"AP Physics Learning Activities"

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

Determine the landing position of a ball launched horizontally from the top of a table.

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

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

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

Use a clever apparatus to determine the coefficients of thermal conductivity of three materials.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Determine the coefficient of friction by measuring the minimum angle to keep a ladder from slipping.