Spirometry: Pulmonary Function
Students use a spirometer to study lung function and learn how to determine lung volumes and capacities from a spirogram.
Muscle Stretch Reflex
Students use an EKG sensor along with a force sensor to determine the average time for the calf muscle to respond to the Achilles reflex.
EKG: Electrical Waves of the Heart
Students use an EKG sensor to learn about the relationship between electrical impulses in the heart and atrial and ventricular contractions by monitoring...
EKG: Heart Rate Recovery
Students use an EKG sensor to investigate how an EKG waveform changes in response to a brief period of exercise.
Soil Type and Surface Moisture
Students use a soil moisture sensor to determine the surface evaporation rate for three different soil types and a mixed soil sample.
Wavelength, Frequency, and Wave Speed in a Guitar String - Tuning Fork Version
Students investigate the relationship between string length, wavelength, frequency, period, and wave...
Wavelength, Frequency, and Wave Speed in a Guitar String
Students investigate the relationship between string length, wavelength, frequency, period, and wave...
Resonance Modes in a Vibrating String - Tuning Fork Version
Students investigate the relationship between tension in the string and the wavelength while keeping...
Resonance Modes in a Vibrating String
Students measure the frequency of a vibrating sonometer string using a wireless sound sensor and...
Horizontal Distance of a Projectile
The purpose of this experiment is to use the initial speed and the time of flight to predict the horizontal distance traveled by a ball shot from a table...
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