Creative computer-based labwork on electricity

Abstract

A large series of computer-aided laboratory exercises based on the IP COACH system have been efficiently used in high-school learning. More recently, some of the labwork (particularly, on the topic of Direct Current) have been developed into creative experimental problems for university and high-school students to solve when studying Physics courses. Time-resolved measurements provided by COACH5 enabled the students to explore and explain an intriguing behaviour of filament bulbs connected into simple circuits.