IB09 Lab Overview

If there is an x in the Rev 2007-2009 column then it is or will be an assigned lab. Otherwise this chart is for planning. Red text indicates planning purposes only and labs subject to change, green indicates future lab possibilities

Lab #

Title

Unit / Year

Emphasis / Details

 

 

 

 

Assesment Rubrics

 

 

 

 

Lab Date(aprox)/Due Date

Rev

2007-

2009
 
Design format    

1

How Certain are You?

Introductory

-dealing with uncertainty in measurement and calculations

-measurement using a vernier scale

-introduction to presentation of calculations

 

x

 

 

 

 

19Se**
x

2

Acceleration Lab

Mechanics

- lab format write up

 

 

 

 

 

 

**
x

3

Sum of Forces on a Static Object

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23Oct**
x

4

Acceleration of a System

plumb bob accelerometer

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**
x

5

Static Friction

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30Oct**
x

6

Circular Motion

Mechanics

-lab design

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

7

Conservation of Momentum in a 1D Explosion

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

8

Conservation of Momentum in a 2D Collision, and Elastic Collision

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

9

Conservation of Momentum in a 2D Collision Inelastic

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

10

Pendulum

Waves & Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

11

Fun With Springs

Waves & Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

12

Resonance Columns

Waves & Optics

speed of sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

13

Refraction of Light

Waves & Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

14

Focal Length Lab

Waves & Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

15

2D Ripple Tank Interference Patterns

Waves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

16

 

Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

17

 

Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

18

Younge's Double Slit Interference Patterns

Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

19

Thickness of a Bubble

Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

IB 2
 
Assesment Rubrics For IB2
      

20

Electrostatic Field Mapping

Electricity and Magnetism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

21

Cathode Ray Tube

Electricity and Magnetism

solution outline

if incorrect or incomplete must re-submit

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

22

Ohmic and Non-Ohmic Devices

Electricity and Magnetism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

  

23

Electrical Circuit Analysis - Ohms Law

Electricity and Magnetism

 

 

 

x

x

 

 

Dec 8, 2006

  

24

Capacitor Discharge

Electricity and Magnetism

 Variables - Semi Log Paper - Exponential Function

 

 

x

x

 

 

Dec 8,2006

  

25

Transformer

Electricity and Magnetism

 

 x

 x

 

 

 

 

Dec 18,2006

  

26

Paperclip Motor

Electricity and Magnetism

 

 

 

 

 

Dec 12,2006

  

27

Group 4 Project