Edexcel Practicals | A Level Physics

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These videos are a summary of each of the practicals you are required to complete as part of the Edexcel course. They include the theory, equipment, safety considerations, and measurements to be taken.

You may find that with the equipment at your school, there are some slight variations to the method and how you analyse your data.

Edexcel

Core Practicals

Core Practical 1:

'g' by Freefall

Determination of g by a free-fall method

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Core Practical 2:

Determination of resistivity of a wire using a micrometer, ammeter and voltmeter.

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Core Practical 3:

Internal Resistance

Investigation of the EMF and internal resistance of electric cells and batteries by measuring the variation of the terminal pd of the cell with current in it.

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Core Practical 4:

Viscosity of a Liquid

Determination of the viscosity of a liquid using a falling-ball method.

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Core Practical 5:

Determination of the Young modulus by a simple method.

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Core Practical 7:

1. Stationary Waves

Investigation into the variation of the frequency of stationary waves on a string with length, tension and mass per unit length of the string.

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Core Practical 8:

Interference (Diffraction Grating)

Measuring the wavelength of light with a diffraction grating.

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Core Practical 11:

Capacitor Discharge

Investigation of the discharge of capacitors.

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Core Practical 14:

Investigation of Boyle’s (constant temperature) law

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