The University of Montevallo ASIM Physics program is coordinated by Physics Specialist Chuck Hanke. The program provides in-depth professional development, a highly qualified specialist, and high-tech, state-of-the-art lab equipment for teaching Physics through inquiry.  When equipment is brought into a laboratory by this program, an entire class set is provided so that all students can participate in lab activities simultaneously. Equipment available to teachers and students through this program includes (but is not limited to):

Cart and track systems
Force Tables
Centripetal force set
Projectile Launchers
Harmonic springs
Electronic, digital top loading balances
Radiation Cans
Digital hot plates
Density sets
Vernier calipers
Lab jacks
Optical benches with lenses, mirrors, filters, photometers and light sources
Diffraction glasses
Spectral tube powered mounts
Spectral tubes
Quantitative analysis spectroscopes
LED lasers
Magnets
Electronics Kits
Elastic cords
Sine wave generators
String vibrators
Resonance tubes
Doppler Rockets
Tuning forks
Van de Graaff generator
Digital Multimeters
Xplorer GLX interfaces
Laptop computers with interfaces
Printers
Photogate probes
Force probes
Motion sensors
Temperature probes
Voltage probes
Smart pulleys
Photogate pendulum set
Picket fences

Over 30 laboratory activities utilizing this equipment can be delivered to your school ready to use.  All materials are prepared for you.  Some of the more popular lab activities provided are:

Round things measurement
Match the graph
Linear motion
Non linear motion
Projectile studies
Simple pendulum
Newton's Second Law push and pull
Newton's Second Law constant system mass
Newton's Second Law constant accelerating force
Simple harmonic motion
Buoyancy sink or swim
Static electricity
Conservation of Momentum
Conservation of Energy
Force vectors
Sounds
Doppler effect
Thermal Radiation
Resonance
Reflection
Refraction
Diffraction
Polarization
Color composition of light
Central force and Rotational motion
Resisting Circuits
Ohm's Law
Current
Voltage
Waves
 

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