PASCO Supports High School Physics Educators
PASCO provides High School Physics educators with the most groundbreaking solutions on the market by incorporating wireless technology with inquiry-based, hands-on activities that foster active learning. Our award-winning equipment easily integrates into your classroom with its cross-platform compatibility, live data, and supporting curriculum.
Whether you’re teaching Honors, IB®, AP® Physics 1 or 2, or General Physics courses, we offer lab manuals, experiments, and textbooks for your curricular needs. With PASCO in your Physics classroom, you can easily explore topics such as Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, Thermodynamics, Oscillations, Waves, and Sound, and much more.
SMART CART – Your Physics Lab on Wheels
Wirelessly measure position, velocity, acceleration, rotation, and force.
The patented PASCO Wireless Smart Cart is the next generation in dynamics carts for science education. Developed by PASCO, the Smart Cart combines our low-friction dynamics cart with wireless sensors that measure position, velocity, acceleration, force, and rotation. Simply connect the Smart Cart to you or your students’ devices using Bluetooth Low Energy and begin collecting data!
CARTS AND TRACKS
Create your dream dynamics system in just a few clicks.
Dynamics Systems offer an engaging and affordable method for physics educators to teach a wide variety of complex concepts and labs. At PASCO, we make it easy to create a dynamics system that’s right for your needs, while keeping you under budget. Compare our low-friction carts, sleek and expandable tracks, and various price points to determine which dynamics system is right for your physics course.
Wireless Sensors
Physics Equipment
Mini Launcher
With three, highly repeatable launch speeds, precise launch angle measurements, and the ability to shoot downward, PASCO’s Mini Launcher provides an affordable method for students to explore projectiles through dynamic, hands-on inquiry.
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Rotating Platform
Support a wider range of experiments in rotational motion with our versatile Rotating Platform. Includes Cast Iron Base, Aluminum Platform, 3-Step Pulley, Masses, and Support Rod.
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Basic Optics System
PASCO’s ruggedly designed Basic Optics System is both affordable and easy to use, making it perfect for introductory physics courses and labs on a budget.
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e/m Apparatus
The e/m Apparatus accurately determines the Charge-to-Mass ratio of an electron and gives students a rare opportunity to observe the behavior of electrons in a magnetic field.
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String Vibrator
The PASCO String Vibrator transforms mechanical wave demonstrations into hands-on activities that every student can appreciate. Pair it with our Sine Wave Generator and Strobe System to “freeze” standing waves in time.
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Ripple Tank System
Help students develop a deeper understanding of basic wave phenomena with this complete, easy-to-use system. Includes Ripple Tank, light source, water-resistant storage box, and accessories.
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Mini Launcher Wireless Smart Gate System
This modern adaptation of a classic demonstration produces repeatable launches with live data for a fun, inquiry-based approach to projectiles.
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Wireless Diffraction Scanner
With just four components, students can easily create familiar diffraction patterns, experiment with slits, and analyze Intensity vs. Position graphs in real time with cross-platform, live data.
Product DetailMODULAR CIRCUITS – Build Circuits that Look like Circuit Diagrams
Easy to Wire • Easy to Understand
Modular Circuits are a groundbreaking, wireless solution to complex circuit activities that often fail to reflect textbook circuit work. Using this familiar design, students can successfully recreate drawn circuit diagrams, generate live data, and confidently explore electrical concepts.
The 8 x 8 cm modules promote collaboration and focus on developing conceptual understandings. Every module displays the schematic symbol as well as visual components – including resistors, capacitors, motors, and more – to make the connection between circuit diagrams and functioning circuits seamless for students.
Physics Lab Supplies
Rods, Clamps and Stands
Get the essential equipment you need to support hands-on investigations all year long. Browse our selection of stainless-steel rods, clamps, and stands.
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Mass and Hanger Sets
Browse a variety of mass and hanger sets, from slotted and hooked masses to affordable hangers and weights, we offer a variety of options to support all types of investigations.
