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Virtual Physics Lab Video Overview

First Semester Second Semester
Lab 3 - Force Table and Vector Addition of Forces Lab 25 - The Ideal Gas Law
Lab 5 - Uniformly Accelerated Motion on the Air Table Lab 26 - Equipotentials and Electric Fields
Lab 6 - Kinematics in Two Dimensions on the Air Table Lab 28 - Measurement of Electrical Resistance and Ohm’s Law
Lab 8 - Newton’s Second Law on the Air Table Lab 31 - Voltmeters and Ammeters
Lab 10 - Torques and Rotational Equilibrium of a Rigid Body Lab 33 - The RC Time Constant
Lab 11 - Conservation of Energy on the Air Table Lab 34 - Kirchhoff’s Rules
Lab 13 - The Ballistic Pendulum and Projectile Motion Lab 35 - Magnetic Induction of a Current-Carrying, Long, Straight Wire
Lab 15 - Conservation of Momentum on the Air Table Lab 36 - Alternating Current LR Circuits
Lab 16 - Centripetal Acceleration of an Object in Circular Motion Lab 37 - Alternating Current RC and LCR Circuits
Lab 17 - Moment of Inertia and Rotational Motion Lab 40 - Reflection and Refraction with the Ray Box
Lab 18 - Archimedes’ Principle Lab 41 - Focal Lengths of Lenses
Lab 20 - Simple Harmonic Motion Lab 42 - Diffraction Grating Measurement of the Wavelength of Light
Lab 21 - Standing Waves on a String Lab 45 - Geiger Counter Measurement of the Half-Life of 137Ba
Lab 23 - Specific Heats of Metals Lab 47 - Absorption of Beta and Gamma Rays

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