SECTION A
FORMAL EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
Experiment 1. To measure the diameter of a small spherical/cylindrical body with a vernier calliper.
Experiment 2. To determine the internal diameter, depth of a given beaker/calorimeter and hence find its volume.
Experiment 3. To measure the diameter of a wire using a screw gauge and to find its volume.
Experiment 4. To measure the thickness of a given sheet using a screw gauge.
Experiment 5. To measure the volume of an irregular lamina using a screw gauge.
Experiment 6. To measure radius of curvature of given spherical surface using a spherometer.
Experiment 7. To determine the mass of two different objects using a beam balance.
Experiment 8. To find the weight of a given body by the parallelogram law of vectors using Gravesand's apparatus.
Experiment 9. Using a simple pendulum, to plot a graph between / and T2 and hence to find the effective length of second's pendulum using appropriate graph. 29
Experiment 10. To study variation of time period of a simple pendulum of a given length by taking bobs of same size but different masses and interpret the result. 31
Experiment 11 To study the relationship between the force of limiting friction and normal reaction and to find the coefficient of friction between a block and a horizontal surface. 3
Experiment 12. To find the downward force along an inclined plane acting on a roller due to gravitational pull of the earth and study its relationship with the angle of inclination by plotting a graph between force and sin 0.
ACTIVITIES IN PHYSICS
Activity 1. To make a paper scale of least count 0-2 cm.
Activity 2. To determine mass of a given body using a metre scale by principle of moments.
Activity 3. In an experiment to verify Hooke's law, the following data was obtained by a student:
If the extension is measured within an accuracy of ± 0-2 cm, plot the graph for the above given s data with proper choice of scales and error bars
Activity 4. To measure the force of limiting friction for rolling of a roller on a horizontal plane.
Activity 5. To study the variation in the range of jet of water by varying the angle of projection.
Activity 6. To study the conservation of energy of a ball rolling down an inclined plane (using a double in track).
Activity 7. To study dissipation of energy of a simple pendulum by plotting a graph between square of amp and time.
SECTION B
FORMAL EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
Experiment 13. To determine Young's modulus of the material of a given wire using Searle's apparatus.
Experiment 14. To find the force (or spring) constant of a helical spring from the load-extension graph.
Experiment 15. To study the variation in volume with pressure for a sample of air at constant temperature by plotting the graphs between P and V and between P and 1/V.
Experiment 16. To determine the surface tension of water by capillary rise method.
Experiment 17. To determine the coefficient of viscosity of glycerine by plotting the graph between terminal velocity and square of the radius of steel balls (spherical bodies).
Experiment 18. To study the relationship between the temperature of a hot body and time by plotting a cooling curve Le to verify Newton's law of cooling
Experiment 19. To determine the specific heat of a given solid by method of mixtures.
Experiment 20. To determine the specific heat of a given liquid by method of mixtures
Experiment 21. To study the relation between frequency and length of a given wire under constant tensión using a sonometer (Plot a graph between v and 1/1).
Experiment 22. To study the relation between the length of a given wire and tension for constant frequency using a sonometer (Plot a graph between 2 and T).
Experiment 23. To find the velocity of sound at room temperature using the resonance tube apparatus by two resonance position methods.
ACTIVITIES IN PHYSICS
Activity 8. To observe the change of state and to plot a cooling curve for molten wax. Hence to find the melting point of wax.
Activity 9. To observe and explain the effect of heating on a bimetallic strip and to find out which of the two metals has larger linear expansion.
Activity 10. To note the change in level of a liquid in a container on heating and interpret the observations
Activity 11. To study the effect of detergent on surface tension by observing capillary rise.
Activity 12. To study the factors affecting the rate of loss of heat (or rate of cooling) of a liquid.
Activity 13. To study the effect of load on depression of a suitably clamped metre scale loaded (1) in the middle and (ii) at its end.
Activity 14. To observe the decrease in pressure with increase in velocity of a fluid.