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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 2.08: Electrical Resistivity of Materials
Explore the factors affecting the electrical resistance of conductive modeling dough.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.10: Discovering Factors that Maintain Static Equilibrium
Determine the coefficient of friction by measuring the minimum angle to keep a ladder from slipping.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 2.15: Investigating the Resonance of Air
Determine the speed of sound in air by investigating the resonance of a column of air.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 2.19: Investigating the Balmer Series
Analyze the diffraction pattern of hydrogen and determine the Rydberg constant, R.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.11: Exploring a System in Rotation
Optimize the distribution of weights on a wheel, then determine g using a rotational apparatus.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.01: Measurement and Error
Explore precision and error in measurement.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.06: Exploring Circular Motion to Make Pigs Fly
Design and conduct an experiment that analyzes the motion of a conical pendulum.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.15: Archimedes Principle and Buoyancy
Draw connections between the displacement method for determining density and the bouyant force.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 2.10: Time Constant of an RC Circuit
Determine the time constant of an RC circuit, and calculate the resistance of an unknown resistor.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 2.04: Exploring Electrostatics and Coulomb’s Law
Observe how charges affect one another and propose an explanation in terms of charge distribution.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 2.20: Determining Planck’s Constant
Measure the wavelength and threshold voltage of an LED and calculate Planck’s constant.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.02: Constant vs. Non-Constant Speed
Analyze the displacement of an object with constant velocity and an object that is accelerating.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.12: Harmonic Properties of a Mass-Spring System
Determine the spring constant of a spring using two methods.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.04: Horizontal Projectile Motion
Determine the landing position of a ball launched horizontally from the top of a table.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 1.13: Harmonic Properties of a Pendulum
Determine the factors that affect the period and energy changes of a pendulum, then calculate g.
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CENCO® AP Physics Lab 2.13: Force on a Wire
Determine the force on a current carrying wire in a magnetic field.