Educational Materials

Determine the speed of sound in air by investigating the resonance of a column of air.

Measure the static and kinetic friction between two surfaces using direct and indirect methods.

Measure the wavelength and threshold voltage of an LED and calculate Planck’s constant.

Analyze the diffraction pattern of hydrogen and determine the Rydberg constant, R.

Explore charging by induction and discover how a Leyden jar stores electric charges.

Visualize and compare the relative strengths of different magnetic fields.

Explore resistance in series and parallel circuits.

Determine the internal resistance of a battery, and find an unknown resistor in a complex circuit.

Explore the diffraction patterns from different gratings, then determine the width of a single hair.

Use Bernoulli’s Principle to predict the landing spot of a stream of water leaking from a bucket.