Centripetal Force
In this activity, students will use a Force Sensor and Photogate to discover the relationship of centripetal force, mass, (tangential) speed and radius...
Capacitance
The purpose of this experiment is to investigate how the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor varies when the plate separation is changed and to qualitatively...
Brewster's Angle
In this experiment, light is partially polarized when reflected off a nonconducting surface and Brewster's angle is measured. Light from a diode laser...
Blackbody Radiation
The spectrum of an incandescent light bulb is scanned by hand using a prism spectrophotometer that measures relative light intensity as a function of angle....
Basic Bridges
Learn about bridges through exploration. Discover how the tension or compression in beams varies in different bridge designs.
Ballistic Pendulum
A ballistic pendulum is used to determine the muzzle velocity of a ball shot out of a Projectile Launcher. The laws of conservation of momentum and conservation...
Newton’s Second Law – Atwood’s Machine
The purpose of this activity is to study the relationship between net force, mass, and acceleration...
Atomic Spectra
The atomic spectra of hydrogen, helium, and mercury are scanned by hand using a grating spectrophotometer that measures relative light intensity as a function...
Ampere’s Law
In this experiment, we will verify Ampere’s Law experimentally by graphing the magnetic field strength that is tangent to the path taken along a closed...
Smart Cart Out of the Box Experiments
A collection of quick experiments you can perform with the Smart Cart.
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