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Measurements Taking measurements is a major aspect of Physics, this experiment looks into simple measuring techniques and the accuracies involved in both the measurements and calculations.			Request Experiment Details


Friction In this experiment the student will see why friction is both welcome and unwelcome depending on the circumstances. For the more advanced student, the coefficient of friction can also be found.			View/Download Experiment


Levers Levers are used in many everyday circumstances, from wheelbarrows to car jacks. This experiment introduces turning moments through the balancing of levers.			Request Experiment Details


Newton's Laws Newton's Laws are used on all levels in physics and can be explained at both simple and advanced levels in varying amounts of detail. This demonstration shows Newton's 1st and 2nd laws in action.			View/Download Experiment


Hooke's Law This thorough investigation into Hooke's Law allows students to investigate the law, and experience how forces effect a spring.			Request Experiment Details


Resolving Forces (Inclined Plane) Vectors are an extremely important part of physics. This experiment uses gravitational acceleration as the source of a vertical force.			Request Experiment Details


Moment of Inertia (Part 1) This experiment provides a way of calculating the moment of inertia of a flywheel. It makes use of the laws of the conservation of energy and combines many aspects of rotations.			Request Experiment Details


Moment of Intertia (Part 2) This experiment provides a way of calculating the moment of inertia of a flywheel using the principals of the compound pendulum. The experiment uses Newton's second law, but in a rotational sense.			Request Experiment Details


g by Free Fall This experiment finds the acceleration due to gravity using a ball bearing, a solenoid and a magnetic switch and can give accurate results.			View/Download Experiment


g by Oscillation of a Spring This experiment finds the acceleration due to gravity using through the oscillations of a mass on a spring, introducing gravitational acceleration and simple harmonic motion.			Request Experiment Details


Big G This experiment uses Cavendish's apparatus to determine the value of the gravitational constant G, to high precision.			View/Download Experiment


Ballistic Pendulum This versatile apparatus demonstrates conservation of energy and momentum, presenting ideas about energy, momentum, collisions and velocity to students.			View/Download Experiment


Mathematical Pendulum The mathematical pendulum introduces the concept of simple harmonic motion and can be used to show theory in practice. The experiment also allows the calculation of the acceleration due to gravity.			Request Experiment Details


Kater's Pendulum This experiment offers a good introduction into simple and compound pendulums, allowing students to compare how they oscillate and a calculation of g to be made.			View/Download Experiment


Mathematical Pendulum with Computer Data Logging This experiment introduces a wide range of skills and concepts, including simple harmonic motion, calculation of g, and data logging techniques.			View/Download Experiment


Centrifugal Force This clear demonstration of the properties of centrifugal force, and allows different variables to be chosen and calculated based on the experiment.			View/Download Experiment


Projectile Motion The projectile launcher is powered by a spring which can give three different projectile energies (1, 1.5 and 2 Joules). Intoducing projectile motion, constant acceleration, acceleration due to gravity, potential and kinetic energy, conservation of energy.			View/Download Experiment


Young's Modulus This experiment provides a simple way to show Young's Modulus qualitatively and uses an accurate vernier scale to measure the extensions.			View/Download Experiment


Sound Waves This experiment gives three methods of finding the properties of sound waves, all using the same principle.			Request Experiment Details


Basic Wave Demonstrations This introduction to waves clearly demonstrates both Longitudinal and Transverse waves, and illustrates properties like frequency, velocity and standing waves.			View/Download Experiment


The Ripple Tank This experiment clearly illustrates wave interference and refraction. Waves are produced on a shallow tray, and interference and refraction due to interaction with supplied shapes is clearly projected.			View/Download Experiment


Pressure in a Liquid From showing that water pressure varies with height and not vessel shape, to comparing water pressure with area; this wide ranging experiment offers a wealth of activities.			View/Download Experiment


Viscosity This important concept is highlighted by this simple but revealing experiment. Students are able to use simple measurements to obtain and compare the viscosity of various liquids.			Request Experiment Details


Thermal Expansion of Solids These experiments clearly demonstrate that metals expand upon heating. They do not all have to be performed together, although they all show the effects in different ways and for different uses, both qualitatively and quantitatively.			View/Download Experiment


Convection This experiment gives a demonstration of liquid convection due to heating - one of the three fundamental forms of energy transfer.			Request Experiment Details


Laws of Lenses Students are able to use this experiment to gain a thorough grounding in the subject of optics and lenses by performing a range of experiments which clearly illustrate their properties.			View/Download Experiment


Telescopes This is a simple experiment that allows students to create their own telescopes from simple lenses, giving them an insight into both the laws of lenses and the theory behind astronomical and Galilean telescopes.			View/Download Experiment


Electric Motor This kit provides the student with a hands-on approach to understanding electric motors by building one from scratch. Each kit contains equipment to produce 6 working motors.			View/Download Experiment


Resistivity With this experiment, students learn what resistivity is and how it varies between materials, while practising key graphing and calculation skills.			Request Experiment Details


Current Balance This comprehensive experiment allows students to investigate for themselves the relationship of a current, force and B-Field. Investigations can be made into how these vary with variables such as angle and amount of current.			View/Download Experiment


Dielectric Constants This experiment allows students to find the dielectric constants of Plastic and Glass using a plate capacitor.			View/Download Experiment


Wheatstone Bridge This experiment involves finding an unknown resistance using a wheatstone bridge. It takes advantage of the fact that no current will flow between points of equal potential.			View/Download Experiment


Internal Resistance (Method 2) This advanced experiment allows students to accuratly calculate the internal resistance of a cell.			View/Download Experiment


Power Conversion Students are can learn about power loss from electrical power to other forms of energy, and investigate conservation theories as well as quantities like Specific Heat.			Request Experiment Details


Milikan's Oil Drop Experiment Millikan's experiment was that first used to determine the magnitude of the charge the electron.			View/Download Experiment


Cloud Chamber Radiation Visualisation Radiation is one of the fastest growing areas of modern physics. This is a unique experiment in that it allows students to see radiation in action before their very eyes.			View/Download Experiment


Plank's Constant Here students are introduced to both wave-particle duality, and one of the fundamental experiments that provide evidence for quantum mechanics.			View/Download Experiment


Maltese Cross This experiment allows qualitative analysis of cathode rays, as well as demonstrating the particle nature of electrons and introducing electromagnetism.			View/Download Experiment


Thomson Tube Here a quantitative analysis can be achieved of how electrons are deflected by magnetic and electric fields.			View/Download Experiment


Absorption of Gamma Rays This experiment gives students the opportunity to test for themselves how gamma count-rate varies with distance and absorber type/thickness.			View/Download Experiment


Charging Curve of a Capacitor Here students are able to investigate the properties of a capacitor, and see how the voltage, current and charge vary with time as the capacitor charges and discharges.			Request Experiment Details


Electron Diffraction This experiment introduces quantum theory through demonstrating that light can be considered as a wave, and relates a particle's wavelength to it's momentum through the de Broglie relation.			View/Download Experiment


Foucault's Pendulum Through use of Foucault's famous pendulum experiment, the earth is shown to rotate while the pendulum maintains it's plane of oscillation.			View/Download Experiment


Rydberg Constant Diffraction gratings are used in this experiment to introduce students to measuring the wavelengths of spectral lines, and enable them to calculate the Rydberg constant for atomic Hydrogen.			View/Download Experiment

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