IB Lab Overview

Black text indicates labs, red text indicates planning purposes only and labs subject to change, green indicates future lab possibilities

Lab #

Title

Unit / Year

Emphasis / Details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due Date

 
Assesment Rubrics for IB1
P1(a) P1(b) DC DPP CE MS PS(a) PS(b) format  

1

How Certain are You

Introductory

-dealing with uncertainty in measurement and calculations

-measurement using a vernier scale

-introduction to presentation of calculations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2

Acceleration Lab

Mechanics

- lab format write up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3

Sum of Forces on a Static Object

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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4

Acceleration of a System

plumb bob accelerometer

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5

Static Friction

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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6

Circular Motion

Mechanics

-lab design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Spring Constant Lab

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Efficiency of a System

Mechanics

lab design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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9

Energy Conversion

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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10

Conservation of Momentum in a 1D Explosion

Mechanics

Hypothesis / Conclusion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Mechanics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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12

Conservation of Momentum in a 2D Collision Inelastic

Mechanics

Practical Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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13

Pendulum

Waves

Variables - Log Paper - Power Function

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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14

Fun With Springs

Waves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Resonance Columns

Waves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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16

2D Ripple Tank Interference Patterns

Waves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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17

Refraction of Light

Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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18

Focal Length Lab

Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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19

Younge's Double Slit Interference Patterns

Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thickness of a Bubble

Optics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IB 2

 
Assesment Rubrics For IB2
P1(b) DC DPP CE MS PS(a) PS(b)    

21

Electrostatic Field Mapping

Electricity and Magnetism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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22

Cathode Ray Tube

Electricity and Magnetism

solution outline

if incorrect or incomplete must re-submit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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23

Ohmic and Non-Ohmic Devices

Electricity and Magnetism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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