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from Holt, Michigan on 3/1/2010
Comments about Arbor Scientific Radiometer:
Many of my students had never seen/understood a radiometer and wanted to develop ideas of how to make energy efficient products or production of energy, using the idea of the radiometer vs. wind power stations.
from Michigan on 2/11/2010
Comments about Arbor Scientific Radiometer:
We used this at a Phun with Physics station at our Science Night.
from Blackfoot ID on 3/13/2009
Comments about Arbor Scientific Radiometer:
A simple gadget with great potential for provoking thought!
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from Hendersonville, NC on 2/13/2009
Comments about Arbor Scientific Radiometer:
It's nostalgic but fun too! In the 1950s my parents would take me to the Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh, PA. I was a budding scientist you know. At the gift shop in the window were the radiometers spinning away. I hadn't a clue how they worked and finally my parents agreed to purchase one for me. My Mother and I both loved it. (It even got a 'WOW' from my Dad.) It spun away for years and years on the window in front of the sink. (And I DID learn how it worked.)
When I saw this recently, the "had to have it" set in. And I LOVE IT! It spins like crazy in our sun room. So for a very small amout of money I received a great amount of enjoyment . . continuously!
from California City, Ca on 1/13/2009
Comments about Arbor Scientific Radiometer:
I use this for experimentation and it works very well for me.
from Sultan, WA on 4/7/2008
Comments about Arbor Scientific Radiometer:
I love these things! It's amazing to think that just from light, and the colors of the veins, they can spin like that. Since there isn't much sun here, I hit it with a spotlight and it spun like crazy!
from Battle Creek, MI on 11/26/2007
Comments about Arbor Scientific Radiometer:
I used this in a workshop on energy for middle school teachers to demonstrate energy transformations. I encouraged them to do some short inquiry, and they explored the effects of heat (hair dryer), different colors of light and different intensities of light. It was informative and aroused their curiosity.