Practical Experiments
These videos are a brief summary of each experiment. They include the theory, equipment, safety considerations and measurements to be taken.
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You may find that with the equipment at your school there are some slight variations to the method and how you analyse your data.
All Practical Experiments
Practical - Protactinium
1
How a protactinium generator works and how to use it
Practical - BIL
1
Force on a conductor in a field
Practical - Flux Linkage
1
Using a search coil and oscilloscope
Practical - Mass-Spring System
1
SHM of a mass-spring system
Practical - Capacitors
4
Discharge of a capacitor
Practical - Pendulum
2
Investigating the time period
Practical - Inverse Square Law
2
Using a gamma source
Practical - Double Slit
3
Measuring the wavelength of light
Practical - Freefall
4
Calculating 'g'
Practical - Resistivity
2
Measuring the resistivity of a metal
Practical - Terminal Velocity
2
Investigating falling objects
Practical - Charles's Law
3
Temperature and volume
Practical - SHC
2
Specific Heat Capacity
Practical - Planck's Constant
2
Measuring the value of little 'h'
Practical - Boyle's Law
3
Pressure and volume
Practical - Absorption
1
Investigating how lead absorbs gamma
Practical - Max Power
1
Max power theorem for a cell
Practical - Hooke's Law
1
Testing springs and combinations of springs
Practical - Stationary Waves
3
Investigating a wave on a string
Practical - Diffraction Grating
3
Measuring the wavelength of light
Practical - Young Modulus
6
Measuring the Young modulus of a metal
Practical - Internal Resistance
4
Measuring the EMF and resistance of a cell
Practical - Rubber
1
Stretching rubber and polymers