Physics Project Lab

Paul Gluck and John King

• Satisfies a deeply felt need to involve beginners in extended experimental investigations of physical phenomena
• Describes over 50 extended projects
• Separate chapters devoted to mechanics, electricity, acoustics, liquids, optics and heat
• Projects make use of a wide range of easily-available materials

Physics Project Lab

Paul Gluck and John King

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Physics Project Lab

Paul Gluck and John King

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Physics Project Lab

Paul Gluck and John King

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Physics Project Lab

Paul Gluck and John King

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Physics Project Lab

Paul Gluck and John King

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Physics Project Lab: How to make your own drinking bird

You may have seen the drinking bird toy in action. It dips its beak into a full glass of water in front of it, after which it swings to and fro for a while, returns to drink some more, and so on, seemingly forever. You can buy one on the internet for a few dollars, and perform with it a fascinating physics project. But how does it work?

Posted on December 22, 2014

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Physics Project Lab: How to create the domino effect

Many dominoes may be stacked in a row separated by a fixed distance, in all sorts of interesting formations. A slight push to the first domino in the row results in the falling of the whole stack. This is the domino effect, a term also used in figuratively in a political context. You can use this amusing phenomenon to carry out a little project in physics.

Posted on January 8, 2015

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Physics Project Lab: How to investigate the phenomena surrounding rubber bands

Rubber bands are unusual objects, and behave in a manner which is counterintuitive. Their properties are reflected in characteristic mechanical, thermal and acoustic phenomena. Such behavior is sufficiently unusual to warrant quantitative investigation in an experimental project. A well-known phenomenon is the following. When you stretch a rubber band suddenly and immediately touch your lips with it, it feels warm, the rubber band gives off heat.

Posted on December 31, 2014

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Physics Project Lab: How to build a cycloid tracker

If you are a student or an instructor, whether in a high school or at university, you may want to depart from the routine of lectures, tutorials, and short lab sessions. An extended experimental investigation of some physical phenomenon will provide an exciting channel for that wish. The payoff for the student is a taste of how physics research is done. This holds also for the instructor guiding a project if the guide's time is completely taken up with teaching. For researchers it seems natural to initiate interested students into research early on in their studies.

Posted on December 15, 2014

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