Apparatus Competition

2007 Summer Meeting of the

American Association of Physics Teachers

Greensboro, NC

Awards:

1st Place ($1000)
            Coupled Oscillations With A Suspension Bridge Model
                        Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.
                        Kenyon College

2nd Place ($600)
            Galvanize Your Class
                        Robert A. Morse
                        St. Albans School

3rd  Place ($200)
            Var-I-able Roller
                        Brett Carroll
                        Green River Community College

Low Cost Winners ($100)
            Galileo's Paradox
                        Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.
                        Kenyon College

Coupled Oscillations With A Suspension Bridge Model
                        Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.
                        Kenyon College

            Galvanize Your Class
                        Robert A. Morse
                        St. Albans School

            Var-I-able Roller
                        Brett Carroll
                        Green River Community College

            Scaling With Bolts
                        Brett Carroll
                        Green River Community College

            A Candle-Powered Pizza Pan
                        Jim Lehman
                        Retired

All Entries:

     Galileo's Paradox
      Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.
          Kenyon College

     Coupled Oscillations With A Suspension Bridge Model
          Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.
          Kenyon College

     Galvanize Your Class
          Robert A. Morse
          St. Albans School

     A Simple Apparatus For Use in Determining The Diameter And
     Location Of A Hidden Circular Cavity
       A. James Mallmann
          St. Albans School

     Var-I-able Roller
          Brett Carroll
          Green River Community College

     Improved Air Capacitor
          Brett Carroll
          Green River Community College

     Easy Cubic Meter
          Brett Carroll
          Green River Community College

     Scaling With Bolts
          Brett Carroll
          Green River Community College

     Visualizing Inductance
          Steve Lindaas
          Green River Community College

     Demonstrating Electrical Resistance Factors Of Metal Conductors
          William E. Semrau
          Green River Community College

     Standing Waves, Overhead Projector
          Doug Johnson, Maria Salazar, Anatol Hoemke, Hector Maciel
          Green River Community College

     Hero's Engine LN2
          Doug Johnson, Hector Maciel, Maria Salazar, Anatol Hoemke
          Green River Community College

     The Electric Slinky
          Hector Maciel, Maria Salazar, Anatol Hoemke, Doug Johnson
          Green River Community College

     A Simple Apparatus For The Study Of Electrostatic Forces
          A. Tomasch, D. Gerdes, and M. Love
          The University of Michigan  

     A Candle-Powered Pizza Pan
          Jim Lehman
          Retired