Sunspots
Aim:
To make a simple apparatus to view sunspots without harming your eyes.
Materials required:
A sheet of white paper.
A telescope or if telescope is not available, a shoe box with ...
Simple motor
Aim:
To make a simple home-made motor.
Materials required:
A thick walled paper or plastic cup.
Two large metal paper clips.
Five small circular or bar magnets.
60 cm of insulated ...
Lighting a bulb without electricity
Aim:
To charge up a light bulb using static electricity alone.
Materials required:
A light bulb.
A plastic comb.
Galileo’s experiment
Aim:
To do a simple experiment to prove Galileo’s assertion that objects have the same acceleration when dropped from a height irrespective of their weights.
Materials required:
A ...
Bending a stream of water with a comb
Aim:
To understand how static electricity works with a simple experiment.
Materials required
A water faucet.
A plastic comb.
Charge tester
Aim:
To make an apparatus to test whether objects are positively or negatively charged.
Materials required:
Some clay.
Two cans of film.
Coloured tape.
Two straws.
A table.
Eddy currents
Aim:
To demonstrate the effect of eddy currents using a simple experiment.
Materials required:
A neodymium magnet.
A ping pong ball.
A 3 foot long aluminium, brass or copper tube with ...
Magnetic loops
Aim:
To demonstrate how current carrying conductors generate magnetic fields.
Materials required:
A non conducting stand made of plastic or wood.
A 6 volt battery.
Two electrical lead ...
Magnetic circles
Aim:
To conduct a simple experiment to demonstrate how a current carrying conductor generates a magnetic field.
Materials required:
A one foot long coat hanger wire (With any insulation ...
Ding dong bell working
Aim:
To do a simple experiment to understand the working of a ding dong bell.
Materials required:
A few feet of insulated wire.
A 6 volt battery.
A cardboard of plastic tube.
A big ...
