Physics Aviary: The Way a Mirror Works Lab (Plane)

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This lab is designed to have students investigate the relationship between the radius of curvature and the location of the focal point for a mirror like situation.

This mini lab was designed to visually illustrate the relationships between the force of gravity and the factors that determine its strength.

This lab is designed to have students work through a procedure that will allow them to determine the resistivity of a wire based on the amount of current going through different lengths of wire.

This is a quantitative lab that will have students look at the direction of the magnetic field from moving charges in a wire. They can also get an intuitive sense of magnetic field strength factors based on the intensity of the circles...

This lab was designed to have students figure out the formula for the force on a charge moving through a magnetic field. Then they are to see how the direction of the force is dependent on the direction of the charge's motion and the...

This lab is designed to have students learn how to calculate the specific heat of a solid based on the temperature changes that occur when a hot solid is added to cold water.

This lab is designed to have students find the relationships that govern the behavior of a soccer ball that is kicked on an angle. The ball will start on the ground and end on the ground. Students will have control over the speed of the...

It is plane to see that simple machines help reduce the force needed to perform a task.  This resource introduces three of the simple machines--the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw, and  the formulas in order to be able...

Take a look at an organized physics course. The 34-section electronic textbook covers material in AP® Physics 1 and 2. Teachers use the text to supplement lectures and have the class work through the labs. Each section contains...