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• ## Lab 1: Uncertainty and Confirmation of Hypotheses

An exploration of the basic tenets of experimental science using a specific example, with particular emphasis on uncertainty and the role it plays in confirming an hypothesis.
• ## Lab 2: Graphical Methods of Data Analysis

We develop a means for using an experiment to determine functional dependence using graphical methods.
• ## Lab 3: Examining Air Resistance

We take a closer look at an effect we usually ignore.
• ## Lab 4: Static Friction

We employ a couple more elements of uncertainty analysis to explore the physical property of static friction.
• ## Lab 5: Energy Forms

We launch a spring into the air, using its own elastic potential energy, to test a claim about the percentage of mechanical energy that is lost when the coils of the spring slam together during the launch.
• ## Lab 6: Momentum and Impulse

In this lab we test the impulse-momentum theorem, and examine momentum and kinetic energy conservation in the context of various 1-dimensional collisions.
• ## Lab 7: Navigating the Conservation Laws

We perform the "Tarzan swings on a vine to rescue Jane" experiment.  Like the ballistic pendulum that appears in the text, this involves a nice combination of the conservation laws of energy and momentum.

• ## Lab 9: Static Equilibrium

Here we just have a bit of fun with systems that balance on edges that are vertically-aligned with their centers of mass.