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Academic Freedom

What is it like working in a university?

Active Optics

Active optics work in real time to maintain the shape of the main mirror to ensure resolution is maximized.

Australian Physicists

Lesson outline introducting students to Australian physicists and their research institutions.

Becoming a Physicist: Professor Tanya Monro

Professor Tanya Monro describes her journey from a teenager to a renowned physicist at the University of Adelaide.

Jumping Rings With Liquid Nitrogen

Conducting rings cooled to -196˚ Celcius are placed around an electromagnet.

Different Jumping Rings

Lenz's law explained in the context of several different jumping rings

Double Jumping Rings

An experiment where a brass ring and aluminium ring are placed together on an electromagnet

Eddy Currents

There are many hands-on activities and demonstrations for illustrating eddy currents in class. This video describes how to perform several of these.

Eddy Currents - Lesson Outline

Lesson outline for explaining the production of Eddy currents and electromagnetic braking.

Eddy Currents & Jumping Rings - Lesson Outline

Lesson outline for explaining the production of Eddy currents and electromagnetic braking.

Effects of Temperature on Conductivity

An experiment showing the changes in resistivity with changes in temperature fgor a conductor, semiconductor and insulator.

Faulkes Telescope South Introduction

Introduction to the Faulkes Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory in northern New South Wales

Gravitational Potential

This video describes how to make a potential well demonstration to illustrate planetary orbits in class.

HR Diagram Activity

This activity allows students to plot a HR diagram of globular and open star clusters using real data.

Power Line Insulation

Describes the material and design of power line insulators.

Intro

Test of intro

Jumping Rings

Lenz's law explained in the context of jumping rings

Lightning Protection for Power Lines

Describes the material and design of lightning protectors for high and low voltage lines

Racing Magnets Through Different Pipes

Eddy currents slow down a magnet as it drops through pipes

Making an Optical Fibre

How to make a micro-structured optical fibre

Mechanics - Lesson Outline

Mechanics Lesson Outline

The Meissner Effect (Superconductors)

Two students perform an experiment to levitate a rare earth magnet above a type 2 superconductor

Michelson & Morley Experiment Audio Overview

Dr. Karl outlines the Michelson Morley Experiment and its impact on our understanding of light and inertial frames of reference.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Lesson Outline

A lesson plan on different aspects of MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Images

Advantages and disadvantages of different types of MRI images.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Introduction

Brief history and overview of MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Theory

Physics principles behind Magentic Resonance Imaging, including the role of spinning protons, strong magnetic fields, and radio waves.

Prediction and Discovery of Neutrinos

Pauli predicted the existence of a tiny, neutral particle to explain the anomalous energies of electrons in Beta decay.

Newton's First & Second Laws of Motion

Introduces Newton's First and Second Laws with examples and discusses common alternative conceptions.

Two Object Drop

What happens when two objects of different size are released and allowed to fall to the ground?

Optical Fibres - Lesson Outline

An Introduction to Optical Fibres

Research scientist describes the basic workings of optical fibres

Optical Fibres: Guiding Light

Describes the principles of optical fibres and total internal reflection

P-type and N-type Semiconductors

Making p-type and n-type semiconductors and their different crystal structures

Physicist Dress Code

What is it like to be a physicist?

Careers in Physics: Physics Researcher

What it is like to be a research physicist in Australia

Planck & Einstein's views on science and society

Planck and Einstein's views on social and political forces on scientific research

Planck and Einstein's views on science and society

A video on the differing views of Albert Einstein and Max Planck about whether science research is removed from social and political forces.

Careers in Physics: Radiographer

A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) radiographer describes her work

Semiconductors - Lesson Outline

Sensitivity and Resolution of Telescopes

Good telescopes need high sensitivity and high resolution. But what does that mean?

Sensitivity and Resolution - Lesson Outline

Good telescopes need high sensitivity and high resolution. But what does that mean?

