Advanced Placement / Physics

Magnetic Field in a Coil

Students construct a circuit that produces current in a coil and use a magnetic field sensor and current sensor to investigate its properties. They determine...

College / Physics

Specific Heat - Wireless

In this activity you will use a temperature sensor to measure the temperature change of a volume of cool water when a hot piece of metal is placed in it....

High School / Physics

Planck's Constant

Students construct a variable brightness LED circuit. They calculate the frequencies given the LED wavelengths of 4 different color LEDs. They measure...

High School / Physics

Periodic Motion: Mass and Spring

Experimentally determine the physical properties of a hanging mass and spring system that affect its period of oscillation.

High School / Physics

Coefficients of Friction

Experimentally determine the static and kinetic friction coefficients between two contacting surfaces.

High School / Physics

Exploring Inductors

Students construct a circuit that produces current in an inductor and use a compass to investigate its properties. They remove the batteries and use a...

College / Physics

Centripetal Force on a Pendulum - Wireless

The purpose of this activity is to experimentally measure the centripetal force acting on a pendulum...

College / Physics

Projectile Motion - Wireless

This experiment is in four parts: 1. Muzzle Velocity, Time of Flight, and Range 2. Launching at Different Angles on a Plane 3. Predicting the Range of...

College / Physics

Ratio of Specific Heats - Wireless

A cylinder is filled with air and a Wireless Pressure Sensor is attached. The piston is plucked by hand and allowed to oscillate. The oscillating pressure...

College / Physics

Ideal Gas Law - Wireless

The temperature, volume, and pressure of a gas are measured simultaneously to show that they change according to the Ideal Gas Law. Special cases of constant...

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