LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS

HOLT PHYSICS Laboratory Program Overview
A Wide Variety of Options
Two new kinds of labs provide a complete learning experience
for students
The Holt Physics Laboratory Experiments booklet contains 33 all-new labs.
These labs are designed to guide your students through all the stages of
learning physics, from the initial exploration of concepts to the challenge of
designing their own experiments.
Tested Procedures
Physics teachers and the staff of CENCO Scientific rigorously bench-tested
all procedures for every lab in the Laboratory Experiments booklet for ease of
use, safety, and practicality. For additional information on safety, see pages
T17–T21.
Improved Analysis and Interpretation Items
Each section of the Discovery Labs ends with a series of questions designed
to lead students step by step through the analysis necessary to develop the
physics concepts involved in the lab, just as the steps in the procedure lead
students through the techniques of the lab. The questions are designed to
challenge common misconceptions and help students build their own
understanding of the concepts presented in the chapter.
CENCO Materials Ordering Software
With CENCO’s exclusive software-ordering system, specifically designed for
use with Holt Physics, you can order your materials and supplies quickly and
easily. The system lists all required and supplemental materials—per lab
group or class size—needed for the full-length labs in the textbook and the
labs in the Laboratory Experiments booklet. For the printed version of the
Master Materials List for the Laboratory Experiments, see pages T22–T25.
Innovation
New strategies help students take responsibility for their
own learning
The 33 new labs in this booklet provide two unique strategies for lab experiences:
Discovery Labs for pre-chapter use and Invention Labs for studentdesigned
experiments. Each is designed to further link the key concepts of
physics with the students’ own experiences and to provide students with the
practice they need to build better troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
HRW material copyrighted under notice appearing earlier in this book.
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HOLT PHYSICS Laboratory Experiments Teacher’s Edition