Subject
Grade
Curricular Competency Group
Curricular Competency
Planning and conducting
Elaboration
- Sample opportunities to support student inquiry:
- Choose appropriate equipment and variables to experimentally determine acceleration due to gravity.
- Collect accurate and precise data to determine a spring constant, using correct units.
- Compare weight measurements from a stationary and accelerating elevator (i.e., apparent weight).
- Collect voltage and current data with analog and digital tools using appropriate units.
- Use a calorimeter to collect accurate and precise data needed to determine specific heat capacity.
- What data are needed to determine the speed of sound in air?
keywords
Planning and conducting