This printed student lab manual provides a full year of physics investigations with 46 labs that integrate with our software, sensors, and equipment.
See the Buying Guide for this item's required, recommended, and additional accessories.
Product Summary
This printed, student-consumable Essential Physics Student Lab Manual includes 46 labs that cover a full year of introductory physics. Created by physics teachers, these investigations are an ideal supplement to any algebra-based physics course. Each investigation is tightly integrated with our innovative software, sensors, and equipment.
The EP-6326 contains only the printed student lab handout for each of the 46 labs. These handouts include procedural instructions, blank graphs and tables for data entry, and analysis questions with space for students to record their answers. Each page of this printed manual is perforated and three-hole punched for easy removal and storage in a standard three-ring binder.
Available separately:
- Essential Physics Teacher Lab Manual Resources (EP-6328-DIG) - contains all of of the electronic resources for the 46 labs inside the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. These resources include editable electronic copies of all 46 students lab handouts, and teacher answer keys; plus, complete lesson slide sets in PPTX format for all 46 labs, and short videos that help guide you through the data collection and data analysis steps of some labs.
- Essential Physics Teacher Lab Manual (EP-6329) - printed and bound set of teacher answer keys for all 46 labs inside the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. Also includes editable electronic copies of all 46 students lab handouts, and teacher answer keys.
Experiments
Included are 46 labs and activities that integrate PASCO sensors and equipment for an engaging year of physics teaching. The Comprehensive Equipment Kit provides what is needed to perform all 46 labs. You may also choose to purchase individual kits that allow you to pick and choose which units (Mechanics, Torque & Simple Machines, Oscillations, Waves & Sound, Electromagnetism, and Light, Color, & Optics) you would like to cover.
| Lab | Title | Forces & Motion Kit | Simple Machines Engineering Kit | Oscillations, Waves, & Sound Kit | Modular Circuits for Essential Physics | Light, Color, & Optics Kit | Standard Equipment Kit | Comprehensive Equipment Kit |
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| 1 | Graphs of Motion | • | • | • | ||||
| 2 | Motion Graphs | • | • | • | ||||
| 3 | Acceleration | • | • | • | ||||
| 4 | A Model for Accelerated Motion |
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| 5 | Newton’s Second Law | • | • | • | ||||
| 6 | Hooke’s Law | • | • | • | ||||
| 7 | Static and Kinetic Friction |
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| 8 | Projectile Motion | • | ||||||
| 9 | Acceleration on an Inclined Plane |
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| 10 | Static Equilibrium | • | • | |||||
| 11 | Work and the Force Versus Distance Graph |
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| 12 | Inclined Plane and the Conservation of Energy |
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| 13 | Work and Energy | • | • | • | ||||
| 14 | Springs and the Conservation of Energy |
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| 15 | Work Done by Friction | • | • | • | ||||
| 16 | Crash barrier | • | • | • | ||||
| 17 | Conservation of Momentum |
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| 18 | Inelastic Collisions | • | ||||||
| 19 | Elastic Collisions | • | ||||||
| 20 | Levers | • | • | |||||
| 21 | Pulleys | • | • | |||||
| 22 | Ramps and Inclined Planes |
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| 23 | Gear Ratios | • | • | |||||
| 24 | Designing Gear Machines |
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| 25 | Torque | • | • | |||||
| 26 | Mechanical Advantage of Gears |
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| 27 | Oscillators | • | • | |||||
| 28 | Resonance | • | • | |||||
| 29 | Waves | • | • | |||||
| 30 | Interference | • | • | |||||
| 31 | Resonance and Sound | • | • | |||||
| 32 | Design a Musical Instrument |
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| 33 | Electricity and Circuits | • | • | • | ||||
| 34 | Voltage and Batteries | • | • | • | ||||
| 35 | Resistors and Ohm’s law |
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| 36 | Series and Parallel Resistances |
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| 37 | Electrical Power | • | • | • | ||||
| 38 | Compound Circuits | • | • | • | ||||
| 39 | Design a Lemon Battery | • | • | • | ||||
| 40 | Magnification of Mirrors and Lenses |
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| 41 | Reflection in a Plane Mirror |
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| 42 | Refraction of Light | • | • | |||||
| 43 | Creating Real and Virtual Images with Lenses |
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| 44 | Image Formation for a Convex Lens |
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| 45 | Build a Microscope and a Telescope |
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| 46 | Phosphorescence | • | • |
Data Collection Software
This product requires PASCO software for data collection and analysis. We recommend the following option(s). For more information on which is right for your classroom, see our Software Comparison: SPARKvue vs. Capstone »
Buying Guide
| Requires One Of These | P/N | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Essential Physics Comprehensive Equipment Kit This kit includes all of the sensors and apparatus needed to perform the 46 labs from the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. | EP-6490A | -- |
| Essential Physics Standard Equipment Kit This kit includes all of the sensors and apparatus needed to perform 22 mechanics and circuits labs from the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. | EP-3567A | -- |
| Forces and Motion Kit This kit includes all of the sensors and apparatus needed to perform 15 mechanics labs from the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. | EP-3576 | -- |
| Essential Physics Modular Circuits Kit This kit includes all of the sensors and apparatus needed to perform 7 circuits labs from the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. | EM-3536 | -- |
| Light, Color & Optics Kit This kit includes all of the sensors and apparatus needed to perform 7 light and optics labs from the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. | EP-3558 | -- |
| Oscillations, Waves & Sound Kit This kit includes all of the sensors and apparatus needed to perform 5 waves and sound labs from the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. | EP-3578 | -- |
| Simple Machines Engineering Kit This kit includes all of the sensors and apparatus needed to perform 7 simple machines and statics labs from the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. | EP-3577 | -- |
| Recommended Accessories | P/N | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Essential Physics Teacher Lab Manual - Electronic Resources Complete set of electronic teacher resources for all 46 lab activities in the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. | EP-6328-DIG | -- |
| Essential Physics Teacher Lab Manual Complete set of teacher answer keys (printed) for the 46 labs inside the Essential Physics Student Lab Manual. | EP-6329 | -- |
