Middle School (ages 11-13) & General Public

Electromagnet

Learn how to make 2 versions of an Electromagnet. This demonstration can be used to explain the effects of a flowing current and magnetic fields! The 'easy' version involves a D battery and insulated wire while the 'intermediate' version uses a lantern battery, a switch, and insulated wire.

Vocal Fold Straws

Learn about how our vocal folds work by using straws!

Interactive Soundscapes

Experience the power of sound by listening to a number of audio files that will transport you to different places! You can find the files here:

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Elastic Wave

Learn about standing waves and how waves are constructed by creating your own!

Doppler Ball

Learn about the doppler effect by constructing a doppler ball you can toss around!

Reflection and Refraction

Learn about reflection and refraction via lasers in water.

Racing Cylinders

Learn about moment of intertia and rotaional mechanics through racing food cans down an inclinded plane.

Rodent Reactor

Use mousetraps and ping pong balls to understand how nuclear reactors work.

Straw Landing

This demo will show what happens to the surface of a moon or planet when a rockets lands. 

Longitudinal and Transverse Waves

This demonstration uses a slinky and tuning fork to explain two types of waveforms in our world: transverse and longitudinal. A discussion on sound waves is included and leads to categorizing sound waves as longitudinal waves.

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