Laboratory Manual

by Hewitt, Paul G.; Suchocki, John A.; Hewitt, Leslie A.; Baird, Dean

• ISBN13: 9780321051837
• ISBN10: 0321051831
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-04
• Publisher: Benjamin Cummings

Table of Contents

Introduction
Tuning the Senses - Observation	1	(2)
Making Cents - Scientific Method	3	(2)
Part 1: Mechanics
Go! Go! Go! - Graphing Motion	5	(4)
Sonic Ranger - Graphing Motion	9	(4)
Pulled Over - Newton's Second Law	13	(2)
Egg Toss - Impulse	15	(2)
Bouncy Board - Impulse	17	(2)
Rolling Stop - Energy Transformations	19	(2)
Reaction Time - Gravity: Free Fall	21	(2)
The Big BB Race - Projectile Motion	23	(4)
Part 2: Heat
Dance of the Molecules - Molecular Motion	27	(2)
Spiked Water - Specific Heat Capacity	29	(2)
Canned Heat I - Thermal Absorption	31	(2)
Canned Heat II - Thermal Radiation	33	(2)
I'm Melting! I'm Melting! - Conduction and Radiation	35	(2)
Part 3: Electricity and Magnetism
A Force to be Reckoned - Electrostatic Force	37	(2)
Batteries and Bulbs - Electric Circuit Basics	39	(4)
An Open and Short Case - Faulty Circuits	43	(6)
Be the Battery - Powering a Circuit	49	(4)
Three-Way Switch - Circuit Application	53	(2)
Magnetic Personality - Magnetic Fields	55	(4)
Part 4: Waves---Sound and Light
Slow-Motion Wobbler - Vibrations	59	(2)
Sound Off - Interference of Sound	61	(2)
Pinhole Image - Light	63	(2)
Pinhole Camera - Light	65	(2)
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall - Reflection	67	(2)
Part 5: The Atom
Thickness of a BB Pancake - Atomic Size	69	(2)
Oleic Acid Pancake - Atomic Size	71	(2)
Get a Half-life - Radioactivity	73	(4)
Chain Reaction - Fission	77	(2)
Part 6: Chemist
Mystery Powders Qualitative Analysis	79	(4)
Salt and Sand - Separating a Mixture	83	(2)
Sugar Soft - Percent Sugar Determination	85	(4)
Foamy Bubble Round-Up - Collecting a Gas	89	(2)
Molecules By Acme - Molecular Models	91	(4)
Circular Rainbows - Chromatography	95	(2)
Pure Sweetness - Purification of Crystals	97	(2)
Sensing pH - Red Cabbage pH	99	(2)
Upset Stomach - Titration	101	(4)
Tubular Rust - Percent Oxygen in Air	105	(2)
Smells Great! - Organic Esters	107	(2)
Name That Recyclable - Recyclable, Polymers	109	(2)
Part 7: Earth Science
Crystal Growth - Minerals	111	(4)
What's That Mineral? - Minerals	115	(10)
Rock Hunt - Rocks	125	(2)
What's That Rock? Rocks	127	(6)
Top This - Topographic Maps	133	(8)
Over and Under - Geologic Cross Sections	141	(12)
Walking On Water - Water Table	153	(6)
Solar Power I - Solar Energy	159	(2)
Solar Power II - Solar Energy	161	(2)
Indoor Clouds - Clouds	163	(2)
Part 8: Astronomy
Sunballs - Size of the Sun	165	(2)
Ellipses - Planetary Motion	167	(2)
Reckoning Latitude - Astronomy Measurements	169	(4)
Tracking Mars - Planetary Motion	173	(4)
Appendix
A. Significant Figures and Uncertainty in Measurement	177	(6)
B. Graphing	183	(4)
C. Conversions	187	(4)
Appendix D
Sink or Swim - Archimedes' Principle	191	(2)
Eureka! - Archimedes' Principle	193	(2)
Boat Float - Archimedes' Principle	195	(2)
Tire Pressure and 18-Wheelers - Force and Pressure	199