"Avantor"

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Explore precision and error in measurement.

Measure the acceleration due to gravity three different ways.

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

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

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

Find the spring constant of a projectile launcher using the potential energy of its projectile.

Determine the spring constant of a spring using two methods.

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