Specific Heat
Use a temperature sensor to measure the temperature change of a volume of warm water when a cold piece of metal is placed in it. Determine the total amount...
Electrical Equivalent of Heat
Determine the amount of electrical energy (in Joules) that is equivalent to a certain amount of thermal energy (in calories) by measuring the amount of...
Boyle's Law
Rediscover Boyle's Law by holding the temperature of a gas constant and changing the volume of the gas, and measuring the volume and the absolute pressure.
Absolute Zero
A constant-volume gas thermometer is used to determine the value of absolute zero in degrees Celsius by plotting Temperature vs. Absolute Pressure and...
Sound Waves
Explore the characteristics of different sounds, the waves that produce sounds, and the fundamentals of frequency and harmonics within different sounds.
Standing Waves on a String
Examine how the amount of tension required to produce a standing wave in a vibrating string of fixed length and mass density is affected by the wavelength...
Resonance Air Column
A sine wave generator drives an open speaker to create a standing sound wave in a resonance tube. The driving frequency and the length of the tube are...
Speed of Sound in Air
Measure the speed of sound in air using a tube that is closed at one end. Use a Sound Sensor to record the initial pulse of sound and its echo. Calculate...
Superposition of Sound Waves
Two waves and their sum are created in the Capstone calculator and the effects of changing phases and amplitudes are examined in a graph.
Interference of Sound Waves
Measure and analyze the behavior of two sounds that combine to produce beats. Determine the relationship between the beat frequency and the frequencies...
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