Advanced Placement / Environmental Science

Determining Soil Quality

In this lab, students will collect and analyze three soil samples to determine their quality based on macro and microscopic observations, CO2 production,...

Advanced Placement / Environmental Science

Insolation and the Seasons

In this lab, students will develop and test a model solar panel that measures temperature changes at different angles. Students will record maximum and...

Advanced Placement / Environmental Science

Investigating Specific Heat

In this lab, students explore specific heat by measuring the temperatures of water and sand under an incandescent bulb. Then, they use a calorimeter to...

Advanced Placement / Environmental Science

Properties of Water

In this lab, students will use a stainless steel temperature sensor to explore how the properties of water can be explained by the molecular structure...

Advanced Placement / Environmental Science

Air Pollution and Acid Rain

In this lab, students will use a pH sensor to investigate chemical reactions important in the formation of acid rain to understand the relationship between...

Advanced Placement / Environmental Science

Monitoring Water Quality

In this lab, students use a water quality sensor, turbidity sensor, and weather/anemometer sensor to monitor the pH, dissolved oxygen content, conductivity,...

Advanced Placement / Environmental Science

Toxicology Using Yeast

In this lab, students will use a carbon dioxide gas sensor and pH sensor to evaluate pH's role in toxicity and the role of cell culture in toxicology studies.

Advanced Placement / Physics

Hydrostatic Pressure

In this lab, students use a low-pressure sensor to measure the static pressure at different depths in a column of water and use their data to determine...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Buoyant Force

In this lab, students use a high-resolution force sensor to measure the buoyant force on a metal cylinder lowered into a fluid and then determine the relationship...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Boyle's Law

In this lab, students use a low-pressure sensor and a syringe to determine the inverse proportionality between the pressure and volume of an enclosed gas.

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