages/demos/denver/wet_or_dry.html

> Sound Waves (slinky)

   http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/slinkyinhand/index.html

> "Beaker Xylophone"
How do you tune a fish (tuna fish)?
With the fish (its) scales, of course!
Use labeled beakers; tune a "major scale" as follows:
LOW-C - 1042 ml (IMO, slightly <990 ml sounds better)
D - ~585 ml
E - ~510 ml
F - 580 ml
G - ~410-412 ml
A - 310-312 ml
B - 295 ml
high-c - ~180 ml

Twinkle, twinkle, little star:
cc gg aa g | ff ee dd c |
gg ff ee d | gg ff ee d |
cc gg aa g | ff ee dd c

Star Wars theme song:
C G | F E D high-c G | F E D high-c G | F E F D

> Sound tube (Bernoulli Principle, or not)

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/1192
Materials:
The "Singing Tube" is a popular and inexpensive item in toy stores. There 
is really nothing to it - a corrugated plastic tube measuring about 3 feet 
long and 2 inches in diameter.

(debunking BP)
http://isaac.exploratorium.edu/~pauld/activities/AAAS/aaas2001.html

CAN SCREAMER
http://www.darylscience.com/Demos/CanScreamer.html

> GIANT Bubbles
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bubble_tray.html
[students make a weird-shaped "bubble wand"]
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/soap_bubbles.html

- Bubble in a Bubble
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/sciencedemos/bubble/bubble.htm

> Big ball demo (?principle?) - pendulum, PE-KE conversion (some
energy lost due to friction)

> Torque (open/close door using two different door handles (one closer to
hinges)

==
LEFTOVERS

> ?Benham's Disk?
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/benhams_disk.html

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MISC ONLINE RESOURCES

Google search: "science demonstrations"

http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/index.htm

http://www.supercrawler.com/Science/Physics/Education/Demonstrations/
http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/demoroom/resources.html

http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/mamres/pages/demos/demo.html
Science Demos (w. slide shows & videos)
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/sciencedemos/index.htm

WILL YOU BE WET OR DRY?
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/mamres/pages/demos/denver/wet_or_dry.html

Water Rockets!
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/resource/rockets/rocketmanual.html
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/resource/rockets/typicallaunch.html

Science Demonstrations
Edited by Dr. Charles E. Ophardt
Chemistry Department, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Il 60126
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/demos/demoh.html

EXPLORATORIUM Snacks
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/index.html

(x) GIANT Bubbles
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bubble_tray.html
[students make a weird-shaped "bubble wand"]

Bubble in a Bubble
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/sciencedemos/bubble/bubble.htm

PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm

Fear of Physics
http://www.fearofphysics.com/

http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HOMEEXPTS/HOMEEXPTS.HTML
Home Experiments
"These experiments are part of a collection that Professor Shakhashiri
distributes to the audience at his annual holiday lecture and at other
presentations throughout the year."

THE COLLAPSING CAN  	        BENDING WATER
SOFT WATER AND SUDS 	 	EXPLORING ACIDS AND BASES WITH RED CABBAGE
THE FIREPROOF BALLOON 		 FLOATING SOAP BUBBLES
CHEMILUMINESCENCE -- COOL LIGHT  BLUE SKY -- RED SUNSET
RUBBER BANDS AND HEAT 		 REMOVE TARNISH FROM SILVER
FIZZING AND FOAMING

http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HOMEEXPTS/nichols.html
SOME SIMPLE SCIENCE WITH EVERYDAY MATERIALS
from Lois Nicholson
- Balancing Nails on a Nail
* - Rolling Coin in Balloon
* - Racquet Ball Conserves Energy!
- Dropping a Light Ball on Top of a Heavy Ball
* - Balancing a Ball with a Hair Dryer - ConAir 1875 "Translucence" works 
well! Features the following settings: hot, warm, cool; high, low, off.
[http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bernoulli_levitator.html]
- Dinner Table Optics
? - Deli Optics
- Film-Canister Optics
- Flashlight Fiber Optics
- Lightning in Your Mouth
- Coat-Hanger Chimes
- Non-Newtonian Fluid
Make a thick slurry of cornstarch and water. Unlike ordinary liquids, the
slurry will flow easily under a small pressure but resists moving when a
sudden or strong force is applied. (Maybe there's a lesson in this about
human nature!)

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/printables/PSciencePhysicalAndChemical
ReactionsExperiments58.htm
- MAKE YOUR OWN INSTANT COLD PACK (PHYSICAL) <-- Wrong!
- CALCIUM CHLORIDE: A REACTION IN A BAG. (CHEMICAL)
> VI. RATE OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS EXPERIMENTS
There are several ways to change the rate of a chemical reaction. It can
be either sped up or slowed down. There are 4 things that affect the rate
of a chemical reaction:
      1. Concentration
      2. Surface Area
      3. Catalysts
      4. Temperature - Concentration of vinegar (Balloon Blowing)
* - Surface Area (Antacid Tablet Race)
? - Paper Clip Catalyst
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/printables/PSciencePhysicalAndChemicalReactionsExperiments58.htm
- Heat (Dry Ice Film Poppers)
- Flaming Coffee Creamer (sfc. area)

science demos + coffee creamer
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/matter/sciber/grain.htm

http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=50&q=http://njacs.org/demobcce5.pdf&e=9777

http://www.theteachersguide.com/Sciencedemos1.htm

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