This book presents a selection of the 99 best, most beautiful physics demonstrations from the Dutch book series “ShowdeFysica” [Frederik et al., 2023, Frederik et al., 2017, Frederik et al., 2015] as published by the Dutch Association for Science Education. The three original volumes are cherished in the Netherlands by physics teachers and are used as a useful resource for many lectures.
Look at https://nvon.nl/leswerk/show-the-physics-with-more-demonstrations to see the 99 most beautiful demonstrations from the books "Show de fysica".
We hope that this translated and updated open access book will be just as valuable to a wider range of physics teachers. Where most physics demonstration books cover a large range of demonstrations, we included strategies to make the most of these - making the demonstrations both magical and educational! Moreover, we included videos and opportunities to live code and use python simulations without the need for any software installation.
Fig. 1.1 One of the updated demonstrations: Fluorescent olive oil
The demonstrations are structured using the four categories:
Demonstrations on nature of science
Demonstrations on scientific inquiry
Demonstrations for conceptual development
Demonstrations for special occasions
So, whether you want to deepen students’ understanding of a specific topic, want to engage them in thorough thinking, or if you were asked to demonstrate physics on a festive occasion, you can find demonstrations and inspiration in this book.
