AP Physics Learning Activities

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

Explore the factors that create an EMF in the interaction of a magnetic field and coil of wire.

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

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

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

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.

Study rays reflecting off plane and curved mirrors, determine the focal length of a curved mirror.

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