Theme of Light - (Last used October 2023)

• Colour wheel (shelf 4) (Phys 2)

• Laser Array (preferably using a water mist spray rather than hairspray).

• Glass rod (pulled) attached to clamp stands with green laser to shine through it (Phys 2).

• Spectrometer (old - shelf 4 & new - tray 7A3 + old Toshiba laptop from prep room cupboard 4).

• LED array (shelf 4).

• Old optics bench (shelf 4) already set with old style ray box lamp, slide holder (with slide) and scale plate.

• Black UV lamp (shelf 4) and UV fluid (tray 6B4) - supply with watch glasses and pipettes.

• Half optic benches (x4) attached vertically to clamp stands with optic lamps, +50 lens and slide holder with a 500 diffraction grating slide (Phys 2).

• UV Jelly (see recipe how to make).

Theme of Sound - (Last used October 2024)

• Vibration Generator with oscillioscope

• Rubens tube with signal generator

• 3cm Microwave Kit and accessories (5A3)

• Jelly baby wave

• Speaker with long grain rice and signal generator

• Polystyrene cups with string attached 

• Crystal microphone with tuning fork attached to oscillioscope

• Half optics bench with lamp, +100 lens, slide holder plus plastic optics slides, polaroid filters, white metal box and optics glass shapes (eg. half circle, prism, bioconcave/bioconvex shapes).

• Long slinky to demonstrate wave movement along the length of the table.

Total Internal Reflection Demo Using a Water Bottle, Tonic Water, UV Light, and a Laser