Core Practical 1: Determine g - IAL Physics

Core Practical 1: Determine the acceleration of a freely- falling object.
For Pearson Edexcel, IAL Physics
A 5-page handout that guides students through the experiment and gives them the structure of a lab report.

This handout was originally designed as a companion for students as they perform their first core practical in physics. The students have to determine the acceleration of a freely-falling object.

The handout is structured as a lab report to give the students an idea on how their future lab reports should look like.

In the introduction there is a detailed explanation on how they can take an equation and produce a linear graph from it. Then the student is guided through performing the experiment and then analyzing the data and drawing conclusions from them.

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