| Air vortices |
Shooting compressed air rings over the class - discussion on pressure |
| Bernoulli balls |
Float balls in mid-air, relating curved surfaces to wing design |
| Bowling ball float |
Why can some bowling balls float and not others? Think displacement... |
| Coloured shadows |
Colour addition vs colour subtraction |
| Fire ball |
Learn about the fire triangle in this highly visual demonstration |
| Flying toilet paper |
Demonstration on how the Leandra effect helps planes to fly |
| Giant gyroscope |
A student uses a giant gyroscope to spin on a rotating platform |
| Gigantic bubbles |
Have a look at surface tension in a different way |
| Hovercraft |
Friction is reduced with this purpose built student carrying hovercraft! |
| Laser sights |
How are lasers used in atmospheric research? |
| Liquid Nitrogen Demos |
Flying glove, popping tins, nitrogen sprinkler, bubble column, fog and more |
| 'Magic' burning tissue |
An old 'magic' trick to do with a fuel soaked tissue not burning... why? |
| Mega hoberman sphere |
An expanding sphere (1ft to 4ft). Gravity, forces, friction & big bang. |
| Nail chair |
How can you sit on a nail chair and be OK? Dispelling magic myths... |
| Newton colour wheel |
Colour addition experiment for the entire audience. |
| Persistence of vision |
How do cartoons work? A hidden message can be revealed in this demo. |
| Rocket launcher |
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction... |
| Rubens Tube |
A 'flame equalizer', how does it work? |
| Skateboard shuffle |
Pulling and pushing forces are analysed in this visual demonstration |
| Slinky Shake |
A visual representation of sound waves |
| Sound tube swing |
The pitch changes as the tubes are swung faster through the air...why? |
| Van de Graf hair rise |
Opposite charges attract, like charges repel... related to a 'Fun fly stick' toy |
