Physics (11-14) Sensor Pack

With the included sensors the following experiments can be achieved, note that a suitable Data Logger is not included in the sensor pack.

L2 Physics eBook

• 01 Comparing fuels
• 02, 03, 04 Electricity from water power, wind, sunlight
• 05 How hot does the water get from sunlight?
• 06 What changes the current in a circuit?
• 07 Can you use lamp brightness to measure current?
• 08 & 09 Electric current in circuits: Series circuits & Parallel circuits
• 10 Electric current in circuits: Current and voltage in a simple series circuit
• 11 Fuses
• 12 What decides if something floats or sinks?
• 13 How does upthrust change as an object sinks further into a liquid?
• 14 Upthrust and floating
• 15 & 16 How do different materials stretch?
• 17 & 18 Investigating friction: Static friction & Dynamic friction
• 19 How does the strength of an electromagnet vary with an increasing current?
• 20 How does coiling a wire affect the strength of the electromagnet?
• 21 What happens if an alternating current is used to make an electromagnet?
• 22 Reflections
• 23 How does the intensity of light change with the distance from the light?
• 24 & 25 What happens to the brightness of a lamp when the voltage is changed?
• 26 Long wires, less power?
• 27 & 28 Speed of sound
• 29 Measuring speeds on a track
• 30 Average speeds / velocity (time at A then B, students calculate)
• 31 How does the angle of a slope affect the speed of a cart rolling down it?
• 32 Acceleration (speed at A then B, students calculate)
• 33 Streamlining
• 34 Energy and heat
• 35 Induction in a coil
• 36 Forces in levers
• 37 Pulley