Physics experiments projects for school and college students linked with national curriculum and STEM related activities for science club and makerspace.
Make a solar cell in your kitchen Make a solar cell Video 1 Make a solar cell Video 2 A solar cell is a device for converting energy from the sun into electricity. The high-efficiency solar cells you can buy at Radio Shack and other stores are made from highly processed silicon, and require huge…
Electromagnetism Experiment 1 Which direction does the aluminum foil move to? Materials: Aluminum foil, Dry cell, Bar magnet, Scotch tape Procedure: Paste the Aluminum foil of 1mm wide on the table with tape as shown in Fig.1. The shape of Aluminum foil is half-circular.Pass electric current through the Aluminum with a dry cell and bring…
Hot Air or Cold: Which Is Heavier? In this experiment you will learn about air motion, how Hot air rises and you will get answer why cold air is much heavier than warm air. Material: Wooden roller. Thread. Empty can Empty baby bottle Candle Method: Balance an “empty” baby bottle on one end of your yardstick…
How can the energy of sound cause something to move? This activity shows that sound can actually do work. It can make something move. Energy is transferred from one guitar to other by sound waves. And the strings of the second guitar vibrate. The two guitars should be tuned alike so the vibrating frequency is…
How can mechanical energy produce electricity? When electric current flows through a coil of wire, a magnetic field is created around the wire. You will remember that from your experience in making electromagnets: that’s why electromagnets work. In this activity the opposite is happening. Instead of producing a magnetic field around a coil of wire…
Activity about Electromagnet. What is an electromagnet? How can you made? Materials needed 1m (1 yd.) of 22 gauge insulated copper wire stripped on both ends Lantern batter large iron nail no longer than 10 cm (4 in.) paper clips Procedure 1. In an activities 8.9 and 8.10, we learned that when an electric current…
Make simple linear motor: In this project you will learn how to make simple linear motor with thin aluminium pipe.It is very easy to make because you don’t require to many things to complete this project. Materials to make simple linear motor: Iron wire Copper wire (spare lead) Connecting wire with crocodile clips Bar magnet,…
Hypothesis If the amount of water is increased the pitch gets lower. I can make music with the bottles of water. Materials needed eight glass soda bottles of the same size and shape water paper slips numbered 1 to 8 pencil Procedure Pour water to different levels in the bottles. Blow gently across the…
When a drop of wax falls down on one side, the candle looses its balance and preponderates to the other side. There the flame grazes the candle, so that a drop of wax falls down also on this side. Candle looses its balance again and preponderates back again. So the candle swings until it runs…
How to Make a Hang-Glider For hang glider making you will need a sheet of A4 photocopy papersome paperclips. Method Fold the sheet in half across its narrowest part (its width). Paperclip both thicknesses together near the fold.Curl the halves of the paper outwards and downwards. Then clip together the corners A and B -…
Inertia of an Egg Topic: To demonstrate the Inertia of an Egg. Materials Required: 1. Raw & boiled eggs 2. Glass plate Procedure: A dozen eggs are placed on a glass plate and one of them eggs is hard-boiled while the rest are raw. How can you find the hard-boiled egg without cracking the shell…
Sucking a balloon into a flask Level: Elementary/Secondary Concept: When water vapor in a frank is cooled and condensed into water drops, the pressure in the flask reduces greatly. Introduction: When water vapor changes into water drops,its volume reduces to less than one thousandth.Using this principle, we can make a virtual vacuum and let a…