Note: Shelves in the storerooms are designated as follows:
| Week Of | Experiment | Set Up Instructions | Blackboard Notes | Instructor Notes | Lab Directions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep | Rocket Science: Unleashing Gas Laws with Alka-Seltzer | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| 8 Sep | Conservation of Linear Momentum | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| 15 Sep | Fitting Data to a Mathematical Function | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| 22 Sep | Finding the Best-Fit Function | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| 29 Sep | Conservation of Energy on an Inclined Plane | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| 6 Oct | Conservation of Energy on an Inclined Plane (Week 2) | ||||
| 13 Oct | No Lab Fall Break! | ||||
| 20 Oct | Making a Mathematical Model for a Square Pendulum | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| 27 Oct | Kinematics: Constant Acceleration | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| 3 Nov | No Lab Go Vote! | ||||
| 10 Nov | Radial Force & Riding an Elevator | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| 17 Nov | On the Descent of Balloons: A Theoretical Perspective | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| 24 Nov | No Lab Thanksgiving break! | ||||
| 1 Dec | Projectile Motion | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| 8 Dec | Lab Practical Ask Jeff about the set up | Blackboard | Instructor | ||
| Inactive Experiments | |||||
| | Hooke's Law | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| | Lens Optics (Pasco Optical benches) | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| | On the Descent of Balloons: A Theoretical Perspective | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Directions | |
| | Kepler's 2nd Law | Lab Set Up | Blackboard | Instructor | Directions |
| | On the Descent of Cotton Balls: A Theoretical Perspective | Lab Setup | Blackboard | Directions | |
| | Trebuchet Physics | Lab Setup | Blackboard | Directions | |
| | Creating Graphs With Mathematica | Lab Setup | Blackboard | Directions | |
| | Boyz on the Hood | Lab Setup | Blackboard | Directions | |
| | Creating Graphs With Maple | Lab Setup | Directions | ||
| | Projectile Motion (Old version) | Lab Setup | |||
| | The Square Pendulum (Evolved into "Making a Mathematical Model") | Lab Setup | Directions | ||
| | Graphing & Curve Analysis with Microsoft Excel | Directions | |||
| | Calculating Residuals & SSR with KaleidaGraph (Merged into "Graphing & Curve Analysis using KaleidaGraph") | Directions | |||
| | The Michelson Interferometer | Lab Setup | Directions | ||
| | Orbits in a Binary System | Lab Setup | Directions | ||
| | Conservation of Momentum (old tracks) | Lab Setup | |||
| | Conservation of Energy (old tracks) | Lab Setup | |||
| 103 Setup | 104 Setup | 151 Setup | 152 Setup |
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| Revised: 14 Nov 2025 | Canton, NY 13617 |