Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations
The official YouTube channel of Harvard Natural Science Lecture Demonstrations. Here we have collected as a resource for science instructors short pieces that show some of our demonstration experiments. Most of the entries here link to more detailed descriptions of the demos on our website.
Radon Progeny Decay
Silver Solubility Series
Canned Heat - Colorful Flaming Gel
Microscale Thermite Reaction
Jumping Wire
Circular Motion vs Mass on Spring
Infrared Camera
5 Minutes of Lava Lamp Convection in 4K
Flame Tests of Metals
Nylon Synthesis
Metals in Acid
Limiting Reagent Vinegar or Baking Soda?
Polarization by Scattering, and Fishtank Sunset
Tower of Spectra
pH Buffer Solution
Dry Ice in Universal Indicator
Red Cabbage Indicator
Doppler Effect with Car Horn
Double Fire Tornado Yule Log (30 minute loop)
Radio Wave Properties: Electric and Magnetic Dipole Antennae
Photochemical Reaction of Hydrogen and Chlorine
55 Gallon Drum Collapse
Chaotic Waterwheel
Poiseuille's Law (16 tubes vs 1 tube)
Total Internal Reflection in Water "Bucket of Light"
Launch Lab, a conservation of momentum experiment
Blackbody Radiation Oven
Convection Cell "Sea Breeze" Visualization
What Does Acoustic Interference Look Like?
Visualizing Ultrasound with Schlieren Optics Part III