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.

Determine the spring constant of a spring using two methods.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Measure the acceleration due to gravity three different ways.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Visualize and compare the relative strengths of different magnetic fields.

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

Explore resistance in series and parallel circuits.

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