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

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

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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