Experimental Activities

Measurement of length 

1. Measure the length, breadth, and diagonal of your physics textbook and verify Pythagoras theorem

2. measure the length, breadth, and height of the rectangular box and verify it's diagonal.

3. Measure the diameter of the cylinder/coin and verify that its circumference is π times its diameter.

4. measure a hollow cylinder’s inner and outer diameter and verify its thickness using a vernier caliper.

5. measure the hollow cylinder’s depth and verify its bottom’s thickness using an vernier caliper.

6. measure the radius of the cross-section of the thin wire using a micrometer screw gauge.

7. measure the thickness of a thin metal plate using a micrometer screw gauge.

8. measure the diameter of the sphere using an vernier caliper

9. measure the diameter of the spherical ball bearing using a micrometer screw gauge

10. measure the perimeter of a rectangular sheet of wood using a scale/tape

Measurement of area 

1. Measure the length, breadth, and area of your physics textbook and verify the formula for the area of a rectangle

2. Measure the length, breadth, and height of a rectangular box and find its surface area.

3. Measure the diameter of the coin and find its area.

4. measure the inner diameter, outer diameter, and height of the hollow cylinder using an vernier caliper and find its area.

5. Measure the diameter of the spherical ball bearing using a micrometer screw gauge and find its surface area

6. Measure the diameter and height of a solid cylinder and find its curved surface area and total surface area.

7. Find the carpet area of your classroom

8. Find the seating and writing area of your desc.

9. Find the area of any irregular shape using graph paper.

10. Find the area of the composite shape dividing it into regular shapes.

Measurement of volume 

1. measure the length, breadth, and height of the rectangular box and find its volume

2. measure the diameter and height of a solid cylinder and find its volume.

3. measure the diameter of the spherical ball bearing using an vernier caliper/micrometer screw gauge and find its volume

4. measure the inner diameter, outer diameter, and height of the hollow cylinder using an vernier caliper and find its volume

5. find the volume of an irregular shape using Archimedes method

6. find the volume of a cylindrical vessel in a liter

7. find the volume of air in your classroom

8. find the volume of composite shapes

9. find the area of the triangular-shaped object

10. find the area of an annular ring

Measurement of Mass and Density 

1. find the mass and density of the rectangular wooden box

2. find the density of iron using the mass and volume of a cylindrical object

3. find the density of water

4. find the density of an irregular object by the Archimedes method

5. find the density of the solids sphere

6. find the areal density of rectangular metal sheet/plywood sheet

7. find the linear density of a metal wire

8. find the linear density of a wooden rod

9. compare densities of glass and plastic with that of water and verify the law of floatation

10. verify that air has mass using a balloon experiment.

Measurement of velocity and acceleration 

1. find the speed and acceleration of the spherical object using an inclined plane method

2. find the acceleration due to gravity using a simple pendulum

3. find the maximum velocity of a simple pendulum

4. find the acceleration due to gravity using the free fall method

5. find the velocity of an object using the free fall method

6. find the acceleration due to gravity using the conical pendulum method

7. find the velocity of the conical pendulum

8. find the centripetal acceleration of a revolving object

9. find the velocity of a revolving object

10. find the velocity of projection of projectile motion using angle, range, and time of flight