Upper six 2016

List of practicals
Term 1
Week
1
2, 3

4, 5

6, 7
8, 9

10, 11

Title of experiment
Investigate how mass flow rate of salt passing through the hole in a funnel
depends on the mass of salt in the funnel
Investigate the oscillatory motion of a loaded metre rule supported at one end by a
spring
Investigate the output of a power supply
Investigate the oscillations of a loaded rod supported by a pivot and a spring
Investigate how the motion of a metre rule depends on the length of the string
loops used to suspend it
Investigate the behavior of a V-shaped pendulum
Investigate the resistance of a wire coil
Investigate how the potential difference across a current-carrying wire depends on
its diameter
Investigate the equilibrium of a wooden rod
Investigate how the potential difference across a current-carrying wire depends on
its diameter.
Investigate the angle of tilt of a bottle when it contains different amounts of water.
Term 2

Week
1, 2

3, 4

5, 6

7, 8
9, 10

Title of experiment
Investigate how the potential difference across a current-carrying wire depends on
its diameter.
Investigate the angle of tilt of a bottle when it contains different amounts of water.
Investigate the height to which a ball rises when it has been released from a
stretched piece of rubber.
Investigate how the rebound height h of a table-tennis ball is related to the height d
from which it is dropped.
Investigate the movement of a loaded rule that is pulled down below its
equilibrium position and then released.
Investigate how the terminal velocity of a paper cone falling in air depends on the
diameter of the cone.
Investigate the motion of a mass suspended from a rubber band.
Investigate how the motion of a thin card shape depends on its size.
In this experiment, you will measure the e.m.f. E and internal resistance r of a dry
cell by changing the resistance R in the circuit and measuring the current I.