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:

  1. Experiment to determine the density of a liquid.
  2. Experiment to determine the density of a regularly shaped solid.
  3. Experiment to determine the density of an irregularly shaped solid which sinks in water (volume by displacement).
  4. Experiment to verify the principle of moments.
  5. Experiment to determine the position of the centre of mass of a plane lamina.
  6. Experiment to verify Hooke's law for an elastic solid.
  7. Experiment to distinguish between good and bad conductors of heat.
  8. Experiment to distinguish between good and bad emitters of infra-red radiation.
  9. Experiment to distinguish between good and bad absorbers of infra-red radiation.
  10. Experiment to demonstrate reflection of waves in a ripple tank.
  11. Experiment to demonstrate refraction of waves in a ripple tank.
  12. Experiment to illustrate the law of reflection.
  13. Experiment to find the position and characteristics of an optical image formed by a plane mirror.
  14. Experiment to show refraction of light through a glass block.
  15. Experiment to illustrate the dispersion of light through a glass prism.
  16. Experiment to show total internal reflection.
  17. Experiment to show that a material medium is needed to transmit sound.
  18. Experiment to measure the speed of sound in air.
  19. Experiment to demonstrate refraction of sound in air.
  20. Experiment to plot magnetic field patterns using a plotting compass.
  21. Experiment to show electrostatic charging by friction.
  22. Experiment to charge two conductors oppositely by induction.
  23. Experiment to measure the resistance of a metallic conductor using a voltmeter and an ammeter.
  24. 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
    1. the current,
    2. the direction of the field.
  25. Experiment which shows that a changing magnetic field can induce an e.m.f in a circuit.
  26. Experiment to demonstrate Lenz's law.
  27. Geiger-Marsden alpha-scattering experiment.