Large Amplitude Pendulum
Explore the oscillatory motion of a physical pendulum for both small and large amplitudes and discover the dependence of the period of a pendulum on its...
Variable-g Pendulum
A pendulum is constrained to oscillate in a plane tilted at an angle from the vertical. This effectively reduces the acceleration due to gravity because...
Physical Pendulum Minimum Period
The period of a physical pendulum is measured with its mass in various positions. Starting with the mass furthest from the pivot gives a long period. However,...
Archimedes' Principle
The buoyant force on several objects is measured by taking the difference between the object's weight in air, and its apparent weight in water. This measured...
Heat and Temperature
Explore the relationship between heat and temperature by measuring the amount of temperature change in two different volumes of the same fluid, subject...
Transfer of Heat by Radiation
Explore how heat energy is lost by a hot object and show how radiation is affected by the different surfaces of a hot object.
Specific Heat
Use a temperature sensor to measure the temperature change of a volume of warm water when a cold piece of metal is placed in it. Determine the total amount...
Electrical Equivalent of Heat
Determine the amount of electrical energy (in Joules) that is equivalent to a certain amount of thermal energy (in calories) by measuring the amount of...
Boyle's Law
Rediscover Boyle's Law by holding the temperature of a gas constant and changing the volume of the gas, and measuring the volume and the absolute pressure.
Absolute Zero
A constant-volume gas thermometer is used to determine the value of absolute zero in degrees Celsius by plotting Temperature vs. Absolute Pressure and...
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