AP Physics Learning Activities

Determine the factors that affect the period and energy changes of a pendulum, then calculate g.

Determine the internal resistance of a battery, and find an unknown resistor in a complex circuit.

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

Use the ideal gas law to determine the ambient pressure in the room.

Determine the speed of sound in air by investigating the resonance of a column of air.

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

Explore the diffraction patterns from different gratings, then determine the width of a single hair.

Analyze the diffraction pattern of hydrogen and determine the Rydberg constant, R.

Design and conduct an experiment that analyzes the motion of a conical pendulum.

Study rays reflecting off plane and curved mirrors, determine the focal length of a curved mirror.