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Practical Resources

Measurements and Mechanics

- Vernier caliper and Micrometer screw gauge

- How to read the measuring cylinder

- How to read the electronic balance

- How to read a sprint balance

- Setting up a retort stand and pendulum experiment

- How to read the digital micrometer screw gauge

- How to read a digital caliper

- Slotted mass and hanger

- How to read the digital stopwatch

​- Finding the centre of gravity of an irregular lamina video 01

- Irregular Lamina with plumbline to find centre of gravity 02

- 2024 6091 Pure Physics P3 Section A Q1 - Mechanics - Investigating Energy Transfer

- 2024 6091 Pure Physics P3 Section A Q2 - Electricity - Investigating magnetic effect of an electric current (Planning)

- 2024 6091 Pure Physics P3 Section B Q3 - Mechanics - Oscillation of V-shaped wire

Waves

- Various lens experiments

​- Light Experiments – Glass Block and Pins

- Pins inside and outside of beaker filled with water – 2012 sciphy practical

- Finding focal length f of the lens using pin and mirror or sharp image from distance object

- Light reflection - Mirror and Pins - determine the object distance and image distance

Thermal

- How to read the thermometer

Magnetism and Electricity

- Wrong connection to the terminals of ammeter or voltmeter

- Different wires for different connection points

- How to read the voltmeter

- How to read the ammeter

- 2016 5076 Science Physics P5 - practical brief setup

- 2021 5076 SciPhy P5 Electrical setup

- Simple electric circuit set up - with resistance wire on ruler

- How to connect the variable resistor (rheostat)

- Setting up the electrical circuit and Finding unknown resistor R

- 2009 Sci Physics Practical: Electricity: Find the length of resistance wire (Brief overview)

- Magnetic effect of current carrying coil on compass

- 2024 5086 SciPhy P5 - Electricity

Instruments and Data Representation in Tables (Short Summary)

Data representation in tables (with 8 examples)

Example of a good graph (summary) - graph plotting and conclusion

 

How to draw the best fit line / curve

Graph Plotting ASPL


How to find gradient and y-intercept from the graph

Common Sources of Errors

Videos by Topics

 

01 Measurement

 

02 Kinematics - videos

- Ticker Tape Timer

- Bowling ball and feather in a vacuum room – which drops faster?

 

03 Dynamics

 

04 Mass Weight and Density

- Unusual Behaviour of Less Dense Balloon in Air or Water

​- You can control the floatation of the object in the bottle by squeezing the bottle. Why?

 

05 Turning Effects of Forces

- Balancing Toys

​- Finding the centre of gravity of an irregular lamina

​- Finding the centre of gravity of an irregular lamina video 01

- Irregular Lamina with plumbline to find centre of gravity 02

06 Pressure

- Boiling water at reduced pressure – Water boils at 75 oC

​- Capillary effect - Liquid rises higher if the tube is thinner

- ​Water finds its own level

- Liquid pressure - pressure increases with depth of water

​- Marshmallow Hulk in Vacuum Jar

- Balloon at reduced pressure

07 Energy, Work and Power 

- Oscillating or Vibrating Object in a Wave Motion

 

08 Kinetic Model of Matter

- Pee Boy - Gas expands and contracts the most

09 Transfer of Thermal Energy

- Hand Boiler

- Water is a poor conductor

- Black is a good emitter of infrared radiation - different types of surfaces

- Metal is a good conductor – paper over metal gets burned slower

- Convection Toy – Angels Carousel

- Convection Current – demo

- Radiometer – Thermal Transfer

 

10 Temperature

11 Thermal Properties of Matter

- Pee Boy - Gas expands and contracts the most

 

12 General Wave Properties

- Using Slinky Coil to demonstrate Transverse and Longitudinal Waves

​- How to show wavefronts in a ripple tank

- Oscillating or Vibrating Object in a Wave Motion

- Transverse Waves and Longitudinal Waves Simulations

13 Light

- Demonstration of Reflection, Refraction and TIR using light source with a slit

14 Electromagnetic Spectrum

 

15 Sound

- Tuning fork and waveform

- Sound Frequency + CRO

- The Sound of Physics - CYMATICS

 

16 Static Electricity

​- Electrostatic application- BMW paint Spraying

 

17 Current of Electricity

 

18 D.C. Circuits

 

19 Practical Electricity

- How Fuse Works

- Simple heating element demo

​- Changing a 2 pin-plug to 3 pin-plug

​- Overloading of a multi plug resulting in overheating and fire

20 Magnetism

- Flying UFO

- Floating Toy

Magnetic field around a magnet using iron filing

- Visualisation of magnetic field around a magnet

- Bar magnet + compass (compass needle points in the direction of magnetic field)

- Magnetic effect of current carrying coil on compass

- Electromagnet demo

 

21 Electromagnetism

- Electromagnet - How an electric bell works

- Applying FLHR: different 2D views from a 3D diagrams - U shaped magnet

​- Current carrying wire + compass placed below wire

​- Bar magnet near a current-carrying rectangular coil (attraction / repulsion)

- A typical electric door bell

22 Electromagnetic Induction

​- Coppers Surprising Reaction to Strong Magnets Force Field Motion Dampening

​- How induced current is produced when magnet is inserted into a solenoid

Simple generator to light up a bulb

- Lenz's law demo

 

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