High School / Physics

Circular Motion

In this lab, students will use force sensors to develop a kinesthetic understanding of circular motion. Students will measure the period of rotation of...

High School / Physics

Centripetal Force

In this lab, students will use force sensors to study the centripetal force experienced by an object in uniform circular motion.

High School / Physics

Projectile Motion

In this lab, students will use pairs of photogates to demonstrate how independent, horizontal and vertical motions describe the motion of a projectile.

High School / Physics

Temperature versus Heat

In this lab, students will use temperature sensors to explore the relationship between heat transfer and temperature changes in various substances.

High School / Physics

Phase Change

In this lab, students will use stainless steel temperature sensors to observe physical changes in a system undergoing a phase change.

High School / Physics

Specific Heat of a Metal

In this lab, students will use stainless steel temperature sensors to compare the heat transferred by different metals to water.

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Heat of Fusion

In this lab, students will use temperature sensors to identify heat as a form of energy. Students will observe heat transfer during a phase change from...

High School / Physics

Heat of Vaporization

In this lab, students will use temperature sensors to develop a better understanding of the phase change from gas to liquid.

High School / Physics

Boyle's Law

In this lab, students will use absolute pressure sensors to observe the relationship between volume and pressure of an enclosed gas at constant temperature.

High School / Physics

Absolute Zero

In this lab, students will use absolute pressure and temperature sensors to experimentally determine a numerical value for absolute zero in degrees Celsius.

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