Physics 4B: Fluids, Waves, & Heat

Week 1: Fluids

CRUSH THE CAN

RULER LIFT

FLOATING BALL

THE VENTURI TUBE

TORRICELLI EFFECT

Week 2: Oscillations

WILBERFORCE PENDULUM

CHALANDI PLATES

Week 3: Wave Motion

WAVE MACHINE

FOURIER SYNTHESIS
BLACKBOARD STRING VIBRATOR

Week 4: Wave Motion & Sound

RIPPLE TANK

TUNING FORKS

HOOT TUBE

dB METER

CHALANDI PLATES

DOPPLER EFFECT

ACOUSTIC BEATS

ACOUSTIC INTERFERENCE

Week 5: Sound

Week 6: Temperature; Ideal Gas Law

Week 7: Kinetic Theory of Gasses; real gasses

Week 8: Heat; First Law of Thermodynamics

Week 9: Second Law of Thermodynamics

Week 10: Statistical view of entropy