Conservation of Momentum
Elastic and inelastic collisions are performed with two dynamics carts of different masses. Magnetic bumpers are used in the elastic collision and Velcro®...
Conservation of Energy II
The student observes a falling object and compares its kinetic and gravitational potential and total energies as it falls. The student also demonstrates...
Conservation of Angular Momentum
A non-rotating ring is dropped onto a rotating disk. The angular speed is measured immediately before the drop and after the ring stops sliding on the...
Centripetal Force on a Pendulum
The purpose of this activity is to experimentally measure the centripetal force acting on a pendulum as a function of angular position. The experimentally...
Centripetal Force
In this activity, students will use a Force Sensor and Photogate to discover the relationship of centripetal force, mass, (tangential) speed and radius...
Capacitance
The purpose of this experiment is to investigate how the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor varies when the plate separation is changed and to qualitatively...
Brewster's Angle
In this experiment, light is partially polarized when reflected off a nonconducting surface and Brewster's angle is measured. Light from a diode laser...
Blackbody Radiation
The spectrum of an incandescent light bulb is scanned by hand using a prism spectrophotometer that measures relative light intensity as a function of angle....
Basic Bridges
Learn about bridges through exploration. Discover how the tension or compression in beams varies in different bridge designs.
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