JUNIOR
PHYSICS PROJECTS
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This web site provides a list of resources to help you choose and perform your project. NEW - X-Ray experiment - details in section 6.If
you have special requirements then talk to your tutor, supervisors,
Laboratory Manager (Barry Napthali) or Project coordinator (Dr Richard Tarrant).
Files
can be saved in the lab and then downloaded to home from the web site |
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Useful Websites
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Useful Journals
These journals will contain information on possible topics. It is
acceptable for you to reproduce an experiment described in a journal article. The Physics Teacher Physics
Education http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/0031-9120 The School Science Review http://www.ase.org.uk/htm/journals/ssr/issue_contents.php American Journal of Physics (link to Publications) |
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Basic Laboratory
Equipment
You should be familiar with the basic equipment that is available for
your Project from the laboratory activities you have done throughout the year
(consult your lab manuals). |
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Data Acquisition: Hardware & Software
ULI &
Logger Pro – used for motion experiments with motion detector. Can also be used
for voltage (walking characteristics & pendulum) and temperature
measurements. PicoScope – transforms a computer into a digital storage oscilloscope. Fourier analysis can be performed on your data. Download Manual
Cool Edit – professional sound
and music editing program. Many features included for recording, analysing
and modifying sounds. Video point – images of moving objects that have been recorded using a web cam or digital video camera can be analysed. Download Manual
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PROJECT TOPICS
The topics listed are only suggestions. The equipment lists may not be complete, but will give you an indication of the equipment that is available in our first year laboratory. For many projects, you will need to supply some items yourself. For your Project proposals that are submitted, you
need to provide a complete list of
equipment. Some projects can
be done by doing a number of related activities. |
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1. Mechanics – Motion – Sports – Biophysics – Medical Physics |
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2. Properties of Matter – Fluids |
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3. Thermal Physics and Solar Energy |
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4. Mechanical waves: Sound – Music – Acoustics
– Ultrasound |
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6. Electromagnetic radiation: Radio – Microwaves – Ultraviolet - Xray
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7. Electricity – Magnetism – Electronics |
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R.N.Tarrant
School of Physics
University of Sydney