September 2015 – Little Shop of Physics

Katie shows as an awesome experiment you can build where sound actually travels through your head instead of through the air! It’s all in your head!

This week, Rachel shows us an awesome experiment which uses electricity to heat up the graphite in a pencil lead, making it glow very bright!

Check out this horror movie themed trailer of LSOP’s recent visit to Central High School!

Joe shows us how we can make an electric generator with a salad spinner, some magnets and a coil of wire.

Goldenrod paper turns red when ammonia or other base is added. Rachel shows us how we can use this to write secret messages!

A grape makes a great dipole antenna, and makes a great (small and safe) series of sparks in the microwave.

American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) 1994 Interview of Brian Jones, Little Shop of Physics

Adam shows us how you can use a magnet to make the filament in a lightbulb dance!

Smoke from an extinguished candle makes a “fuse” that relights it.

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