Summary of Experiments for STPM Practical Physics
Malaysia Students
in the following format:
[Experiment number] - [Topic] - [Purpose] ([Mode of working],
[Completion of practical report])
1* - Physical Quantities and Units - To determine the density of a
substance (Individual, In the lab)
2 - Kinematics and Dynamics - To verify the principle of conservation
of linear momentum (In pairs, At home)
3* - Rotational Motion of a Rigid Body - To determine the moment of
inertia of a flywheel (In pairs/Stationed, In the lab)
4* - Statics - To determine the coefficient of static friction
between two surfaces (Individual, At home)
5* - Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) - To determine the acceleration due
to gravity using a simple pendulum (Individual, In the lab)
6 - Oscillation - To study the damped oscillation of a spring-mass
system in the air (In pairs, At home)
7* - Stationary Waves - To study stationary waves in a string (In
pairs/Stationed, In the lab)
8* - Sound Waves - To determine the velocity of sound using a
resonance tube (Stationed/In groups of 5, At home)
9* - Deformation of Solids - To determine Young's modulus by
cantilever method (Individual, In the lab)
10 - Kinetic Theory of Gases - To verify Charles' law using the
air column trapped in a capillary tube (Individual, At home)
11* - Thermal Conduction - To determine the thermal conductivity of
glass (In groups of 5, At home)
12* - Capacitors - To determine the time constant and the capacitance
of capacitors in R-C circuit (In pairs, In the lab)
13 - Electric Current - To study Ohm's law and to determine the
total resistance of resistors in series and parallel (Individual, In
the lab)
14* - Wheatstone Bridge - To determine the resistivity of the
material of a wire using a Wheatstone bridge (Individual, In the lab)
15* - Potentiometer - To determine the internal resistance of a cell
using a potentiometer (Individual, In the lab)
16* - Magnetic Fields - To study the behaviour of a bar magnet in
varying magnetic fields and to estimate the horizontal component of the
Earth's magnetic field (Individual, In the lab)
17* - Electronics - To understand the characteristics of an
operational amplifier by measuring voltage gains and bandwidths
(Stationed/In groups of 5, At home)
18 - Geometrical Optics - To study the magnification of real image
by a convex lens (Individual, In the lab)
19* - Geometrical Optics - To determine the refractive index of a
glass using a concave mirror (Individual, At home)
20* - Physical Optics - To study the diffraction pattern formed by a
diffraction grating and to determine the wavelength of a laser beam
(Stationed/In groups of 5, At home)
* Compulsory experiments to be carried out for assessment
Note: Each of the experiments listed above, is allocated a duration of
1 hour and 20 minutes. For the experiments of which the reports are to
be completed in the laboratory, the duration should not exceed an hour.
Source: STPM Practical Physics Paper 960/3 Student's Manual Session
2006/2007 © Majlis Peperiksaan Malaysia 2006/2007
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