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Feb 8, 2005 Physics Department Baldwin-Wallace College Berea, OH To whom it may concern: Attached is a list of the labs that the AP students do at Mentor High School. I have developed this lab curriculum using ideas that have come from attending local and national meetings of the AAPT(American Association of Physics teachers) over the past 30 years. We use Vernier and Pasco interfaces to collect data. Excel and Mathematica are used to number crunch and model data. I have been greatly influenced by David Vernier and Pricilla Laws in my thinking about labs. I certify that these were the labs performed by Andrew Miskimen when he attended Mentor High. He was a very diligent student and did excellent work. If you have any questions or need additional documentation, feel free to contact me by email. Sincerely, Mr. Thomas W. Ramsey B.S. Physics Georgetown M.S. Physics Case AP Physics Honors Physics Mentor High School [email protected] AP Physics Mentor High School: Labs/Simulations First Semester: Mechanics 1. Motion at Constant Speed Measure and graph position versus time of a toy bulldozer. 2. MacMotion:Sonic Ranger Using computer interfaced probe ware(Vernier): distance and velocity match 3. Graphs and Tracks(Computer Simulation) Build ramps to match x-t, v-t and a-t curves 4. Video Analysis of Motion Students digtize and analyze a bouncing ball. 5. F=ma Pasco interfaced smart pulley 6. Atwood Machines Pasco interfaced smart pulley 7. Friction 8. Pasco interfaced picket fence 9. Friction Blocks/wood compare static and kinetic friction 10. Air Resistance Coffee filters used to determine relation ship between f and v. 11. Hooke’s Law Determine k; conservation of energy 12. Horsepower Measure horsepower of students running up stairs 13. Marble Run Build rollercoaster from strips of foam insulation; explain kinematic and dynamic concepts. 14. Centripetal Force Lab Relationship between F, v and r. 15. Honey Bears Work, Power and conservation of energy in a child’s toy. 16. Top Factors that affect the time a top spins 17. Simple Machines Pulleys, Inclined Plane 18. Torques: Balancing With A Meter Stick Static Equilibrium Second Semester Thermodynamics 1.Specific Heat Lab Relate the rate at which an immersion heater heats water to the electrical power consumed. 2. Carnot Cycle Spreadsheet Excel as a number cruncher Waves/Optics 1. Ripple Tanks Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction, Interference 2. Snell Law Glass blocks 3. Optical Bench Mirrors and lens: focal lengths 4. Diffraction Grating: Interference Determine of laser light 5. Speed of Sound Standing waves/oscilloscope 6. Sonometer Lab Log/log plots, oscilloscope, relate f to linear density/tension Electricity/Magnetism 5 days of Pasco Labs on Electricity: 1- Resistors 2- Voltage Series and Parallel 3- Current Series and Parallel 4- Capacitors: Time Constants: Series and Parallel 5- Kirchoff’s Laws: Loop/Junctions 2 days: Magnetism: E & B fields (Vernier Sim on how E and B fields work simulates mass spec) Build an Electromagnet: Shop project—factors that affect strength of B field. Nuclear: 1. Stopping Radiation Compare difficulty in stopping radiation. 2. Secular Equilibrium Spreadsheet/gieger counter model radiation from Radon’s daughter species. Compare with sample from basement.