Using Vernier Technology in AP* Physics

The AP program of study encourages students to participate in labs that reflect the breadth and depth of the syllabus. Many experiments in the Vernier Software & Technology�s lab books are suitable for use in an AP Physics laboratory.

Newtonian Mechanics

Activities found in Physics with Computers and Physics with Calculators

Kinematics

Graph Matching
Back and Forth Motion
Picket Fence Free Fall
Ball Toss
Bungee Jump Accelerations
Modern Galileo
Determining g on an Incline
Projectile Motion

Newton�s Laws of Motion

Newton�s Second Law
Atwood�s Machine
Static and Kinetic Friction
Air Resistance
Newton�s Third Law

Work, Energy, Power

Work and Energy
Energy of a Tossed Ball
Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion

Systems of particles, linear momentum

Momentum, Energy, and Collisions
Impulse and Momentum

Circular Motion and Rotation

Centripetal Accelerations on a Turntable
Centripetal Accelerations at the playground

Oscillations and Gravitation

Simple Harmonic Motion
Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
Back and Forth Motion
Pendulum Periods

Electricity and Magnetism

Activities found in Physics with Computers and Physics with Calculators

Conductors, Capacitors, Dielectrics

Capacitors

Electromagnetism

The Magnetic Field in a Coil
The Magnetic Field in a Slinky

Waves and Optics

Activities found in Physics with Computers and Physics with Calculators

Wave Motion (including Sound)

Speed of Sound

Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Activities found in Nuclear Radiation with Computers and Calculators

Nuclear Physics

α, β, and γ
Distance and Radiation
Background Radiation Sources
Radiation Shielding

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