AP Physics Learning Activities

Use Bernoulli’s Principle to predict the landing spot of a stream of water leaking from a bucket.

Optimize the distribution of weights on a wheel, then determine g using a rotational apparatus.

Analyze the displacement of an object with constant velocity and an object that is accelerating.

Measure the wavelength and threshold voltage of an LED and calculate Planck’s constant.

Explore the factors affecting the electrical resistance of conductive modeling dough.

Explore a standing wave on a string and determine the linear mass density of the string.

Study rays refracting through various transparent media, then determine the focal length of a lens.

Observe how charges affect one another and propose an explanation in terms of charge distribution.

Determine the spring constant of a spring-powered launcher by analyzing the work done on a system.

Create maps of equipotential lines and the electric fields that exist between two charged surfaces.