Case of the Mondays? Try the Spill Not!

Got a case of the Mondays? You probably do, after a long weekend, even if it is a Tuesday.

Did you spill coffee all over your white shirt today? In my case, I would be spilling Diet Coke...or not...here's why...

Check out this video about a nifty tool called the SpillNot and all the wacky stuff it can do in a video I made for Arbor Scientific. For those of you physics teachers out there, you can use the Spill Not to teach some physics concepts, such as fluid mechanics and the stability of fluid surfaces. You may find similarities to the familiar demo "Greek Waiter's Tray"...for more details check out the article for Arbor's Cool Stuff blog below.

Honestly it was surprising how much fun I had playing with this little gadget. So simple, yet so…well, just click the link to the video and blog entry at Arbor and you’ll see. 

All About Tuning Forks

Tuning forks--every physics teacher should have these tools in their repertoire. Above, you can see a tuning fork hitting water in slow motion. You could show this video at the beginning of class to "hook" students' interest before a lesson about vibration, fluid, or a lab involving tuning forks.

Tuning forks seem simple, but they can be used to teach many complex physics concepts. I won't repeat here what I have written about and talked about elsewhere, in articles and videos--just click on the link below.

Read "Ten Things You Should Do with a Tuning Fork"in the March 2013 edition of The Physics Teacher. Read the abstract below. 

This article was in the top ten downloaded articles for Feb 2013, when the article was released online before print release in March.

Tuning forks are wonderful tools for teaching physics. Every physics classroom should have several and every physics student should be taught how to use them. In this article, I highlight 10 enriching demonstrations that most teachers might not know, as well as provide tips to enhance the demonstrations teachers might already be doing. Some of these demonstrations have appeared in literature before, but this paper will serve as a collection of ideas that will be helpful for both the beginner and master teacher.

Stay tuned,because coming up, another video I created, as well as a blog entry, about top ten demos with tuning forks for Arbor Scientific.