Cidepe

Function

Intended for experimental study, a natural science laboratory, conducting natural science experiments on: Matter and energy. The general properties of matter. Boiling and condensation of water. Physics. A simple machine called a fixed pulley. A simple machine called a movable pulley. Dynamics. The force applied to a spring and the resulting elongation. Constructing tables and graphs. Measuring weights of different masses. What is meant by mass. What is meant by weight. The P versus m graph. The mechanical advantage of the movable pulley. The operation of a dynamometer, the calibration of a rubber ring and a helical spring. Difference between applied force and restoring force. The helical spring and Hooke's law. Conservation of energy. Work and energy in a mass-spring system. Energy exchanges that occur in an oscillating mass-spring system. The work done by a force acting on a body that causes a displacement of that body. Elastic potential energy and the work done by the spring. The principle of conservation of energy and kinetic energy. Hydrostatics. Buoyancy, a vertical force oriented upwards. What is meant by a difference buoyancy meter. Archimedes' principle. Verifying the action of the buoyancy force. Determining the value of the buoyancy force. Wave motion. The simple pendulum. The oscillation period of a simple pendulum. What happens to the period of the pendulum when its length is changed. Dynamic determination of K of a helical spring, mass-spring oscillator. The period, frequency, and amplitude of a mass-spring oscillator motion. Simple harmonic motion in an oscillating helical mass-spring system.