Impulse and Change in Velocity
Students collide a cart into a spring bumper attached to a force sensor, while simultaneously measuring the velocity of the cart before, during,...
Designing and Testing Crash Cushions
Students measure the acceleration of a cart as it collides with a solid barrier and a simple crash cushion. Students use their data and Newton's...
Distance Learning Lab: Kinetics of Crystal Violet Fading (Colorimeter)
Students will investigate the kinetics of crystal violet fading in the presence of sodium hydroxide using a PASCO Wireless Colorimeter.
Energy Dynamics
Students use EcoChamber containers and a carbon dioxide gas sensor to estimate energy flow and carbon cycling within a variety of detritus-based...
Source: Advanced Biology Through Inquiry
Plant Pigments
Students analyze spinach pigments and chloroplasts using paper chromatography, a colorimeter, and a spectrometer to understand how plants capture...
Source: Advanced Biology Through Inquiry
Transpiration
Students use a pressure sensor and a weather sensor to investigate the rate of transpiration in plants under normal and humid conditions.
Source: Advanced Biology Through Inquiry
Spherical Mirror Reflection
Students use an optics light source, optics track, and half screen to measure the image and object distances associated with the real image formed...
Source: Advanced Physics 2 Lab Manual
Snell's Law
Students use an optics ray table to measure the incident and refraction angles of a light ray traveling from air into a material with unknown...
Source: Advanced Physics 2 Lab Manual
Photosynthesis
Students use a carbon dioxide gas sensor to test the effect of the color of light on the rate of photosynthesis.
Source: Advanced Biology Through Inquiry
Boyle's Law
Students use a pressure sensor and a syringe to determine the inverse proportionality between the pressure and volume of an enclosed gas.
Source: Advanced Physics 2 Lab Manual
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