
Experiment List
1. Which is
Water?: by determining and comparing properties of liquids,
students determine which liquid is water.
2. Polymers and slime:
students learn what a polymer is and make their own slime.
3. Why are gems colored: learning about light
and its properties to explain the coloring of gems.
4. Fractals: using a computer program, students
generate their own fractals (patterns/tilings of irregular
shapes).
5. Saturation and Crystals: students use
a kit to make rock crystals to understand the concept of saturation.
6. Graphing Your Motion: students use motion
detectors connected to laptops to make position-time graphs.
7. Mathematical physics:
students experimentally determine the center of mass of several
objects.
8. Secrets of sound revealed: the physics
of waves and music
9. Astronomy: getting to know galaxies through
the Hubble Deep Field