This book describes more than thirty physics practicals at high school and undergraduate levels with background information on each one, a description of the equipment needed, and instructions on how the experiment is performed. Uniquely, for those without access to a real laboratory, the book provides access to highly detailed 3D simulations of all the experiments.
The simulations are a superset of the Virtual Physics Laboratory as reviewed and given the Green Tick of Approval by the Association for Science Education. They run in any browser that supports WebGL, such as Microsoft Edge or Firefox on Windows and Safari on Mac. For the school or university student who wants to practice and widen their knowledge of physics, or for those who are learning on their own, this is an ideal book for honing and broadening experimental skills.
The simulations are the result of many years researching the teaching of online science, a field in which the author has published many papers.
The companion website for the book can be found here: https://www.virtual-science.co.uk/
1 Millikans oil drop experiment 2 Plancks constant 3 Rutherfords gold
foil experiment 4 Measuring the acceleration due to gravity 5 Average
velocity using an AirTrack 6 Determining acceleration using an AirTrack 7
Confirmation of Newtons second law 8 Showing conservation of energy using an
AirTrack 9 Conservation of momentum in an inelastic collision using an
AirTrack 10 Hookes Law 11 Youngs modulus 12 Velocity of rifle shell using a
ballistic balance 13 Simple pendulum 14 Simple Harmonic Motion using a
mass-spring system 15 Capacitor charge and discharge 16 The internal
resistance of a dry cell 17 The IV characteristics of a diode 18 The IV
characteristics of a filament lightbulb 19 The Resistivity of constantan 20
Resistors in Series and Parallel 21 Heat Transfer 22 Boyles law 23 Charless
law 24 Mechanical equivalent of heat 25 Specific heat capacity of brass 26
Investigation of mechanical waves 27 Measuring the speed of water ripples 28
Infrared Radiation 29 Diffraction using a monochromatic laser 30 Inverse
square law for gamma radiation 31 Refraction of light 32 Magnetic field due
to a coil of wire 33 Investigation of magnetic flux of a current carrying
wire 34 Magnetic flux linkage
Rob Lucas has worked in and around education for forty years. As well as teaching at university undergraduate and postgraduate levels, he has created many software products for teaching. These include TOM, the Thoroughly Obedient Moron, which is a computer simulator for Windows, the Virtual Language Laboratory, which was the first multimedia language lab that used a PC network, and many science 3d simulations based on his research into online methods for teaching Physics.
Daugiau apie elektronines knygas