Physics Fun at Home: Share Your Ideas!

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around various physics-related activities that participants engage in at home. It explores both simple experiments and more complex projects, focusing on personal experiences and DIY approaches rather than formal educational resources.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Conceptual clarification, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares their experience of creating a cheap physics project and invites others to share their own activities.
  • Another participant references the APS's Physics @ Home section as a resource for physics projects but emphasizes a desire for more personal, hands-on experiences.
  • A participant describes their project involving an old transformer and a self-made bridge circuit to create a DC power source, noting that such projects enhance understanding.
  • Some participants express uncertainty about whether their activities qualify as physics, suggesting a broader interpretation that includes general science or home lab work.
  • One participant mentions making a copper vitriol crystal as a personal experiment, highlighting the aesthetic and experiential aspects of home science projects.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the value of engaging in physics-related activities at home, but there is some disagreement about what constitutes "physics at home" versus broader scientific experimentation.

Contextual Notes

Some discussions reflect a lack of clarity on definitions of physics versus general science activities, and there are varying levels of complexity in the projects shared.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in DIY physics experiments, home science projects, or those looking for inspiration for hands-on activities related to physics.

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I'm sure everyone here loves to do physics at home. This weekend I made a cheap http://www.cymek.com/?q=node/109", but I want to know what other physics related activities people are doing at home.
 
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If you go to http://www.physicscentral.com/" run by the APS and click on Physics @ Home, you'll find several physics projects.

The APS and AIP webpages are usually the best places to start when looking for physics-related news, information, and activities.

Zz.
 
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Those Physics @ Home are great at explaining certain things at home, but I am interested in what people are actually doing, not just fun things like I made, but what about real physics at home?
 
I'm not sure that can be called physics at home but it was interesting:

I got an old (20 years or so) 220V-24V transformer from my grandpa and connected a self-made bridge circuit to it. Now I have a DC 24V source at home. Yay. Nothing much, but I think even things like this help to improve the understanding about them.
 
kbaumen said:
I'm not sure that can be called physics at home but it was interesting:

I got an old (20 years or so) 220V-24V transformer from my grandpa and connected a self-made bridge circuit to it. Now I have a DC 24V source at home. Yay. Nothing much, but I think even things like this help to improve the understanding about them.

Perhaps I should have said science at home, or lab at home. But this is what I was asking about, I like doing stuff like this, and was just taking a temperature of were the community is.
 
Well, I'm not doing any science but every now and then I like making experiments like this. I also made a copper vitriol crystal. Took a week, but now it's about 4x4x4 cm and looks nice on my bookshelf.

P.S That rectifier was made just for fun. I have no actual use for it.
 

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