This list is growing. We will be adding references for all issues of the Physics Teacher and other books and journals.

This Demonstration Bibliography contains about 7500 entries including all of Sutton, Freier & Anderson, Meiners, Hilton, AJP, The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations, the Minnesota Demonstration Handbook, a few articles from the Physics Teacher, and listings of the PIRA 200, PIRA 500, and PIRA 1000 demonstrations.

If you do not have a copy of one of the references listed above and would like to find out more information about a particular demonstration, ask someone on TAP-L for help.

Information in the main body of this bibliography is listed in four columns: PIRA Demonstration Classification Scheme Number, Demonstration Name, Reference, and a very brief abstract.

The structure of the bibliography is based on the preliminary Physics Instructional Resource Association (PIRA) Demonstration Classification Scheme. This classification scheme is intended to provide a framework to organize all demonstrations, old and new, current and obsolete, good and bad.

The demonstration name listed in the bibliography is either the name listed on the reference or, if none is given, a simple descriptive name. In cases where there are several common names for a demonstration, the committee has chosen a preferred name.

Each Reference has a unique numbering format. This unique format is used in the bibliography as the sole means of identifying the source of each entry. A list of the formats for the reference column is listed at the bottom of each table.

The abstract is very brief. It is not intended to be a summary of the reference. One sentence is, in general, sufficient to describe the unique characteristics, if any, of an item.

Each demonstration is listed in only one location, even if it is commonly used to illustrate several concepts. The committee has tried to determine the most fundamental use for any demonstration and included reference pointers at other common locations of demonstration use.

If you can find the location of a particular demonstration, all references relating to that demonstration should be located in the immediate vicinity. Unfortunately, this work is incomplete, as most of the volumes from the Physics Teacher and some from The American Journal of Physics are not included at this time.

All suggestions are welcome and thoughtfully considered. Since this work is based on publications, many unpublished demonstrations do not appear in this compilation. It is important that we include as many unpublished demonstrations as possible in the next draft. If you notice demonstrations in your collection that do not appear on this list, please communicate with a committee member. The current list of members is:

The DCS committee would like to acknowledge the work done on this project by the late Philip Johnson of the University of Minnesota. His leadership and guidance were key to the development of this database.