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I have a lot of free time on my hands since it is vacation, and I want to spend the time doing some interesting and simple physics experiment, for which you do not need a lot. For example, I recently made double-slit inferometer in water, which was easy and demonstrated a very important principle in physics: the wave-particle duality.

I was wondering if there are any other experiments like this, with only these demands:

  • Must be able to perform on your own, without advanced equipment.

  • Must demonstrate an important law/principle/something similair.

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Hi user14445 - this is one of those list questions which isn't appropriate for this site. You could try asking in chat, though. – David Zaslavsky♦ Dec 24 '12 at 23:15
@DavidZaslavsky This site I presume only means this particular stack exchange; I've seen tons of similair questions on mathstackexchange. – user14445 Dec 24 '12 at 23:18
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Yes, physics.SE is its own site, and what you may or may not see on math.SE has no bearing on what is appropriate here. (Those mathematicians will take anything :-P) – David Zaslavsky♦ Dec 24 '12 at 23:22
@DavidZaslavsky Oh ok, I didn't know that, I thought all the stack exchanges had the same rules. – user14445 Dec 24 '12 at 23:34
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In principle, most of the rules are the same, but individual sites do customize them to some extent, and different communities are more or less strict about enforcing various rules. On math.SE they see to be very accepting of a wide range of questions that wouldn't be allowed on most other SE sites. It's really up to each community, but you will find certain commonalities if you participate in several of them. – David Zaslavsky♦ Dec 24 '12 at 23:50

closed as not constructive by David Zaslavsky♦ Dec 24 '12 at 23:14

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