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Nanophysics
Atomic Force Microscopy
Resistance of Atomic Wires
Imaging Atoms (Demonstration)
Waves
Audio Crime Lab
Resonance in Transverse Waves
Diffraction of Light
Clearly Colorful Thin Films
Exploring Wave Phenomena
Arecibo's Giant Mirror
Doppler Effect
Resonance in Longitudinal Waves
Electricity and Magnetism
Water Analogy to Electric Circuits
Discovering Ohm's Law
Too Cool to Resist
Magnetic Force on a wire with current
Biocircuits
Foutan Board
Snap, Crackle and Pop
Nature of Resistance
Power to the People
Quantum Physics
Bohr Model Game
The Phantastic Photon
Light Emitting Diodes
Mechanics
Double Pendulum
Mousetrap and Ping Pong Balls
The Physics of Rock Climbing
Vortex Rings
Stunt Car Challenge!
The Physics of Baseball
Particle Physics
Cloud Chamber and Cosmic Rays
Optics
Communicating with Light
Is the Light Bulb Too Good to be True?
Measuring the Speed of Light
Energy
Energy Conversion in a Light Bulb
Other
Introduction to Graphing
Introduction to the Oscilloscope
DNA Diffraction and DNA Structure
Communicating with Light
Authors: Jim Overhiser and Luat Vuong
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Abstract: This series of six station activities introduces the physics of transmitting "voice" information using electromagnetic signals or light. Students explore how light can be modulated to encode voice information using a simple version of Bell's original photophone. They observe the decrease of the intensity of open-air signals by increasing the distance between source and receiver, and learn the advantage of using materials with different indices of refraction to manipulate and guide light signals. Students are introduced to the concept of bandwidth by using two different wavelengths of light to send two signals at the same time. Finally, students explore
