Physics A and B - Lurie

Lab Experiments are Great!

Useful links:

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/I&Iexperiments.pdf

http://www.juliantrubin.com/physicsprojects.html

Links to Lab Experiment Pages - Dolores Gende

Statics
Biomechanics (torque, stress on tendons, etc.)
Kinematics
Analysis of Car Crashes
Ballistics Pendulum
Analysis of Water Sculpture at Detroit Airport (or Clarenceville Water Fountain)
Rotational Kinematics
Banked tracks for racecars and bicycles
Amusement park rides
Magnus Effect (curveballs, golf ball trajectories)
Physics of Bowling
Momentum and Collisions
Propulsion technologies
Gravitational slingshot for satellites
Energy
Analyze Energy and Power requirements of Amusement Park Rides
Alternative energy developments
Fuel Cells
Waves and Sound
Experiment with Frequency, Tension, and Mass of Guitar Strings
Hypersound
Parabolic Dishes
Light
Doppler Effect and Radar Guns
Gas Chromatography
LCD’s, LED’s, and OLED’s
Optics
Lasik
Virtual Images
Electricity & Magnetism
Build a Motor or Generator
Study Lenz's Law and Eddy Currents
Regenerative Braking System
Cyclotrons and Particle Accelerators
Microwave Ovens
Magnetohydrodynamic motor (“caterpillar drive”)
Mass Spectroscopy
Nuclear
Alpha and Beta Decay
Radioactive Series
Modern Physics
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Relativity; Lorentz Contraction and Time Dilation
Black Holes, Dark Matter