Complete Capstone Experiments

Classic Physics Experiments designed for use with a 550 or 850 Universal Interface and PASCO Capstone software.

Listed below are nearly 50 classic physics experiments using the power of PASCO software and lab equipment. Capstone 'EX' experiments include all the apparatus, sensors (when needed), manuals, and PASCO Capstone files you'll need in your student physics lab. For your convenience, we've listed all the downloadable files for each experiment below.

Every experiment listed can be performed with the 850 and most can be performed with the 550 Universal Interfaces. See individual experiments for details and requirements. For more information about our universal interfaces, see:

Mechanics Experiments Back to Top

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Atwood’s Machine Experiment EX-5501 Details
Ballistic Pendulum - Wireless EX-5611 Details
Ballistic Pendulum Experiment EX-5511A Details
Centripetal Force Experiment EX-5506 Details
Centripetal Force on a Pendulum - Wireless EX-5605 Details
Centripetal Force on a Pendulum Experiment EX-5505A Details
Conservation of Energy Experiment EX-9935 Details
Conservation of Energy II - Wireless EX-5612 Details
Conservation of Energy II Experiment EX-5512 Details
Conservation of Momentum Experiment EX-5510C Details
Driven Damped Cart Oscillations EX-5551A Details
Hooke’s Law and Spring Potential Experiment EX-5504A Details
Impulse Experiment EX-5509B Details
Newton’s Laws Experiment EX-5503B Details
Newton’s Laws Experiment EX-5503B Details
Newton’s Laws Experiment EX-5503B Details
Projectile Motion - Wireless EX-5602 Details
Projectile Motion Experiment EX-5502 Details
Sliding Friction Experiment EX-5508 Details
Universal Gravitational Constant Experiment EX-5550 Details
Work Energy Theorem Experiment EX-5513A Details

Fluids Experiments Back to Top

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Archimedes Principle Experiment EX-9909 Details
Piping Systems EX-5553A Details
Pumping Systems EX-5554A Details

Rotation Experiments Back to Top

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Chaos Experiment EX-5523A Details
Conservation of Angular Momentum Experiment EX-5517C Details
Coupled Pendulum EX-5563 Details
Driven Damped Harmonic Oscillations Experiment EX-5522A Details
Large Amplitude Pendulum Experiment EX-5520A Details
Physical Pendulum - Wireless EX-5618 Details
Physical Pendulum Experiment EX-5518A Details
Physical Pendulum Experiment EX-5518A Details
Rotational Inertia - Wireless EX-5616 Details
Rotational Inertia Experiment EX-5516B Details
Static Equilibrium EX-5564 Details
Torsional Pendulum Experiment EX-5521A Details
Variable-g Pendulum Experiment EX-5519A Details

Structures Experiments Back to Top

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Basic Bridges EX-5556 Details
Bridge Vibrations Experiment EX-5548 Details
Shaking Tower Experiment EX-5555 Details

Materials Experiments Back to Top

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Bending: 3-Point and 4-Point EX-5559 Details
Bending: 3-Point and 4-Point EX-5559 Details
Column Buckling EX-5558 Details
Column Buckling EX-5558 Details
Tensile Testing Metals EX-5557 Details

Thermodynamics Experiments Back to Top

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Blackbody Radiation Experiment EX-5529A Details
Electrical Equivalent of Heat - Wireless EX-5625 Details
Electrical Equivalent of Heat Experiment EX-5525 Details
Electrical Equivalent of Heat Experiment EX-5525 Details
Heat Engine Cycle - Wireless EX-5630 Details
Heat Engine Cycles Experiment EX-5530B Details
Ideal Gas Law - Wireless EX-5627 Details
Ideal Gas Law Experiment EX-5527 Details
Ratio of Specific Heats - Wireless EX-5631 Details
Ratio of Specific Heats Experiment EX-5531A Details
Specific Heat - Wireless EX-5624A Details
Specific Heat Experiment EX-5524B Details

Electromagnetism Experiments Back to Top

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Ampere's Law EX-5552 Details
Capacitance Experiment EX-5533 Details
Coulomb’s Law Experiment EX-9930B Details
Earth’s Magnetic Field Experiment EX-5539A Details
Electrostatic Charge Experiment EX-5532 Details
Faraday's Law of Induction - Wireless EX-5641 Details
Faraday’s Law of Induction Experiment EX-5541A Details
Kirchhoff’s Rules Experiment EX-5538 Details
LRC Circuit Experiment EX-5537 Details
Magnetic Fields of Coils - Wireless EX-5640 Details
Magnetic Fields of Coils Experiment EX-5540A Details
Magnetic Forces on Current-Carrying Wires Experiment EX-9933 Details
Ohm’s Law Experiment EX-5535 Details
RC Circuit Experiment EX-5536 Details
Resistivity Experiment EX-5534 Details

Waves and Optics Experiments Back to Top

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Brewster’s Angle Experiment EX-5544A Details
Interference and Diffraction - Wireless EX-5645 Details
Interference and Diffraction of Light Experiment EX-5545A Details
Light Intensity vs. Distance Experiment EX-5547A Details
Mechanical Waves Experiment EX-9952 Details
Polarization Experiment EX-5543A Details
Reflection and Refraction EX-9987 Details
Sound of Vibrating Strings Experiment EX-5565 Details
Speed of Light Experiment EX-9932A Details
Telescope/Microscope EX-9988 Details
Vibrating Strings Experiment EX-5542 Details

Quantum Experiments Back to Top

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Atomic Spectra Experiment EX-5546B Details
Franck-Hertz Experiment EX-5561 Details
Hall Effect Experiment EX-5560 Details
Photoelectric Effect Experiment EX-5549A Details
Zeeman Effect Experiment EX-5562 Details

Materials Testing Experiments Back to Top

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Materials Stress-Strain Experiment EX-5515B Details
Materials Stress-Strain Wireless EX-5615 Details

Hidden Products Experiments Back to Top

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Charge of an Electron Experiment EX-9929A Details