Acceleration - 3D practical for GCSE Physics

Give your students unfettered access to a multitude of Physics practicals with no laboratory required. No breakages, no setup time, always ready to go.

This is a student or teacher controlled 3d experiment that enables the investigation of acceleration due to gravity using an Airtrack. The airtrack is made to slope downwards and a glider is timed as it travels along the track,

The user can control of the slope of the track, the air pump that reduces friction on the track, and the position and type of photo timers used. he user is free to move anywhere within the laboratory in order to interact with the apparatus.

You can try one of the practcals from our website. Instructions are included.

The package is perfect for demonstrating this experiment in front of the class but can also be used by students in a variety of ways:

• Directly to prepare for a laboratory experiment by familiarising them with the equipment to be used and the methodology of the experiment.

• As revision for an experiment that has previously been performed in the laboratory.

• For home-learning where there is no access to a laboratory.

• To make up for an experiment missed due to sickness.

• As a personal experience of an experiment normally only performed by the teacher in front of the class.

Download contains full instructions on using the package, a PowerPoint giving full instructions including a video , background on the Physics and instructions on running the experiment, as well as a link to an on-line version (no need to install unless you want to).

The Virtual Physics Laboratory of which this is a part, has the Association for Science Education’s Green Tick of Approval. More information can be found on our website.

I’ve found your software very useful when a concept comes up with pupils and I have to demonstrate something really quickly without having the time to set up a formal experiment for them. The graphics are great and I really like the ability to move around the classroom and observe the experiment from different aspects. I am far more likely to go to one of your interactive experiments if it’s demonstrating something that we don’t have equipment for.“

Andrew McPhee Wellington School

I thought that the controls were pretty easy to get used to and the detail in the apparatus was excellent being able to zoom in and see the set up of the multi-meter and read scales, being careful of parallax. This type of software is most useful in experiments which can’t be done in the lab like the gravity on the moon or where the equipment is too expensive or difficult to use like the Millikan Oil drop."

Physics Scholar Coordinator.

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