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Advanced Placement / Physics

Atwood's Machine

In this lab, students use a photogate and pulley system to determine the mathematical relationship between the acceleration of an Atwood’s machine, the...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Two Dimensional Motion: Projectiles

In this lab, students use a photogate and mini launcher to measure the variables that affect the two-dimensional motion of a projectile launched horizontally,...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Conservation Of Mechanical Energy

In this lab, students use a photogate and dynamics system to explore how a cart's kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, and total mechanical...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Work And Kinetic Energy

In this lab, students use a photogate and dynamics system to investigate the relationship between the change in kinetic energy of an object experiencing...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Simple Pendulum

In this lab, students will use a photogate and pendulum to determine the physical properties of a simple pendulum that affect its period. Then, students...

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