Lab Items: Physics C Mechanics

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:

Unit	Lab	Materials
1	Kinematics Note: A low-friction dynamics cart and protractor are included in the myscience-prep lab kit.	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
2	Coefficient of Friction Note: A protractor is included in the myscience-prep lab kit.	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
2	Uniform Circular Motion Note: A pair of safety glasses and the electronic scale are included in the myscience-prep lab kit.	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
4	Conservation of Momentum Note: Note: The entire ramp system is included in the myscience-prep lab kit.	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)
5	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.	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
6	The Simple Pendulum	Metal nuts String Strong tape Digital camera or cell phone
6	Resonance	Metal nuts String Stopwatch
7	Kepler's Laws	Graph Paper Ruler