P2 LABS

HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES

PRE-LAB: Video Analysis Technology

GEOMETRICAL AND PHYSICAL OPTICS:

1. Testing Investigation: Index of Refraction

2. Testing Investigation: Convex Lenses

3. Testing Investigation and Prediction Challenge: Diffraction Grating

ELECTRICITY

4: Concept Development 1: Electric Field and Potential

5. Concept Development 2: Topographic Model for Electric Field and Potential

6. Testing Investigation: Resistivity

7. Claim Analysis: DC Circuits

8. Testing Investigation: Capacitance Meter

FLUID MECHANICS

9. Testing Investigation: Water Fountain

10. Prediction Challenge: Bernoulli's in a Bottle

11. Testing Investigation: Body Science

THERMODYNAMICS

12. Testing Investigation: Balloon Volume

13. Video Analysis: Heat Engine

MODERN PHYSICS

14. Qualitative Investigation: Star Spectra

15. Simulation Activity: Photoelectric Effect