"AP Physics Learning Activities"

Explore precision and error in measurement.

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

Visualize and compare the relative strengths of different magnetic fields.

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

Explore resistance in series and parallel circuits.

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

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

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

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

Determine the force on a current carrying wire in a magnetic field.

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

Determine the speed of a toy dart by analyzing the results of different inelastic collisions.

Measure the acceleration due to gravity three different ways.

Determine the spring constant of a spring using two methods.

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

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