Electromagnetism
Ampere’s Law
Ampere’s LawStudents can verify Ampere’s Law experimentally by graphing the magnetic field strength that is tangent to the path taken along a closed path that encloses a current source.
Capacitance Experiment
Capacitance ExperimentThis student experiment measures the voltage across capacitor plates, while varying the distance and insulating materials. This complete solution is designed for use with PASCO Capstone Software.
Coulomb’s Law Experiment
Coulomb’s Law ExperimentThe complete solution for determining the Inverse Square Law and advanced investigations into all the variables involved in electrostatic repulsion.
Earth’s Magnetic Field Experiment
Earth’s Magnetic Field ExperimentThe complete solution for measuring the magnitude and direction of the Earth’s magnetic field.
Electrostatic Charge Experiment
Electrostatic Charge ExperimentStudent experiment measuring charge of objects through direct contact and induction. This complete solution is designed for use with PASCO Capstone Software.
Faraday’s Law of Induction – Wireless
Faraday’s Law of Induction – WirelessA voltage is induced in a coil swinging through a magnetic field. Faraday’s Law and Lenz’s Law are examined and the energy dissipated in a load resistor is compared to the loss of energy of the coil pendulum.
Faraday’s Law of Induction Experiment
Faraday’s Law of Induction ExperimentThe complete solution for examining the principles of magnetic flux and conservation of energy.
Kirchhoff’s Rules Experiment
Kirchhoff’s Rules ExperimentThe complete solution for examining AC and DC circuits to validate Kirchhoff’s Laws.
LRC Circuit Experiment
LRC Circuit ExperimentThe complete solution for examining the response of a series LRC circuit with various driving frequencies. This complete solution is designed for use with PASCO Capstone Software.
Magnetic Fields of Coils – Wireless
Magnetic Fields of Coils – WirelessThe dependence of the magnetic field strength of current-carrying coils on the distance from the coil along the perpendicular axis is determined and compared to the theoretical curve. In addition, the effect of varying the coil separation on the shape of the magnetic field between the Helmholtz coils is examined.
Magnetic Fields of Coils Experiment
Magnetic Fields of Coils ExperimentThe complete solution for examining the relationship between magnetic field strength of current-carrying coils on the distance from the coil along the perpendicular axis.
Magnetic Forces on Wires Experiment
Magnetic Forces on Wires ExperimentThe complete solution for exploring the variables (conductor length, current, magnetic field strength, and angle) that affect magnetic force.
Ohm’s Law Experiment
Ohm’s Law ExperimentThe complete solution for studying the use of a capacitor as a variable voltage source to discover the relationship between Voltage and Current. This complete solution is designed for use with PASCO Capstone Software.
RC Circuit Experiment
RC Circuit ExperimentStudent experiment building relationship between charging and discharging rates and simple circuits.
Resistivity Experiment
Resistivity ExperimentDiscover the relationship between the resistance of a wire and its length, diameter, and the resistivity of the metal.
