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Showing 18 experiments that use the PASPORT Force Sensor.

Elementary / Elementary Science

Heavy and Heavier

In this lab, students use a force sensor to measure weight. This lab should help students recognize that an object's weight is not necessarily related...

Elementary / Elementary Science

Conservation of Matter

In this lab, students use a force sensor to demonstrate that the weight of a whole object is equal to the sum of its parts' weights.

High School / Physics

Introduction to Force

In this lab, students will use force sensors to observe and measure contact and non-contact forces as they relate to gravity.

High School / Physics

Archimedes' Principle

In this lab, students will use force sensors to explore the relationship between the volume of fluid displaced by a submerged object and the buoyant force...

High School / Physics

Hooke's Law

In this lab, students will use force sensors to observe the relationship between the extension of a spring and the resulting force required to extend the...

High School / Physics

Newton's Second Law

In this lab, students will use force and motion sensors to study the relationship between the net force applied to an object, the acceleration of the object,...

High School / Physics

Newton's Third Law

In this lab, students will use pairs of force sensors to observe the relationship between an action force and the resulting reaction force.

High School / Physics

Static and Kinetic Friction

In this lab, students will use force sensors to investigate static friction and kinetic (sliding) friction.

High School / Physics

Impulse Momentum

In this lab, students will use motion and force sensors to explore changes in momentum during a collision. Students will determine how that change is related...

High School / Physics

Work and Energy

In this lab, students will use motion and force sensors to develop an understanding of the work-energy theorem that relates the work done on an object...

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