LIST OF PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS REQUIRED FOR SCHOOL
CERTIFICATE
Pupils are expected to draw, label and describe these
over and over again till they can memorise them:
- Experiment to determine the density of a liquid.
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Experiment to determine the density of a regularly shaped solid.
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Experiment to determine the density of an irregularly shaped solid which
sinks in water (volume by displacement).
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Experiment to verify the principle of moments.
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Experiment to determine the position of the centre of mass of a plane
lamina.
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Experiment to verify Hooke's law for an elastic solid.
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Experiment to distinguish between good and bad conductors of heat.
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Experiment to distinguish between good and bad emitters of infra-red
radiation.
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Experiment to distinguish between good and bad absorbers of infra-red
radiation.
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Experiment
to demonstrate reflection of waves in a ripple tank.
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Experiment
to demonstrate refraction of waves in a ripple tank.
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Experiment
to illustrate the law of reflection.
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Experiment
to find the position and characteristics of an optical image formed by a plane
mirror.
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Experiment
to show refraction of light through a glass block.
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Experiment
to illustrate the dispersion of light through a glass prism.
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Experiment
to show total internal reflection.
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Experiment
to show that a material medium is needed to transmit sound.
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Experiment
to measure the speed of sound in air.
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Experiment
to demonstrate refraction of sound in air.
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Experiment
to plot magnetic field patterns using a plotting compass.
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Experiment
to show electrostatic charging by friction.
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Experiment
to charge two conductors oppositely by induction.
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Experiment
to measure the resistance of a metallic conductor using a voltmeter and an
ammeter.
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Experiments
to show the force on a current-carrying conductor, and on a beam of charged
particles, in a magnetic field, including the effect of reversing
- the
current,
- the direction of the field.
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Experiment
which shows that a changing magnetic field can induce an e.m.f in a circuit.
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Experiment
to demonstrate Lenz's law.
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Geiger-Marsden alpha-scattering experiment.