Te Reo Māori Physics Resources
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| Circuits and Electromagnetism | |||||||
| Bicycle Generator | A bicycle is used to spin a generator and power light bulbs. |  |
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| Pūngao Paihikara | |||||||
| Boil Up (Eddy Current Heating) | Electromagnetic induction is used to heat a copper ring and boil water. | |
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| Tōrua Korohuhū | |||||||
| Eddy Current Drag | A strong rare Earth magnet and slabs of copper illustrate electromagnetic induction and eddy currents in dramatic fashion. | |
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| Papa Konukura | |||||||
| Eddy Current Tank |
A strong rare Earth magnet and slabs of copper illustrate electromagnetic induction and eddy currents in dramatic fashion. |  |
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| Te Taika Konukura | |||||||
| Eddy Current Tubes | A non-magnetic pellet falls quickly through a conducting aluminium tube but a magnetic pellet falls slowly. | |
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| Ngā Ngongo Aurere | |||||||
| Eddy Current Vanes | An aluminium vane swings slowly between the poles of a magnet while a plastic vane is unimpeded. A slotted aluminium vane swings at intermediate speed. | |
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| Haukapo Rā Aurere | |||||||
| Electricity Generation | A primer on the generation and use of electricity in New Zealand. | |
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| Te Mahi Hiko | |||||||
| Electricity Transmission Grid | A primer on New Zealand's electricity transmission grid. | |
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| Te Pūkawe Hiko Matua o Aotearoa | |||||||
| Faraday's Law | Faraday's Law of electromagnetic induction demonstrated with a coil and magnet. | |
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| Te Ture a Wharara | |||||||
| Floating On Air (Superconductors) | A superconducting disk is used to demonstrate the Meissner Effect. | |
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| Pūkawekawe | |||||||
| Jumping Ring | Electromagnetic induction causes an aluminium ring to jump. | |
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| Porohita Pēpeke | |||||||
| Transformers | A primer on transformers and their use in the electricity distribution grid. | |
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| Trick Magnet | One of two apparently identical steel rods passes easily between the poles of a magnet while the other unavoidably sticks to the magnet. One is stainless steel, the other mild steel. | |
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| Autō Nuka | |||||||
| Model Hydroelectric Generator | A model hydroelectric generator powered by a garden hose operates a small light. | |
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| Hiko-ā-Awa | |||||||
| Model Windmill Generator | A model windmill generator powers a small light. | |
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| Pūrere Kapohau | |||||||
| Fluids, Thermal, Gasses | |||||||
| Floating Ball | A ball is suspended in an upward jet of air. | |
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| Pōro Rewa | |||||||
| Ball and Funnel | A ball is suspended in a funnel by a jet of air. | |
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| Pōro me te Ipuroa Wahanui (Bernoulli) | |||||||
| Bernoulli Plates |
Air blows out between two plates, supporting weights hung from the bottom plate. |  |
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| Ngā Perēti a Bernoulli | |||||||
| Cold as Neptune |
Pumping on liquid nitrogen causes it to freeze. |  |
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| Pēnā i te Mātao o Tangaroa | |||||||
| Cooling by Boiling | Water in a vacuum jar boils even though it is below room temperature. As the pumping proceeds, the water cools. | |
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| Te Whakamātao Mā te Paera | |||||||
| Cold Sweat | Evaporating sweat removes thermal energy from the body. This is simulated by placing a thermometer in paper towels soaked with ethanol and observing the temperature of the thermometer over time. | |
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| Werawera Mātao | |||||||
| Cold Boil New Version |
A syringe is used to make water boil near room temperature. | |
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| Hū Mātao | |||||||
| Frozen Solid (Liquid Nitrogen) | The behaviour of liquid nitrogen and objects cooled in liquid nitrogen. | |
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| Totoka Hohoro | |||||||
| Light and Waves | |||||||
| Computer Colours |
Combining colours: A computer display or TV set makes only Red, Green, and Blue dots. RGB technology using these dots can be used to fool the eye into seeing other colours that are not actually present. | |
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| Ngā Tae Rorohiko | |||||||
| Peripheral Vision |
Experiment showing that peripheral vision is mostly colour blind | |
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| He Whiringa Kite Rewha | |||||||
| Depth Perception |
A series of experiments illustrating binocular depth perception | |
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| Te Whiringa Kitenga Hohonu | |||||||
| Candle Under Water | Ghostly candle appears to burn under water using a half-silvered mirror. | |
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| Te Mura Raro Wai | |||||||
| Is It Really Yellow? | An introductory human colour vision experiment: The difference between perceptive and spectral colours is examined. | |
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| He Kōwhai Rūkahu? | |||||||
| Seeing Colours | Human colour vision is explored in terms of cones and rods on the retina. The difference between perceptive and spectral colours is examined. | |
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| Kitenga Tae | |||||||
| Human Eye Resolution |
The resolution of the human eye is measured in a series of experiments | |
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| Te Kokinga o te āhea o Ngā Whatu | |||||||
| Atoms, Nuclei, Photons | |||||||
| Hot Star Cool Star |
Black body radiation and the colour of stars | |
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| Tīrama, Tīrama Ngā Whetū | |||||||
| Star Scene Investigation |
Spectra of chemical elements and what stars are made of | |
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| Te Tātari i Ngā Āhuatanga Whetū | |||||||
| Mechanics | |||||||
| On Yer Bike (The Spinning Bicycle Wheel) | A spinning bicycle wheel balances like magic while dangling from a sting and causes a student to spin on a rotating stool. | |
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| He Wīra Hurihuri (the spinning bicycle wheel) | |||||||
| Faith In Physics (Pendulum) | A heavy pendulum released from near a student's nose will return to the same height and not quite touch her/him. | |
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