the GardenGnome Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Does anyone have any ideas for physics experiments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blike Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Any specific kind of physics?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the GardenGnome Posted April 9, 2003 Author Share Posted April 9, 2003 Anything really, money is a factor though. Nothing more than 1000$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSX Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 What type of audience is the experiment directed to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Measure the speed of light with cables... it costs about $15, and its really accurate and really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/I&Iexperiments.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 You could always shoot someone and describe the trajectory of the bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Create a cathode-ray tube, because they're cool and shiny and stuff. Or build a spark chamber, they're pretty funky also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the GardenGnome Posted April 20, 2003 Author Share Posted April 20, 2003 Thanks Faf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungStrife Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Speaking of whic....how do scientists measure the speed of light!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 With a flashlight and a stopwatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the GardenGnome Posted April 21, 2003 Author Share Posted April 21, 2003 Anything invovling Quantum Mechanics? I also had an idea of making an atom smasher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1917 Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 I just recently measured the wavelength of sodium light by Newton's Rings for a physics investigation, turned out to be more accurate than I thought as well. I managed to get it within 2 nm of the accepted value, 589 nm. Has anyone else used this method and what kind of value did they get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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