| Conceptual
Physics 12e |
Laboratory Activity Title and Purpose |
PhET Simulation |
| Part
One: Mechanics |
Motivating
the Moving Man [Graphical Kinematics] at Teachers
Pay Teachers Purpose: Graphical Kinematics |
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| Tavurvur
Volcano Erupts @ Teachers Pay Teachers This is a video+PhET sim activity that uses a video capturing the beginning of a volcanic eruption to investigate projectile motion, the speed of sound, and adiabatic expansion. |
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| Pushing
Things Around [Newton's Second Law] @ Teachers
Pay Teachers Purpose: To investigate the relationship between force and motion using the “Forces and Motion: Basics” PhET simulation. |
Force
and Motion: Basics |
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| The
Laws of Attraction [Universal Gravitation] @
Teachers Pay Teachers Purpose: To investigate the quantitative nature of gravitational attraction. |
Gravity
Force Lab |
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| Worlds of Wonder [Orbital
Mechanics] @ Teachers Pay Teachers Purpose: To use a simulation to study the orbital mechanics of a simplified solar system |
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| Crash
and Stick [Momentum] @ Teachers Pay Teachers Purpose: conservation of momentum |
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| Fire
it Up [Energy] at Teachers Pay Teachers Purpose: conservation of energy |
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| A
Question of Balance [Balanced Torques] at Teachers
Pay Teachers Purpose: To determine and apply the conditions of balance |
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| Part Two:
Properties of Matter |
Spring to Another World
[Hooke's Law] @ Teachers Pay Teachers Purpose: To use a simulation of masses and springs to determine force constants, a mass value, and the gravitational acceleration of an unknown planet |
Masses
and Springs |
| Pool
Cubes: Density [Density] @ Teachers Pay
Teachers Purpose: To rank items by mass, size, density, and to determine a density-based rule for floatation |
Density |
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| Pool Cubes: Buoyancy
[Buoyancy] Coming Soon Purpose: To investigate the nature of the buoyant force and to see the role it plays in determining whether or not an object floats |
Buoyancy |
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| Part Three: Heat |
Bouncing Off the Walls [Kinetic Theory] Purpose: To control and observe the behavior of gas particles (atoms or molecules) as modeled in a simulation to investigate properties of gas such as temperature and pressure |
Gas
Properties |
| Part Four: Sound |
Water Waves in an Electric Sink [Wave
Mechanics] @ Teachers Pay Teachers Purpose: To observe and control waves in a ripple tank simulation to learn the basics of wave mechanics |
Wave
Interference |
| High
Quiet Low Loud [Sound Waves] at Teachers Pay
Teachers Amplitude and wavelength in sound waves |
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| The
Laws of Repulsion [Coulomb's Law] on Teachers Pay
Teachers Coulomb's law of electrostatic force |
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| Part Five: Electricity and Magnetism |
Quest for the Coulomb Cup [Electric Forces
and Fields] Purpose: To use a simulation to gain a sense of the vector nature of the electric field and the consequence of the inverse square law that governs electrostatic force by completing a series of game-like challenges |
Electric
Field Hockey |
| Greased Lightning [Static Charging and
Discharging] Purpose: To determine the likelihood of getting a “carpet shock” (based on controllable variables), and to avoid or produce such shocks under a series of challenging conditions |
John Travoltage | |
| Lectric Plates @ Teachers Pay
Teachers Vary the variables that affect the electric field between charged paltes and see what happens. |
Capacitor
Lab |
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| Two-Plate Special @ Teachers
Pay Teachers The fundamentals of capacitance. |
Capacitor
Lab |
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| Batteries
and Bulbs [Circuits] at Teachers Pay Teachers Anatomy of an incandescent bulb and the basics of circuits |
Circuit Construction Kit |
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| Faraday's
Electromagnetic Lab [Electomagnetic
Interaction] @ TPT Purpose: To manipulate simulated magnets, compasses, and coils to see how magnetic fields interact with electric currents |
Faraday's
Electromagnetic Lab |
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| Part Six:
Light |
Pixel
Peeping [Color Mixing] @ Teachers Pay
Teachers Purpose: To pixels at the phosphor level, and seeing how colors are mixed Fun With Colors @ Teachers Pay Teachers Color mixing |
Color
Vision |
| The
Fringe of Optics [Light Wave Interference] @
Teachers Pay Teachers Purpose: To construct the mathematical relationship describing interference patterns |
Wave Interference | |
| Part
Seven: Atomic and Nuclear Physics |
Shine a Light [The Photoelectric Effect]
@ Teachers Pay
Teachers Purpose: To investigate the nature of the photoelectric effect and determine the work function of an unknown metal |
The
Photoelectric Effect |
| Radioactive
Speed Dating [Radiometric Dating] @ Teachers Pay
Teachers Purpose: Correctly estimate the age of the various virtual objects (skulls, rocks, etc.) using the principles of radiometric dating |
Radioactive
Dating Game |