Physics I & II Preps

PHYSICS I

Modern Galileo Experiment, Picket Fence Free Fall Photogate Ringstand to hold gate Plastic fences

Addition of Vectors Force Tables Slotted weights

Projectile Motion Track (one end elevated) and steel ball Double photogates hooked by a pipet Paper on floor (w/carbon paper) Plum bobs

Newton's Second Law Tracks Plunger carts Motion sensors

Static and Kinetic Friction Tracks Friction carts Pulleys Hanging weights Motion sensor

Uniform Circular Motion Spinning hanging weights ( apparatus)

Energy of a Tossed Ball (Video Analysis) Meter sticks taped to walls Video camera/ tripod Video processing software Basketball

Impulse and Momentum Tracks Carts Force probes

Momentum, Energy and Collisions Collision carts Tracks Rubber bands Force probes

Rotational Motion Rotational Motion app ( large spinning disc) Pulleys clamped to edge of bench Slotted weights

Equilibrium Metal rods ( two vert. one horiz.) Force probes x2 Metal clips and metal rings

Coefficient of Linear Expansion Steam generators Metal rods and jackets Multi Meters for continuity

The Gas Laws Chem Gas Law’s Appar.

Heat of Fusion and Vaporization

PHYSICS II

Standing waves on strings Wave generator String Pulley at edge of table

Resonance of air columns Cenco standing wave Appt (long white box on top of cabinets) Oscilloscope Signal Generator

Electrical field mapping Paper Circuit Silver pens Power supply Multimeter

The charge on an electron, Millikan's oil drop experiment Millikan's Appt w/ ring stand Isopropyl Alcohol+ Distilled water - for suspending plastic beads Smaller power supply Multimeter

Ohm's Law Vernier Circuit Board Current voltage probes Power supply

Joules' Law Calorimeter Multimeter Rheostat Power supply

Series/parallel circuits See Ohm’s Law setup

Determination of RC Time Constant “bread boards” from Electronics Lab 0.33microF caps ‘blue’ Multimeters Power supply timer

Force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field Triple beam balances Rheostat Ring stand Multimeter as Ammeter

The Magnetic Field of a Slinky Slinky (taped stretched) Magnetic field sensor (vernier) Rheostat Power supply Multimeter as Ammeter

Geometric Optics Laser Polished metal convex/concave mirrors Plane mirrors Cardboard and pins

Measurement of the focal length of a lens Optical Benches ( top of cabinets) Lenses Frosted glass screen with gradations Black plate with arrow cutouts

Single slit and Double Slit diffraction patterns Tracks Pasco Red Diode Laser Apparatus Large frosted glass screen

Polarization of Light Clip boards with polarized filters Optical benches Vernier light sensor Ring stands and clamps

The Hydrogen Spectrum and the Rydeberg constant Gas lamp sources Grating Spectrometer

-AC circuits and the oscilloscope Power supplies Oscilloscopes

-Construction of a voltmeter and an ammeter Power supplies Oscilloscopes

-Radioactivity and the Geiger Counter Power supplies Oscilloscopes