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Multimeter cheat sheet
Copper tape circuit Potato battery Electrical motor Total internal reflection, Kit Interference: paper strips Measuring the wavelength of light Laser wavelength worksheet Snell's law Snell's law - printable version Optics schedule Physics (optics) simulators Aisha's spectroscope Solar cells House prototype Sunspots Cloud chamber Doppler activity Wind tunnel | |
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Based on this sketch
from Alex, I used Fusion to design the
parts, lasercut them out of 1/8" plywood.
All the little holes are for 1/8" dowels.
hand_2024.dxf
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Last year, I saw that the servo arm that came with the servo was too short to fully flex the fingers. So I printed some new ones. They have different inside diameters, to determine which one would fit snugly on the servo shaft. D is the best, E,F too loose, A-C too small. [printed with PLA on the Prusa Mini, 100% infill, no supports.] | ![]() |
Inventory of 14 Mar 2025
1 ziplock bags 1 2 fiber optic bottles 3 tape measures and tachometers 4 fiber optic bottles 5 fluid ... 7 solar kits 8 solar kits 9 blue boxes 10 solar kits 11 solar kits 10 12 dorm items 13 solar kits 14 hand and hubert stuff 15 tool boxes 49,91 16 small tool ziplocks 19 safety glasses and gloves 20 atom kits 82 21 misc: doppler motor kits clothes pins 23 solar kits 31 55 bags camp 20 34 33 foldascopes, swag 35 solar kits 36 magnets, compass, filing, wire coils.... 37 prizes 42 office stuff 46 tool boxes 47 car kits 94 48 33 name bags, 25 notebooks camp blue 36 notebooks, 21 note books 49 tool boxes 15,91 30 51 solar kits 57 solar activity 58 safety glasses 59 wires, breadboards 63 glue guns 64 solder 65 coping saws 66 liquid xtal main 67 liquid xtal extra 68 solder mats 40 70 bread board leads 80 soldering irons 81 decorating stuff 82 atom kits 83 books 84 scissors, pens 85 multimeters 86 purple bags 87 paper towels 88 napkins 50 89 physics pro kits 90 physics pro kits 91 tool boxes 15, 49 92 dorm stuff 93,4,5 EM kits 94 car kits 95 hand, sorvos, misc 60 | ![]() |
What goes into the blue shared electronics box?
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OPTICS
From here:
about halfway down (Wed June 8)
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Optics 12:15 to 12:30 Lasers and Laser Pointer Safety Adriana 12:30 to 1:00 The wave nature of light Laurie Ask “What is light?” (Energy – ability to do work – what is work, move stuff heat & push around) Demo with Crooke’s Radiometer Show video of solar car Particle vs wave Definitions, wavelength, constructive/destructive interference Hubert’s strips Online ‘Ripple Tank’ EM chart measure UV and IR with the laser meter and rainbow What part of the chart do you work with? Interference patterns – laser with diffraction grating Demo Interference pattern – cloth (Priscila Rosa did the hair measurement Tuesday) 1:00 to 1:30 Taking Light Apart and Putting it Back Together Laurie Discuss rainbows – demo with glass of water Make rainbows with triangular prism, collimator, and flashlight Make rainbows with diffraction grating and flashlight Demo how different colors bend differently (with lasers) time??? Combine colors and make white with colored flashlights Talk about absorption of light Also use colored flashlights with prisms Discuss the Dress “Step into the Rainbow” while playing with prisms 1:30 to 1:45 Break 1:45 to 2:15 Reflection and Refraction and Absorption and Scattering Demo reflection/refraction with laser refraction tank Laurie or someone? Total Internal Reflection (light guides, waterfall) Hubert Introduce 5-laser/prism boxes, look at focal length, etc. Index of Refraction Grow spheres in water Laurie Snell’s Law calculation Hubert Laser Microscope with dirty water Laurie Sky is blue tank (get the eggs) Laurie 2:15 to 2:45 Spectroscopy Infrared and UV examples Demo with IR/iPhone camera, UV Look at Various objects with UV lights RSpec Explorer with gas tubes and light tower Show spectroscope examples Use the spectroscopes they made as Tuesday night’s homework Fluorescence and phosphorescence demos Invisible ink pens and phosphorescent paper, write with blue laser ================================================================== | |
Boxes on the optics shelves: I numbered them (faint purple) 1 - prisms, calcite crystals 2 - orange laser,meters, xenon bulbs 3 - spectral tubes 4 - wave generator, strobe 5 - filter plastics, mats, sensitized paper 6 - crook's tube, water tanks 7 - diff gratings, UV lights, IR thermometer, rocks 8 - (cardboard) box of power strips 9 - solar car, invisible ink, hologram kit 10 - feet, milk powder, rainbow glasses 11 - drinking glasses 12 - lanyards etc | ![]() |