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Explore Physics

Enhanced understanding of physics through hands-on experimentation.

Grade Level

Grade 7+

Duration

24 Hours

About the Course

The ‘Explore Physics’ course teaches you to think like a scientist and experience the scientific method by exploring forces and motion, waves and oscillations, energy, and the properties of matter

Course Outline

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Getting Started

90 Minutes

Collect raw data with the Arduino Science Journal app, analyze and interpret data patterns to produce evidence based conclusions by following the guided lessons.

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Color & Temperature

90 Minutes

To explore the relationship between color-temperature and color of a surface.

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The Inclined Plane

90 Minutes

To investigate the relationship between incline height and the resultant acceleration due to gravity.

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The Refrigerator Door

90 Minutes

To demonstrate the effects of air temperature on air pressure.

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SHM - The Spring-Mass System

90 Minutes

To investigate the influence of mass on the period of oscillation of a spring-mass system.

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The Simple Pendulum

90 Minutes

To investigate the effect of pendulum length on its period of oscillation.

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Time of Flight

90 Minutes

To demonstrate that time of flight for a projectile does not depend on the horizontal velocity at which a projectile is launched.

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Magnetic Effects of DC & AC Current

90 Minutes

To explore the effect of an electrical current flowing through a solenoid on the magnetic field produced by the solenoid.

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Co-efficient of Restitution (COR)

90 Minutes

To investigate the behavior of a bouncing ball by measuring the time between consecutive bounces for a range of release heights.

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The Internal Resistance of a Battery

90 Minutes

To investigate the effect of the current flowing through a battery on the effective voltage across an external resistor and to measure the internal resistance and electromotive force (emf) of a battery.

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Electrical Properties of Components

90 Minutes

To investigate the relationship between current and voltage for a resistor, filament bulb and diode.

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Melting Point of a Solid

90 Minutes

To measure the melting point of a solid from its cooling curve as it changes state from a liquid to a solid.

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Specific Heat Capacity

90 Minutes

To measure the effect of adding a hot metal block to cold water on the temperature of the water-block mixture and to find the specific heat capacity of the metal block.

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Speed of Sound

90 Minutes

Investigate the effect of target distance on ping-echo time for an ultrasonic sound wave and to measure the speed of sound in air.

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Wave Properties

90 Minutes

To investigate the effect of sound wave amplitude on loudness and sound wave frequency on pitch.

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Wave Interference

90 Minutes

To investigate the effect of the phase difference between two sound waves on their combined loudness

Course Creator

Arduino

Arduino designs, manufactures, and supports electronic devices and software, allowing Makers around the world to easily access advanced technologies that interact with the physical world.
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