Hands-On Lab Equipment - AP Physics C Mechanics:
A list of equipment needed to perform the hands-on lab activities for this course is shown below. Although almost all of the equipment can be found in a typical home, some of the items may need be purchased at a neighborhood store or our companion website (www.myscience-prep.com). If you want to order this equipment online, please give yourself time for shipping.
List of Equipment:
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Unit
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Lab
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Materials
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1
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Kinematics
Note: A low-friction dynamics cart and protractor are included in the myscience-prep lab kit.
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- A toy car with low friction wheels
- A long piece of flat wood (such as a bookshelf)
- Books
- Ruler (preferably a meter stick)
- Protractor
- Stopwatch
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2
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Coefficient of Friction
Note: A protractor is included in the myscience-prep lab kit.
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- Long piece of smooth wood (ex: a bookshelf)
- Small block of wood
- Protractor to make angle measurements (or a ruler to make length measurements)
- Books to help make an inclined plane with the long piece of wood
- Several pieces of notebook paper
- Tape
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2
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Uniform Circular Motion
Note: A pair of safety glasses and the electronic scale are included in the myscience-prep lab kit.
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- The body tube from a ball point pen
- String
- 10 to 15 pennies (1983 or newer)
- 15 quarters (1965 or newer)
- Masking tape
- Ruler
- Stopwatch
- An electronic kitchen scale
- Safety glasses
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4
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Conservation of Momentum
Note: Note: The entire ramp system is included in the myscience-prep lab kit.
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- Two heavy spheres (steel spheres preferred)
- Plastic ruler or a metal ramp
- Piece of wood onto which the ramp can be fastened
- Books
- Tape measure or a meter stick
- A plumb line (string with a weight attached)
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5
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Angular Motion
Note: Several sizes of steel spheres, a plastic sphere, a wooden sphere, various metal cylinders, and an electronic scale are included in the myscience-prep lab kit.
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- Several steel, plastic, and wooden marbles of various sizes
- Various metal cylinders (hollow and solid)
- Several different sized empty cans of soup
- A new (thick) roll of masking tape or duct tape
- A Long piece of smooth wood (ex: a bookshelf)
- Books to help make an inclined plane with the long piece of wood
- Tape measure or a meter stick
- Stopwatch
- An electronic kitchen scale
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6
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The Simple Pendulum
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- Metal nuts
- String
- Strong tape
- Digital camera or cell phone
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6
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Resonance
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- Metal nuts
- String
- Stopwatch
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7
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Kepler's Laws
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