We report an experiment for measuring the horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field using easily available material, explaining how some conditions that optimize the results were obtained using a rectangular coil. […]
By means of some LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) used as quasi-monochromatic light sources at different wavelengths and measuring their forward voltage at a fixed value of the current one can obtain the ratio of Planck’s constant to elementary charge with an estimated error of the order of 6%. […]
This article describes how it is possible to measure the light wavelength using a phonograph microgroove disc. […]
A simple way of measuring the speed of light in an educational context using one or a couple of mirrors and some easily available common electronic equipment is described. […]
Velocities are measured through the interference of waves of slightly different frequencies due to the Doppler effect. The experiment is performed with mechanical (ultrasound) and electromagnetic (laser light) waves. The ultrasound results are compared with velocities measured in an independent way. […]
This article describes an activity aimed at measuring the value of pi. Five methods, were used, all of them easy to perform. All results agree with the known value within 1%. The activity is suitable to introduce the concept of measurement uncertainty at the beginning of Physics Classes. […]
An automatic device for studying motions is described in this paper. The device consists of a dynamics cart carrying a phototransistor that receives the light reflected by a sheet of paper whit black and white stripes, on which the cart perpendicularly moves. […]
A Wheatstone bridge with digital readout system is discussed and used to measure the temperature coefficient of various types of resistors. The system could also be considered as a linear responsivity thermometer. […]