PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES

Ian Cooper
Honorary Lecturer, School of Physics, University of Sydney
ian.cooper@sydney.edu.au
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Module 1     KINEMATICS

•   EXP: Rectilinear Motion with Uniform Acceleration


•   SIM: Simultion Workshop: Uniform Acceleration

Module 2     DYNAMICS

Module 3.1     WAVES

•   WKS: SHM and Travelling Waves - Graphical Analysis


•   WKS: Transverse Travelling Waves


•   WKS: Graphical Exercise on Standing Waves on a String


•   WKS: Standing Waves in Air Columns - Video Analysis

Module 3.2     THERMODYNAMICS

•   EXPT: Growing Trees: Is this a viable solution to the energy problem?

Module 4.1     ELECTRICITY

•   EXPT: ELECTRIC CIRCUITS: Ohm's Law; Rsistors in Series; Resistors in Parallel

Module 4.2     MAGNETISM

Module 5     ADVANCED MECHANICS

•   EXPT: VIDEO ANALYSIS OF A GOLF BALL


•   Graphical Analysis Workshop: How do the Planets Move? - Testing Kepler's Third Law


•   EXCEL SIMULATION: Motion of a Satellite around the Earth

Module 6     ELECTROMAGNETISM

Module 7     THE NATURE OF LIGHT

Module 8     FROM THE UNIVERSE TO THE ATOM

•   WKS / EXPT: MILLIKAN'S OIL DROP EXPERIMENT #1


•   WKS / EXPT: MILLIKAN'S OIL DROP EXPERIMENT #2