High School / Engineering

Move the Robot Car

Using PASCO Capstone or SPARKvue Blockly software, program the Robot Car to move forward and backward.

College / Physics

Franck-Hertz Experiment

Electrons are accelerated by applying a known potential between two grids inside the argon tube. When an electron has sufficient kinetic energy to excite...

College / Engineering

Four-Point Bending

A Four-Point Bend Test is performed on plastic beams as shown in Figure 1. As a downward force (F) is applied in the middle of the beam, the flex (Δx)...

College / Engineering

Three-Point Bending

A Three-Point Bend test is performed on a round rod as shown in Figure 1. As a downward force (F) is applied in the middle of the rod, the flex (Δx) is...

College / Engineering

Column Buckling and the Euler Column Equation

The Euler Column Equation predicts the maximum compressional force applied to a column before it...

College / Engineering

Column Buckling and Slenderness Ratio

Three different length plastic I-beams are tested under compression to investigate their method of...

College / Physics

Physical Pendulum Period and Inertia

This experiment has two parts: 1. Period of a Thin Rod explores the dependence of the period of a physical pendulum (a uniform bar) on the distance between...

College / Physics

Heat Engine Cycle - Wireless

A P-V diagram is generated as a heat engine is taken through a cycle. From this diagram, the heat added to the gas and the work done by the engine are...

College / Physics

Faraday's Law of Induction - Wireless

A voltage is induced in a coil swinging through a magnetic field. Faraday's Law and Lenz' Law are...

College / Physics

Interference and Diffraction - Wireless

Interference and diffraction patterns from laser light passing through various single-slits and multiple-slits...

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