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Heat transport

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Air Mirror

Sit comfortably and check the stripy view at the end of the road. Now heat up the road. (A solid steel plate rapidly heats to 100°, warming the dark sand of…

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Ascending magma

«Intrusion» Volcano in cross-section: This is what happens beneath its vent. What looks like magma is actually air-blown glass particles. They behave like a…

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Cold and Warm Light Mirrors

Without protection, the lamp in a slide projector would melt the valuable slide. How can you protect the slides? This exhibit shows the effect of different…

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Cold Test

Four degrees – only relatively cold. Touch the metal rods, please. Yes, they’re really cold. Almost painful. How painful is this brief contact? This…

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Convection cells

«Convection Cells» Warm air rises, as does warm liquid. This forces air and moisture to descend in other areas. The structures that form resemble cauliflower…

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Dancing Water Drop

Leidenfrost Phenomenon. The water droplet lasts surprisingly long when it falls onto a scorching hot plate. It zips across the 280-degree surface, carried by…

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Hot Spot

Your reflection is really hot! A matter of opinion, obviously. And a matter of perspective. One thing is certain: everyone can find a hot spot here. The…

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Infrared camera

Feel and See Heat Cold and warm: what we feel is transformed by the infrared camera into a colorful image. This makes temperatures – and temperature…

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Make the Invisible Visible

Convection made clear and observable. When water is heated, it expands. It becomes lighter and rises. In the less heated water, it creates swirls. The heat…

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Nothing but air

With a dark field illumination (schlieren optics), the smallest changes in air density (refractive index) are made visible. The apparatus is so large that the…

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Thermal image

The "temperature-sensitive" mirror image - A thermal imaging camera registers its heat radiation and converts this information into an image: cold areas are…

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Unerwartete Enthüllung - Herren

Irresistible Lure. The warm urine (about 33 degrees Celsius) causes the black thermochromatic paint in the urinal bowl to disappear. A snake image…

Experiment-Links
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Cold Metal

"Cold" metal and "warm" wood may be the same temperature. Your hand isn't always a good thermometer. When you touch a variety of materials, some will seem…

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Inverted Bottles

Watch the rise and fall of hot and cold fluids. Investigate convection by using food coloring and water at different temperatures.

Workshop-Links
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Do not try this @home - Mikrowelle inklusiv

In unserer Zeit muss alles schnell gehen. Wie hilfreich ist da die Mikrowelle! Aber wie funktioniert dieses Gerät eigentlich? Und warum kann man darin keine…

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Do not try this @home – microwaves

In this day and age everything has to be done quickly, and the microwave undoubtedly helps save a lot of time! But how does this appliance actually work? Why…

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Atomic structure

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Automats

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Biology

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Buoyancy

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Chaos

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Characteristics of life

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Chemical Reactions

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Chemistry

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Colors

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Cryptology

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Currents

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Data and information

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Design elements

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Earth sciences

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Electricity

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Electricity and energy

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Electricity and magnetism

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Elektromagnetismus