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Physics Van: About Our Demonstrations

A list of our demonstrations and instructions on how to do them.

States of Matter

• Human Atoms
• Liquid Nitrogen and Balloons
• Liquid Nitrogen Cannon
• Banana Hammer
• Racquetball in LN₂

Newton's Laws

• Tablecloth and Dishes
• Action-Reaction/Fire Extinguisher Cart

Air

• Magdeburg Hemispheres
• Bernoulli Ball
• Vortex Generator

Electricity

• Human Charges
• Van de Graaff Generator
• Plasma Ball

Light

• Lasers and Lenses
• Prism

Sound

• Sound Waves

Finale

• Soap Suds Explosion

How to Present

• How to Present with the Physics Van

Additional Resources

• Older versions of some of our demonstrations and explanations of each, compiled by Curtis Shoaf and Mats Selen.

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