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.

Advanced Placement / Physics

Planck's Constant

In this lab, students will use a voltage–current sensor and an AC/DC electronics laboratory to measure the turn-on voltage of various colors of LEDs...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Magnetic Field Strength

In this lab, students use a 2-axis magnetic field sensor and the AC/DC electronics laboratory to determine how the strength of the magnetic field at the...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Electromagnetic Induction

In this lab, students will use an induction wand, rotary motion sensor, variable gap magnet, and magnetic field sensor to determine how the rate of change...

Advanced Placement / Physics

RC Circuits

In this lab, students will use a voltage–current sensor and an AC/DC electronics laboratory to determine how the potential differences across resistors...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Graphing Motion

In this lab, students use a motion sensor to measure the position and velocity of a cart on a track to determine the relationship between position, velocity,...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Newton's Second Law

In this lab, students use a motion sensor to determine the relationship between a system’s mass, acceleration, and the net force being applied to the...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Atwood's Machine

In this lab, students use a photogate and pulley system to determine the mathematical relationship between the acceleration of an Atwood’s machine, the...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Coefficients Of Friction

In this lab, students use a motion sensor and a force sensor to determine the static and kinetic friction coefficients between two contacting surfaces.

Advanced Placement / Physics

Two Dimensional Motion: Projectiles

In this lab, students use a photogate and mini launcher to measure the variables that affect the two-dimensional motion of a projectile launched horizontally,...

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