Welcome to the UCI FOCUS demonstration page. Our demos are divided into 4 different general topics in Physics:

• Forces and Momentum
• Energy
• Sound and Waves
• Electricity

Each topic has a few relevant demonstrations that consist of a video and an explanation regarding the concepts used in the demo. These demonstrations can be navigated from the menu on the left.

The explanation given right below the video in each demonstration is our "simple" explanation (though not necessarily short) of what is happening in the video. In other words, it's just the general gist of what's going on. In the "simple" explanation, we try to refrain from utilizing any sorts of mathematics in explaining the physical phenomenon shown by the video. This explanation is designated for beginning physics students (highschool-level or earlier).

For more advanced students who are interested in the more in-depth explanation of what's going on, there is a link at the bottom of the simple explanation that takes you to a more advanced one where we go deeper into the details of the phenomenon observed in the video.

Due to the numerous Physics terminologies used in explaining these phenomena, both in the simple and advanced explanation, we have prepared a VOCABULARY GUIDE that is also accessible from the video pages.

Any comments or suggestions for improvement are welcome, and should be sent to outreach@ps.uci.edu. Please also report broken links and videos to the same email address.

The production and editing of the videos in this page were made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation.