| Magnetic Field Lines Demo(1) |
Plastic, fluid filled container with iron fillings in suspension allows you to slip cylindrical magnets into hole in center and see the resulting magentic field lines. Magnetics are included in box |
| Bar magnets (2) |
two sets of two bar magnets each. |
| Compasses |
12 small plastic compasses |
| Donut magnet set |
2 poles and six donut magnets. Magnets can be made to "float" one above another. |
| Magnifying glasses |
6 magnifying glass sets plus spare parts. |
| Osmirod Light Box |
Light and mirror set to demonstrate diffraction, reflection, etc. Comes with booklet with instructions for 12 different demonstrations. |
| Color Paddles |
Two collections of plastic paddle shaped colored filters. |
| Reflectance Spectrometer |
Reflectance Spectrometer that gives data number readings of any list surface - no calibration has yet been done. A binder of activities to do with with spectrometer is next to it on the shelf. |
| Photometer |
Hand-held photometer for classroom use. |
| Spectrum Cards |
19 cards with small diffraction grating and spectra for many different lamp types on card. Allows for identification of lamp types by spectra |
| Spectrum Overhead Projector kits |
Large diffraction grating that can be attached to an overhead projector to project a spectrum on the wall. |
| Diffraction Gratings, Boxed |
Two boxes of 10 slide sized and mounted diffraction gratings. |
| Diffraction gratings, envelope |
Envelope of diffraction gratings of various sizes |
| Prism, plasic triangle |
plastic, triangle prism about 5 inches long. |
| light source stand |
Light bulb in stand |
| Light Bench |
Light bench and components for optics demonstrations |
| Light socket w/clamp |
light socket with a clamp attachment for use in classroom demos |
| solar motion demonstration |
Two boxes of 10 cardboard tools to demonstrate solar motion. Instructions included in one of the boxes |
| meter sticks |
17 metal and wooden meter sticks |
| Telescope/Spectrocope Demo |
Homemade equipment that appears to be a mounted telescope and spectroscope, both made of cardboard tubes. No directions. If anyone figures out how it works, please contact Gretchen |
| Galileo kit |
kit for making telescope |
| Microslide viewers and lesson sets |
Microslide viewers and a variety of lesson sets on topics in astronomy |
| Mars globes |
2 - one large, one small |
| Venus globe |
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| Lunar globe |
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| Earth globes |
One large textured, two small |
| Constellation spheres |
Two globes showing constellations - solid spheres - not like traditional celestial spheres. |
| Slate Globes |
Two globes that can be written on with chalk |
| 3-D Constellation Activity |
Activity kit for making 3-D constellations with beads.
Instructions from Project Star included. 2 kits. |
| Styrofoam balls |
Assorted sizes, presumably for use in solar system scale demonstrations |
| Planetarium projectors |
2 small battery operated planetarium projectors.
One larger one that may or may not be operational. |
| Telescopes |
3 small telescopes (4 inch newtonian astrocan and 2 smaller telescopes) are all located in the demo storage room. |
| Astro-blaster |
4 astroblaster sets - set of rubber balls that can be placed on a stick and demonstrate the additive effects of collisions to simulate a super nova. |
| Density demos |
3 objects of same volume but vastly different weight.
Small metal bars of different materials. |
| Fossil boxes |
8 box sets by different periods
3 box sets by era |
| Rock sets |
4 rock sets - Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic, and varied by %. |
| Meteorites |
Collection of small meteorites, individually labeled |
| Shepard's watch |
Small device that allows the telling of time at night by using the position of the big dipper. |
