Atwood's Machine
Students use a photogate and pulley system to determine the mathematical relationship between the acceleration of an Atwood’s machine, the difference...
Newton's Second Law
Students use a Smart Cart to determine the relationship between a system’s mass, acceleration, and the net force being applied to the system.
Graphing Motion
Students measure the position and velocity of a cart on a track to determine the relationship between position, velocity, and acceleration versus time...
Planck's Constant
Students use a voltage sensor and an AC/DC electronics laboratory to measure the turn-on voltage of various colors of LEDs and then plot the turn-on voltage...
Series and Parallel Capacitors
Students use a capacitance meter to measure the equivalent capacitance in simple series and parallel circuits and determine the equivalent capacitance...
Magnetic Field Strength
Students use a 3-axis magnetic field sensor and the AC/DC electronics laboratory to determine how the strength of the magnetic field at the center of a...
Interference and Diffraction
Students shine laser light through a double-slit aperture onto paper, measure the distances between the maxima of the resulting interference pattern, and...
Fluid Dynamics
Students determine the relationship between the velocity of a water stream as it leaves the nozzle at the bottom of a water column and the height of the...
RC Circuits
Students use a voltage sensor and a current sensor with the AC/DC electronics laboratory to determine how the potential differences across the resistors...
Capacitor Fundamentals
Students use a digital capacitance meter and construct capacitors from aluminum foil and paper to determine how physical properties of a parallel-plate...
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