Activités d’apprentissage de physique AP

Explore precision and error in measurement.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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