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Measurement Supplies
From measuring tape and micrometers to spring scales and calipers, view our collection of tools for routine measurements.
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Aluminum Meter Sticks
PASCO’s Aluminum Meter Sticks are a game changer for physics educators who are tired of using chipped meter sticks. With etched markings and a hollow, lightweight design, they’re sure to outlast even the newest of wooden meter sticks.
View ProductPASCO UNIVERSAL INTERFACES
Power Your Physics Lab with a PASCO Universal Interface. The 550 and 850 Universal Interfaces accept both PASPORT and analog ScienceWorkshop sensors, offering labs unparalleled features and functionality.
An economical choice with Bluetooth connectivity
The 550 Universal Interface is fast, flexible, and affordable, providing all the power you need to ignite student learning in your lab. Featuring high-speed data collection, a signal generator, power supply, and more, the 550 Universal Interface delivers powerful performance to physics labs in need of an affordable interface.
The ultimate interface for your physics lab
The 850 Universal Interface offers unmatched capabilities, delivering all the speed and power required for your most demanding physics experiments. When used with PASCO Capstone software, this interface can replace most of the equipment in your physics lab, including oscilloscopes, power supplies, timers, function generators, multimeters, and more.
Software: Data Collection, Visualization & Analysis
The Most Advanced Data Collection Software in Science Education
Software designed specifically to collect, display, and analyze data in physics and engineering labs.
At PASCO, we push the limits of technology, so you can push your students to their potential. We work closely with educators to continuously improve Capstone, making improvements that enhance and expand its teaching features for your needs. Capstone’s robust capabilities make it ideal for advanced applications, where large data sets, high-speed sampling, and customized preferences are required. The straightforward user interface is approachable for beginners, while providing advanced users with all the capabilities they need to perform even the most complex of experiments. Plus, with our generous site license, students can install PASCO Capstone on their personal computers, enabling them to analyze data on or off campus.
Product DetailPASCO Data Streamer
The PASCO Data Streamer app enables Windows® 10 users to stream real-time data from PASCO Wireless Sensors into Microsoft® Excel. Choose from one our sample workbooks or create your own dynamic workbook to start streaming and analyzing data right in Excel. All that’s required is a compatible PASCO Wireless Sensor, the PASCO Data Streamer App, and the Excel® Data Streamer Add-in.
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Complete Solutions For High School Physics
Essential Physics
Get a complete print and digital curriculum with PASCO equipment for the price of most textbooks!
- Aligns with NGSS and your state standards
- Includes hardcover textbook and fully interactive e-Book
- Interactive simulations, equations, and animations
- Dozens of hands-on labs and investigations
- Resources for flexible instruction (video labs, simulations & more)
- PASCO equipment available with purchase of textbooks or e-Books
- Cross-platform technology works on all platforms
Physics Lab Stations
Explore more physics using less equipment with Physics Lab Stations! These modular equipment kits include key sensors and apparatus that are universal to labs performed in most physics courses, including:
- General Physics
- Honors Physics
- AP® Physics 1 and AP® Physics 2
- AP® Physics C: Mechanics
- AP® Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
- IB® Physics
Physics Lab Manuals
Browse student and teacher lab manuals for General, Honors, AP®, and IB® Physics.
Experiment Library • Browse All
Newton’s Second Law
Students use a Smart Cart to determine the relationship between a system’s mass, acceleration, and the net force being applied to the system... more »
Two-Dimensional Motion: Projectiles
Students use a photogate and mini launcher to measure the variables that affect the two-dimensional motion of a projectile launched horizontally... more »
Conservation of Momentum
Students use two Smart Carts and a dynamics system to demonstrate that linear momentum and kinetic energy are conserved in an elastic collision... more »
Simple Pendulum
Students test different variables to see which affect the period of a simple pendulum... more »