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Science for Everyone PocketLab Experiment

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Middle School Science

VelocityLab diagram

Energy Transfer: Elastic Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy

Introduction The law of conservation of energy tells us that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Instead, it changes from one form of energy to…
VelocityLab diagram

Linear Motion: Position, Velocity, and Acceleration

Exploration What is velocity? Velocity is often defined as speed with direction and speed is often defined as how fast or slow an object is traveling. But…
Rocket flight diagram

Newton's Laws of Motion with PocketLab and Estes Air Rocket

Exploration Part 1 Previously you learned that the net force acting on an object is related to the object’s motion. The net force determines whether the…

High School Physics

Rolling Resistance

PocketLab Voyager: A Study of Rolling Resistance

In this experiment a coasting cart on a flat surface gradually slows down and stops due to rolling resistance.  Two very different surfaces are compared—a…
Height vs. Time

PocketLab Voyager: The Effect of Area on Terminal Velocity of a Falling Object

The effect of mass on the terminal velocity of an object falling in air is commonly done using basket coffee filters.  But how could we study the effect of…
Malus Law

PocketLab Voyager: Polarization and Malus's Law

One of the most well-known physical laws related to polarization is Malus’s Law.  This law states that the intensity of plane-polarized light passing through a…

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