AP Physics Learning Activities

Determine the landing position of a ball launched horizontally from the top of a table.

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

Determine the spring constant of a spring-powered launcher by analyzing the work done on a system.

Determine the time constant of an RC circuit, and calculate the resistance of an unknown resistor.

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

Use a calorimetric technique to determine the temperature of a Bunsen burner flame.

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

Determine the spring constant of a spring using two methods.

Draw connections between the displacement method for determining density and the bouyant force.

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