Interference and Diffraction
Students shine laser light through a double-slit aperture onto paper, measure the distances between the maxima of the resulting interference pattern, and...
Fluid Dynamics
Students determine the relationship between the velocity of a water stream as it leaves the nozzle at the bottom of a water column and the height of the...
RC Circuits
Students use a voltage sensor and a current sensor with the AC/DC electronics laboratory to determine how the potential differences across the resistors...
Capacitor Fundamentals
Students use a digital capacitance meter and construct capacitors from aluminum foil and paper to determine how physical properties of a parallel-plate...
Electromagnetic Induction
Students use voltage sensor to measure the maximum emf induced in a coil as a permanent magnet is dropped through it. Students vary the number of loops...
Buoyant Force
Students use the Smart Cart force sensor to measure the buoyant force on a metal cylinder lowered into a fluid and then determine the relationship between...
Hydrostatic Pressure
Students use a pressure sensor to measure the static pressure at different depths in a column of water and use their data to determine the mathematical...
Position, Distance, and Displacement
Students will explore and discover the difference between position, distance, and displacement using graphs of their own motion.
Newton's Second Law
Students measure the force on a cart and its resulting acceleration for a modified Atwood machine. They vary the weight on the hanger and create a graph...
Fruit Battery
Students will construct an electrochemical cell using common materials. They will explore how the voltage changes as the cells are connected in series.
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