Activités d’apprentissage de physique AP

Draw connections between the displacement method for determining density and the bouyant force.

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

Determine the time constant of an RC circuit, and calculate the resistance of an unknown resistor.

Determine the spring constant of a spring using two methods.

Use a calorimetric technique to determine the temperature of a Bunsen burner flame.

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

Explore precision and error in measurement.

Measure the static and kinetic friction between two surfaces using direct and indirect methods.

Explore charging by induction and discover how a Leyden jar stores electric charges.

Explore the factors that create an EMF in the interaction of a magnetic field and coil of wire.

Explore resistance in series and parallel circuits.

Visualize and compare the relative strengths of different magnetic fields.

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

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

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

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