AP Physics B - Freehold Regional High School District

Laboratory ListUnit 1: KinematicsOne Dimensional Car Lab (1 hrs)Objectives:a. to develop a set of equations which can predict the position and velocity of a battery powered toy car.b. to learn how to derive information from the slope.One Dimensional Freefall (2 hrs)Objectives:a. to develop a set of equations which can predict the position, velocity and acceleration of a free falling object.b. to learn how to derive information from the slope of and area under a graph.c. to learn how to apply error analysis, instrumental uncertaintyUnit 2: ForcesForces at Equilibrium (1 hr)Objectives:a. to demonstrate that force is a vector quantity.b. to show that when a system is at equilibrium that opposite forces must be equal.Derivation of Newton’s Second Law (2 hr)Objectives: a. to examine what happens as the acceleration as the mass of an object changes under a constant net external forceb. to examine what happens to an isolated system as the mass is held constant while the magnitude of the net external force changes.Frictional Force (1 hr)Objectives:a. To learn how to determine the coefficient of friction between two surfaces.b. To determine what characteristics affect the frictional force between two surfaces.