Practical Programme 2008

These are the old practicals for the programme up to 2008

1st year

00 Introduction to using an interface

0 Introduction to Graphing and uncertainties 

1 Measuring velocity

2 Measuring g

3 Projectile Motion  

4 Measuring  Acceleration 

5 Mass on a string 

6 Spinning Stopper

7 Pendulum

8 Time of Flight

9 rotational Inertia

10 Water Boiler

11 Specific Heat Capacity of a Metal

12 Latent heat of Vaporisation

13 Gas Laws

14 Mechanical Work into Heat

Ice Planning

Plasticene Planning

Balloon Planning

Water Pistol Planning

2nd Year

15 Modes of Vibration of waves in a string

16 Wave velocity and Tension

17 Diffraction of light

Drill Planning

Coils Planning

Jelly Planning

Chain Planning

Elastic String planning 


Here is a list of all the practicals that my classes do this year.  My lab is kitted out with Pasco interfaces and sensors plus tablet PC's for each student, see apparatus list here.  You don't need to have such sophisticated apparatus but that's what I've got :-)

If you click the links you will get an introduction to the practical, a list of apparatus and a guide to assessment. At the bottom of that page there is a link, here you can download the worksheet as a word document. 

It is best to start at the beginning and work your way through so you will see how the programme builds up. 

 

 I have a maximum of 16 students in a class so tend to do the practicals in circuses of 4 at a time, i therefore have two sets of most things.  This is not the case for practicals 0 and 00 or for the planning practicals, these are done by everyone at the same time.

The New programme 2009

I am in the process of writing new practicals for the new programme.  These can be found here.  I will be updating this over the next two years.