Physics Lesson Plan Menu                                              

Developed in 2012

Velocity and Acceleration Lab (Grades 7-11)

Watch Out For That Cliff (Grades 9-12)

What is Required to Keep Something Moving (Grades 9-12)

 Developed in 2011

How do Lenses Affect Light? (Grades 11-12)

Developed in 2010

Lithography Techniques/Making a Printed Circuit Board (Grades 10-12)

Developed in 2009

• Jell-O^® Optics

• Kinematics of the Planar Continuum Snake Robot

Developed in 2008

• Straw rockets in flight! Engineer's delight
• Study of projectile motion using straw rockets

Developed in 2007

• Nano: What our eye's can't see

Developed in 2006

• How to verify the relationship between the wavelength and frequency of light
• Corrosion/plating/electrolysis
• Just how small is a nanoparticle?

Developed in 2005

• How to find out the unknown resistance of a wire through a series circuit

Developed in 2004

• How do compasses work?
• How do protons stick together in a nucleus?

Developed in 2003

• Building a resistive circuit
• Graphing motion with a motion detector
• How does an electric charge move?
• How does the displacement, velocity and acceleration of a moving object change over time?
• How to find out coefficients of friction through an inclined plane
• What does the aim of a cormorant tell us about the behavior of light?

Developed in 2002

• The elementary charge of an electron

Developed in 2001

• Melting and boiling points
• Polarity and dissolving
• Wave nature and wavelengths of microwaves

Developed in 2000

• The great bookbag alarm
• The properties of natural radioactivity
• Understanding of the speed and acceleration formulas
• Verifying the energy levels for a hydrogen atom listed in the New York State Physics Regents tables

Developed in 1998

• Atomic structure and elemental properties: Relating the movement of electrons with the emission of light
• Cooperative lesson plans
• From DC circuits to toasters to computers
• How may a Tokamak use microwave to ionize plasma?

Developed in 1997

• How is a Tokamak used to produce controlled nuclear fusion?

Developed in 1996

• The Charles Law - How does the volume of a given quantity of air kept under constant pressure vary with its temperature?

Developed in 1995

• How are electrolytes different from non-electrolytes?
• Spectroscopy: The bright line spectra of hydrogen & mercury