In experiment 4 we applied the concept learned in Faraday’s Law of Induction “[which] describes how an electric current produces a magnetic field and, conversely, how a changing magnetic field generates an electric current in a conductor”[1] In this lab, the main piece of equipment will be a tube that resembles a flashlight and we will observe that as the magnet inside the tube is shaken faster, the greater voltage there will be.
What parts of our daily routines rely upon electricity? For myself, I use electricity both while I am asleep to charge my Smart phone and once I wake up to turn on the lights, make breakfast, and commute to school on the MBTA (subway system in Massachusetts). To look at the broader picture, everything from national sec\urity, health and safety, and many of the activities we enjoy are all fueled by electricity [1] . Continue reading The Future of the Electric Grid
Objective In Lab 3, we explored the relationship between the mass of an object as it relates to force and acceleration. The general concept we…
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Objective: This experiment was conducted over the span of two class sessions, one of which we used to build a Lego robot and then used…
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If you have visited the website for the Environmental Protection Agency within the last couple of weeks, you may have noticed a slight change in…
Continue reading Politics and the Debate on the Cause of Climate Change