IGCSE experiments 240523.xlsx

	A	B	C
1	Main strand	sub-topic
2	Forces	Movement and Position	Dynakar for plotting VT and acceleration time graphs live
3	Forces	Movement and Position	Speed experiment outside between lamposts on main road (stopwatches, trundle wheel)
4	Forces	Movement and Position	BeeSpiV ramps expt probing equations of motion… g by freefall also using same kit
5	Forces	Movement and Position	Ticker tape timer demos
6	Forces	Forces and Shape	Hooke's Law for a spring and expt with elastic band if time permits. Can extended to springs in series/parallel
7	Forces	Forces and Movement	Hovercraft demo (needs to be a pupil with low mass) also CD hovercraft short expt if needed
8	Forces	Forces and Movement	F=ma pulley and masses expt (use BeespiVs)
9	Forces	Forces and Movement	Parachute designs using plastic bags, drop from a height outside
10	Forces	Forces and Movement	Guinea and feather demo
11	Forces	Momentum	Magnetic and Linear Air Tracks, Elastic Collisions track
12	Forces	Momentum	Coins and ruler expt (1p and 2p and plastic rulers)
13	Forces	Moments and stability	"Impossible hammer balance demo" set up in advance
14	Forces	Moments and stability	Centre of mass of uniform and non-uniform shapes, experiment and demos
15	Forces	Moments and stability	Empty drinks can with small volume of water, balance on the rim
16	Forces	Moments and stability	Principle of moments demo/expt
17	Electricity	Mains Electricity	Fuse demo, circuit breaker demo
18	Electricity	Mains Electricity	Wire a plug expt
19	Electricity	Mains Electricity	Fuse melting demos (inc. using pencil graphite in a ventilated space, by a window perferably)
20	Electricity	Mains Electricity	Joule meter demos using kit in class (microwave oven etc)
21	Electricity	Current and Voltage	Series and parallel circuits inc. meters and bulbs
22	Electricity	Resistance	Ohm's Law circuits (series plus potential divider inc. advantages of latter)
23	Electricity	Resistance	IV graphs (wire, bulb, diode)
24	Electricity	Resistance	LED simple circuit demo using visualiser. 1st with a bulb and then an LED and then both, changing polarity of battery each time. Then ammeter in series with LED
25	Electricity	Resistance	LDR and thermistor demos
26	Electricity	Resistance	Resistance and length of a wire expt
27	Electricity	Static	Conductors and Insulators circus (metals, plastics, graphite etc)
28	Electricity	Static	Fun Fly stick
29	Electricity	Static	Wimshurst machine
30	Electricity	Static	Van der Graaf Generator
31	Electricity	Static	Charging rods expt (coulombmeters)
32	Electricity	Static	New static charge demo kit Lascells from Philip Harris (use only rods and cloths not the VDG!)
33	Electricity	Static	Static yellow demo on a plinth
34	Electricity	Static	Balloon and water deviation demos
35	Electricity	Static	Pith balls and shuttling charge demos
36	Waves	Properties	Slinky T and L waves
37	Waves	Properties	Water Waves expt using gratnells
38	Waves	Properties	Ripple tanks
39	Waves	EM Spectrum	Microwave oven speed of light demo with chocolate
40	Waves	EM Spectrum	Microwave kit detector and receiver
41	Waves	EM Spectrum	IR camera (bin bag), remote control through a mobile camera (not an iphone as they have filters)
42	Waves	EM Spectrum	UV forgery detection, washing powder on clothes
43	Waves	EM Spectrum	CMY cube, trichroic prism
44	Waves	EM Spectrum	X-Rays to show around
45	Waves	Light	Reflection, refraction and TIR experiments
46	Waves	Light	TIR fishtank demo with laser
47	Waves	Light	Frog parabolic mirror demo
48	Waves	Light	Prism dispersion demo
49	Waves	Light	Prismatic periscopes, reflectors and optical fibre demos (inc. water as the fibre)
50	Waves	Sound	Acoustic levitator demo
51	Waves	Sound	Sig gen and oscilloscope demos
52	Waves	Sound	Slinky with polystyrene cup as speaker demo
53	Waves	Sound	Bell jar in vacuum demo
54	Waves	Sound	Speed of sound outside (trundle wheel, wooden clappers, stopwatch)
55	Waves	Sound	Speed of sound using dataloggers (microphone version, Ultrasonic ranger version and LogIT Observer version)
56	Waves	Sound	Handheld scopes expt
57	Waves	Sound	Doppler effect bat detector train track demo
58	Energy	Stores	Energy Circus
59	Energy	Stores	Light bulbs and efficiency demo plus spectroscopes to see difference between incandescent and fluorescent)
60	Energy	CCR	Conduction (Ring demo/prac)
61	Energy	CCR	Conduction wood-metal baton demo under flame with paper
62	Energy	CCR	Conduction penguin huddle data logging demo
63	Energy	CCR	Conduction water boiling with ice in test tube demo
64	Energy	CCR	Conduction Ingenhauz apparatus
65	Energy	CCR	Convection smoke demo
66	Energy	CCR	Convection water demo Potassium permangenate
67	Energy	CCR	Convection toaster bin bag demo
68	Energy	CCR	Convection tea bag demo
69	Energy	CCR	Radiation (Leslie cube, surface)
70	Energy	CCR	IR thermometer demos
71	Energy	CCR	Radiation container demo with radiant heater and 3 containers (black, white and silver)
72	Energy	CCR	Bulb expt (black and silver dishes)
73	Energy	CCR	Coin wax melti demo (black and silver surfaces)
74	Energy	CCR	Cooling expt (insulation, boiling water in small glass beakers)
75	Energy	Work and Power	Staircase expt
76	Energy	Work and Power	Pendulum demo (KE-GPE)
77	Energy	Energy Resources	DJB microtech expt (solar, wind, thermoelectric)
78	Energy	Energy Resources	Steam engine demo
79	Energy	Energy Resources	Wind turbine voltage demo
80	Energy	Energy Resources	Solar parabolic mirror boiler demo (summer term is best)
81	SLG	Pressure and density	Density of regular solids (mass balance and ruler/calipers)
82	SLG	Pressure and density	Density of irregular solids (Eureka can for large objects and measuring cylinder for small ones)
83	SLG	Pressure and density	Drinks cans in fish tank (floating and sinking)
84	SLG	Pressure and density	Bouncy ball made of 2 halves
85	SLG	Pressure and density	Density metal balls demo
86	SLG	Pressure and density	Lead in a bag (hand round)
87	SLG	Pressure and density	Pressure of feet on floor expt (newton scales, squared paper)
88	SLG	Pressure and density	Collapsing can demo
89	SLG	Pressure and density	Pressure with depth demo (3 holes at different heights in upright tube)
90	SLG	Pressure and density	Air pressure mat (square black plastic with handle in middle)
91	SLG	Pressure and density	Magdeburg hemispheres demo
92	SLG	States of matter	Cooling curves with data loggers expt (chocolate and that chemical I forget the name of)
93	SLG	States of matter	Specific heat capacity demos (melting ice cube 2 versions)
94	SLG	States of matter	Specific heat capacity expt (V and A or joulemeters)
95	SLG	States of matter	Brownian motion (smoke cell)
96	SLG	States of matter	Boyle's Law expt and demo kit
97	SLG	States of matter	Pressure Law demo
98	SLG	States of matter	Ideal gas simulation vibration model
99	Magnetism and Electromagnetism	Magnetism	bar magnets playabout (Law of Magnets)
100	Magnetism and Electromagnetism	Magnetism	Field patterns expt with bar magnet, card and iron filings and then compasses