UM Astronomy Resources: Demonstrations
What follows is a list of teaching resources for use in department classes. (They are not for sale!)
Room 0252
| Title/Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Magnetic Field Lines Demo(1) | Plastic, fluid filled container with iron fillings in suspension allows you to slip cylindrical magnets into hole in center and see the resulting magnetic field lines. Magnetics are included in box |
| Bar magnets (2) | two sets of two bar magnets each. |
| Compasses | 12 small plastic compasses; room 1109A |
| Donut magnet set | 2 poles and six donut magnets. Magnets can be made to "float" one above another. |
| 2D magnetic field demo | Transparent case with suspended iron filling |
| Miscellaneous Magnet | Bar magnet in plastic case and small magnetic pieces |
| Magnifying glasses | 6 magnifying glass sets plus spare parts. |
| Reflectance Spectrometer | Reflectance Spectrometer that gives data number readings of any list surface - no calibration has yet been done. A binder of activities to do with spectrometer is next to it on the shelf. |
| Spectrum Cards | 1 cards with small diffraction grating and spectra for many different lamp types on card. Allows for identification of lamp types by spectra |
| Spectrum Overhead Projector kits | Large diffraction grating that can be attached to an overhead projector to project a spectrum on the wall. |
| Diffraction Gratings, Boxed | 1 boxes of 10 slide sized and mounted diffraction gratings. |
| Diffraction gratings, envelope | Envelope of diffraction gratings of various sizes |
| Diffraction gratings glasses | 14 Glasses |
| Prism, plastic triangle | plastic, triangle prism about 5 inches long. |
| light source stand | 2 Light bulbs in stands |
| Light socket w/clamp | light socket with a clamp attachment for use in classroom demos |
| 3D Glasses | Circa 50 |
| solar motion demonstration | Two boxes of 10 cardboard tools to demonstrate solar motion. Instructions included in one of the boxes |
| meter sticks | Circa 50 metal and wooden meter sticks; in room 1109A |
| Galileo kit | kit for making telescope |
| Mars globes | 2 - one large, one small, 1 blow up |
| Venus globe | |
| Earth globes | 2 large textured, 1 small, 1 transparent planetarium earth globe |
| Constellation spheres | 4 globes showing constellations - solid spheres - not like traditional celestial spheres. |
| Slate Globes | Two globes that can be written on with chalk |
| Mini celestial sphere | 2 "earth space simulator" discussing ecliptic etc |
| Hoberman sphere | Unfolds to triple diameter |
| Styrofoam balls | Assorted sizes, presumably for use in solar system scale demonstrations |
| Orrery | Metal in box |
| Planetarium projectors | 3 small battery operated planetarium projectors, one comes with audio tape. One larger one that may or may not be operational. |
| Star type scale comparisons | Different sized balls to show sun, white dwarf, neutron star, etc |
| Solar system scale comparisons | Different sized balls to show relative planet sizes |
| Refracting Telescope | 2 one inch refracting telescope kits |
| AstroBlaster | 3 astroblaster sets - set of rubber balls that can be placed on a stick and demonstrate the additive effects of collisions to simulate a super nova. |
| Density demos | 3 objects of same volume but vastly different weight. Small metal bars of different materials. |
| Wave Demo | Big slinky and small slinky |
| Doppler Balls | 3 yellow balls with string and internal buzzer |
| Fossil boxes | 8 box sets by different periods 3 box sets by era |
| Miscellaneous Fossils | 6 Fossils in mini cabinet |
| Rock sets | 1 rock sets - Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic, and varied by %. |
| Meteorites | Collection of small meteorites, individually labeled, in mini cabinet |
| Salt Water Demo | Beakers, distilled water, crystal salt, and long thermo (250 degree celsius) |
| Rectangular filters | Large red, blue and green rectangular filters sheets |
| Michelson Morley Apparatus | Microwaves demonstration of this famous experiment; in box |
| Kinetic energy kit | strike metal balls together to burn hole in paper |
| Newtonian demonstrator | Newtons third law and conservation of momentum, 5 steel balls suspended from strings |
| Angular momentum apparatus | Long rod with slidable masses |
| Inertia demonstrator | Glass balls and platform kit |
| Density blocks | Set of 10 one inch cubes of different materials |
| Equal mass set | 5 cylinders of same mass and different lengths |
| Planetary differentiation demonstration | 2 Bottles filled with different density liquids |