Solar Thermal Power Production

The new solar thermal power station at Liddell

Solenoids

Classroom experiments to help students understand solenoids

Astronomical Spectra and Properties of Stars

Stellar spectra - how are they produced and analysed? What can we learn about stars by studying their spectra?

Astronomical Spectra and Properties of Stars - Lesson Outline

Spectroscopy - Lesson Outline

Superconductor Applications

This video introduces current applications of superconductors and potential future uses based on their unique properties.

Superconductor Theory

Theory behind the properties of superconductors

Superconductors - Lesson Outline

Superconductors: magnetic levitation, BCS theory, and applications

Thomson's Experiment

Simulation of Thomson's experiment

Academic Freedom	Australian Physicists	P12.3E	Video	1:	15
Active Optics	Astrophysics	9.7.1.2.5	Video	1:	15
Becoming a Physicist	Australian Physicists	P12.3E	Video	2:	40
Cold Jumping Rings	Motors & Generators	9.3.2.2.7	Video	1:	05
Different Jumping Rings	Motors & Generators	9.3.2.2.7	Video	3:	30
Double Jumping Rings	Motors & Generators	9.3.2.2.7	Video	0:	40
Eddy Currents	Motors & Generators	9.3.2.2.7	Video	4:	05
Effects of Temperature on Conductivity	Ideas to Implementation	9.4.3.2.2	Video	1:	07
Faulkes Telescope South Introduction	Astrophysics	9.7.1.2.3	Video	1:	11
Gravity Potential	Space	9.2.3.2.1	Video	1:	45
HR Diagram Activity	Astrophysics	9.7.6.3.1	Resource
Insulating Power Lines	Motors & Generators	9.3.3.3.4	Video	2:	35
Intro	Space	NA	Flash	:	10
Jumping Rings	Motors & Generators	9.3.2.2.7	Video	2:	00
Lightning Protectors	Motors & Generators	9.3.3.3.4	Video	1:	15
Magnet Race	Motors & Generators	9.3.2.3.4	Video	1:	00
Making a Fibre	Medical Physics	9.6.2.2.5 9.9.1.3.2	Video	2:	45
Meissner Effect	Ideas to Implementation	9.4.4.3.2	Video	1:	39
Michelson Morley Audio	Space	9.2.4.2.1 9.2.4.2.3	Audio
MRI Images	Medical Physics	9.6.4.3.1	Video	5:	00
MRI Introduction	Medical Physics	9.6.4.3.1	Video	1:	00
MRI Theory	Medical Physics	9.6.4.3.1	Video	4:	42
Neutrinos	Quanta to Quarks	check	Video	5:	30
Newtonian Mechanics	Moving About	8.4.2.2.9 8.4.5.2.1	Video	10:	22
Object Drop	Moving About	8.4.2.2.9	Video	1:	50
Optical Fibres Introduction	The Age of Silicon	9.9.1.3.2	Video	7:	00
Optical Fibres: Guiding Light	The Age of Silicon	9.9.1.3.2	Video	2:	15
P-type and N-type	Ideas to Implementation	9.4.3.2.7	Video	1:	21
Physicist Dress Code	Australian Physicists	P12.3E	Video	1:	00
Physics Researcher	Australian Physicists	P12.3E	Video	2:	20
Planck and Einstein	Ideas to Implementation	9.4.2.3.5	Video	5:	20
Radiographer	Australian Physicists	P12.3E	Video	3:	00
Sensitivity and Resolution	Astrophysics	9.7.1.3.1	Video	3:	00
Solar Thermal Power	Motors & Generators	8.3.1.2.2	Video	4:	00
Solenoids	Motors & Generators	8.3.5.2.5	Video	3:	37
Spectra	Astrophysics	9.7.3.2.3	Video	7:	30
Superconductor Applications	Ideas to Implementation	9.4.4.2.5	Video	6:	03
Superconductor Theory	Ideas to Implementation	9.4.4.2.5	Video	5:	00
Thomson's Experiment	Ideas to Implementation	9.4.1.2.8	Flash