Video lecture demonstrations for an online class

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around the search for a comprehensive collection of physics video demonstrations suitable for an online calculus-based class, particularly covering topics from the latter part of the Halliday, Resnick, Walker textbook, including EM waves, optics, special relativity, and introductory quantum mechanics.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant seeks a single resource for physics video demonstrations that are open-sourced or licensed, expressing difficulty in compiling and referencing existing materials.
  • Another participant suggests the YouTube channel PhysicsDemos, noting that it has playlists organized by chapter that align with the Halliday, Resnik, and Walker material.
  • A later reply confirms the usefulness of PhysicsDemos and provides the name of the professor associated with the channel, suggesting a fuller reference should be given.
  • Additional resources are shared, including UCSB Physics Lecture Demonstrations and a collection from the University of Maryland, along with links to various PIRA classification schemes for easier searching of demonstrations.
  • One participant mentions a collection from the University of Minnesota, noting that not all demonstrations have accompanying videos, which limits its completeness as a resource.

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Participants share various resources and suggestions, but there is no consensus on a single comprehensive collection that meets all needs. Multiple competing views on available resources remain, and the discussion does not resolve the initial request for a complete set of video demonstrations.

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Some resources mentioned may not have comprehensive video coverage, and the effectiveness of the suggested collections may depend on individual teaching needs and preferences.

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I'm looking for a collection of physics video demonstrations (open sourced or licensed) for an online calculus-based class at the level of Halliday, Resnick, Walker textbook, covering EM waves, optics, special relativity, intro to quantum, and so on, basically the last third of the textbook.

I am aware of the resources such as MIT OCW and such, however, it's taking me too much time to compile videos available out there, reference them properly and so on, so I'm rather looking for a single resource where everything has been done, and there is a collection of standard demonstrations ready to be used in a lecture setting. I have considered the Ztek Physics videos collection (available at http://www.ztek.com/) with an appealing list of demonstrations at this level, however, it's a bit too old and way too expensive for me.

Thank you.
 
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check out this You Tube channel called PhysicsDemos, our physics teacher used them while covering the material of Halliday, Resnik and Walker. Under Playlists you can find the demos for each chapter complied properly.
https://www.youtube.com/c/physicsdemos/playlists
He also used demos from WalterLewins 8.01 and 8.02
 
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Here is another set:

Demonstration videos (UCSB Physics Lecture Demonstrations)
https://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~lecturedemonstrations/Demonstration Videos.html

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGImELmE_zlPqmRbbvZ1MjWnbFovcwBBO


Here is a small collection from the University of Maryland
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfPn3mnJFN7-ztv6IQKUicQ/videos
Here is a list of their demonstrations (at UMD):
https://lecdem.physics.umd.edu/demonstration-services/demonstrations.html

There is a classification scheme that was developed
called PIRA ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_Instructional_Resource_Association ). It might make it easier to search for certain demos.
(I haven't found a comprehensive website for videos using this classification scheme.)

Some websites also try to include references to the literature.
I'll just provide URLs here:
 
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