Exploring Physical Pendulums
Students use a meter stick as a physical pendulum to explore the factors that affect the period and the mathematical properties of the physical pendulum...
Heat of Fusion of Ice
This lab investigates the concept of conservation of energy as applied to calorimetry: In a closed system, the sum of all materials that gain (absorb)...
Calorimetry
This experiment teaches the concept of conservation of energy: In an isolated system, the sum of the heat that flows out of the objects that cool down...
Locating an Earthquake Epicenter
Students model earthquake P and S waves using Smart Carts connected to a Smart Cart Motor. They measure the known speed of the carts and the difference...
Testing Coulomb's Friction Model
Students will use a Smart Cart with a Smart Cart Motor and a friction block to measure the force of kinetic friction at various constant speeds. They will...
Vector Components of Velocity
Students explore the relationship between the velocity of an object and its vector components using a Wireless Motion Sensor, a Smart Cart and a Smart...
Relative Motion
The purpose of this lab is to study motion relative to a moving reference frame. The velocity of a Smart Cart, as measured by the cart's motion sensor,...
Graph Matching
In this lab, the velocity of a Smart Cart Motor is controlled by a Blockly program using an equation of motion. Students try to match the initial velocity...
Average and Instantaneous Velocity
In this activity, students use a Smart Cart Motor attached to a Smart Cart to investigate the differences and relationship between average velocity and...
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