College / Physics

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...

College / Physics

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...

College / Physics

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....

College / Engineering

Basic Bridges

Learn about bridges through exploration. Discover how the tension or compression in beams varies in different bridge designs.

College / Physics

Newton’s Second Law – Atwood’s Machine

The purpose of this activity is to study the relationship between net force, mass, and acceleration...

College / Physics

Atomic Spectra

The atomic spectra of hydrogen, helium, and mercury are scanned by hand using a grating spectrophotometer that measures relative light intensity as a function...

College / Physics

Ampere’s Law

In this experiment, we will verify Ampere’s Law experimentally by graphing the magnetic field strength that is tangent to the path taken along a closed...

College / Physics

Sound of Vibrating Strings

We will explore qualitatively how string tension, length, and linear density affect the sound of the vibrating string. Then we will take measurements for...

College / Physics

Coupled Pendulum

Two pendula are coupled by a spring. This system has two natural modes: 1. The two pendula swing in phase with each other. 2. The two pendula swing 180...

College / EngineeringPhysics

Static Equilibrium

There are two requirements for an object to be in static equilibrium: The sum of the torques is zero and the sum of the forces is zero. An object is hung...

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