Category: Tru Labs
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Exploring the Metric System and Vectors through Paper Airplanes
Objective In this hands-on lab, you’ll familiarize yourself with the metric system and the concept of vectors. You’ll design and launch paper airplanes, measure their flight distances and times, and assess the direction and magnitude of each flight. Materials You’ll Need Procedure Follow these steps to complete the lab: Step 1: Understanding the Metric System…
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Projectile Motion–Rubber Bands and Hex Nuts
[This experiment can be completed at home without specialized equipment. The difficulty level is: Moderate.] The purpose of this lab is to understand that motion in the x-direction is independent of motion in the y-direction. To do this, a projectile is launched horizontally off of a table into a cup or bowl some calculated distance…
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Simple Pendulum
[This experiment can be completed easily at home without specialized equipment.] The purpose of this lab is to determine how a pendulum’s mass affects the period of its swing. Furthermore, we wish to determine an experimental value for the acceleration due to gravity and compare that to the known value of Please note that this…