Community and Resources for Experimentation-Focused Physics Labs
Physics Lab Exchange
A community library where physics lab instructors share, discover, and refine classroom-ready resources, from lab manuals to data analysis tools.
Experimentation Focused
Labs that prioritize authentic experimental practice (measurement, design, and analysis), not procedures students just follow step-by-step.
Builds Critical Thinking
Materials organized around core experimental skills that develop scientific reasoning: questioning, designing, interpreting, and presenting evidence.
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Featured Labs
Classroom-ready materials shared and refined by the physics lab teaching community.
Uses real clinical fluid samples for viscosity measurements. Pre/post concept assessments included. Adaptable for 2-hour or 3-hour sessions. Equipment list uses common physics lab supplies.
The focus of this unit is to evaluate whether the period of a pendulum depends on the amplitude of the swing.
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Find labs that develop the core experimental skills your students need — from uncertainty analysis to presenting results.
Collaborate
Working with team members to carry out an investigation
Reduce Uncertainty
Finding and implementing ways to reduce uncertainty in measurements
Build Apparatus
Design or build their own apparatus
Compare Data Distributions
Qualitatively comparing whether graphical distributions of data are similar in shape, width, or mean
Interpret Data
Connecting results of analysis to models of a physical system
Design Procedures
Determining how to set up equipment and take data to answer an experimental question
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The Physics Lab Exchange supports university lab instructors in designing labs that emphasize experimental physics techniques and authentic scientific reasoning. Our platform provides classroom-ready teaching tools and connects instructors with peers and education leaders to create experimentation-focused, research-inspired labs.
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