Community and Resources for Experimentation-Focused Physics Labs
Physics Lab Exchange
A community library for physics lab instructors and designers to share, discover, and refine experimentation-focused resources: labs where students design investigations to answer open-ended questions, rather than follow a fixed procedure to find a known result.
Experimentation Focused
Labs that are open-ended — students don't know the outcome in advance, and they make real decisions about experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
Builds Critical Thinking
Materials organized around core experimental skills that develop critical thinking: questioning, designing, interpreting, evaluating, and presenting evidence.
Community-Driven
Ask questions, join discussions, share your own materials, and connect with fellow physics lab instructors and designers.
Featured Labs
Classroom-ready materials shared and refined by the physics lab teaching community.
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Explore by Experimental Skills
Find labs that develop the core experimental skills your students need — from uncertainty analysis to presenting results.
Fit Models to Data
Quantitatively finding best fit functions to data, such as through least squares regression and residuals graphs
Write Reports or Papers
Communicating methods and findings through formal written documents, such as a report or paper
Present Work
Communicating methods and findings through oral presentations or posters
Collaborate
Working with team members to carry out an investigation
Compare Data Distributions
Qualitatively comparing whether graphical distributions of data are similar in shape, width, or mean
Understand Fit Parameters
Relating fit parameters from least squares regression to physical quantities associated with models
A Community of Lab Instructors
Physics Lab Exchange is more than a resource library — it's where lab instructors connect, discuss, and grow together.
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About the Physics Lab Exchange
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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