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Doppler Frisbee

Published in Science at Home and Lesson Plans. Tags: amplitude, blue shift, brightness, Doppler effect, frequency, intensity, period, physics, pitch, red shift, wavelength, waves, waves and optics.

Materials

Frisbee
Duct Tape
Buzzer
9 volt battery

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Reverse Entropy Corn Oil

Published in Resources & Tips and Lesson Plans. Tags: entropy, index of refraction, light, optics, physics, refraction, waves.

Materials

Bottle of corn oil
Two old Pyrex test tubes with the labels worn off of them
Pyrex beaker
Glass stirring rod that is NOT made out of Pyrex
Two thick mailing envelopes
Something to break glass with like a 500 g mass or rubber mallet
Tongs or test tube holder

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