Complete Capstone Experiments

Classic Physics Experiments designed for use with a 550 or 850 Universal Interface and PASCO Capstone software.

Listed below are nearly 50 classic physics experiments using the power of PASCO software and lab equipment. Capstone 'EX' experiments include all the apparatus, sensors (when needed), manuals, and PASCO Capstone files you'll need in your student physics lab. For your convenience, we've listed all the downloadable files for each experiment below.

Every experiment listed can be performed with the 850 and most can be performed with the 550 Universal Interfaces. See individual experiments for details and requirements. For more information about our universal interfaces, see:

Mechanics Experiments Back to Top

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Work-Energy Theorem Experiment (4.92 MB) EX-5513A Details
Conservation of Energy Experiment (3.92 MB) EX-9935 Details
EX-5506 Centripetal Force Experiment (78.51 MB) EX-5506 Details
EX-5511A Ballistic Pendulum Experiment (21.54 MB) EX-5511A Details
Driven Damped Cart Oscillations Experiment (8.04 MB) EX-5551A Details
Conservation of Momentum Experiment (2.37 MB) EX-5510C Details
Impulse Experiment (42.35 MB) EX-5509B Details
Conservation of Energy II Experiment (28.92 MB) EX-5512 Details
Sliding Friction Experiment (72.66 MB) EX-5508 Details
Centripetal Force on a Pendulum Experiment (17.18 MB) EX-5505A Details
Hooke's Law Experiment (10.91 MB) EX-5504A Details
Newton's Laws Experiment (96.42 MB) EX-5503B Details
Projectile Motion Experiment (18.90 MB) EX-5502 Details
Atwood's Machine Experiment (13.13 MB) EX-5501 Details
Universal Gravitational Constant Experiment (276.69 MB) EX-5550 Details

Fluids Experiments Back to Top

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Archimedes Principle Experiment (4.35 MB) EX-9909 Details
Pumping Systems Experiment (18.99 MB) EX-5554A Details
Piping Systems Experiment (38.53 MB) EX-5553A Details

Rotation Experiments Back to Top

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Variable-g Pendulum Experiment (14.50 MB) EX-5519A Details
Large Amp. Pend Experiment (18.49 MB) EX-5520A Details
Driven Damped Harmonic Oscill Experiment (12.89 MB) EX-5522A Details
Chaos Experiment (31.79 MB) EX-5523A Details
Static Equilibrium Experiment (8.13 MB) EX-5564 Details
Coupled Pendula Experiment (13.85 MB) EX-5563 Details
Physical Pendulum Experiment (16.37 MB) EX-5518A Details
Torsional Pendulum Experiment (7.37 MB) EX-5521A Details
Conservation of Angular Momentum Experiment (56.70 MB) EX-5517C Details
Rotational Inertia Experiment (21.94 MB) EX-5516B Details

Structures Experiments Back to Top

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Basic Bridges Experiment (20.90 MB) EX-5556 Details
Shaking Tower Experiment (13.67 MB) EX-5555 Details
Bridge Vibrations Experiment (22.78 MB) EX-5548 Details

Materials Experiments Back to Top

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Tensile Testing Experiment (14.30 MB) EX-5557 Details
Column Buckling Experiment (21.66 MB) EX-5558 Details
Bending Experiment (31.09 MB) EX-5559 Details

Thermodynamics Experiments Back to Top

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Blackbody Radiation Experiment (9.56 MB) EX-5529A Details
Specific Heat Experiment (10.70 MB) EX-5524A Details
Heat Engine Cycles Experiment (13.53 MB) EX-5530B Details
Electrical Equiv of Heat Experiment (11.25 MB) EX-5525 Details
Ideal Gas Law Experiment (13.43 MB) EX-5527 Details
Ratio of Specific Heats Experiment (2.99 MB) EX-5531A Details

Electromagnetism Experiments Back to Top

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Ohm's Law Experiment (32.89 MB) EX-5535 Details
Earth's Magnetic Field Experiment (15.72 MB) EX-5539A Details
Coulomb's Law Experiment (7.21 MB) EX-9930B Details
Magnetic Force on Current-Carrying Wires Experiment (7.55 MB) EX-9933 Details
Ampere's Law Experiment (53.69 MB) EX-5552 Details
Electrostatic Charge Experiment (42.51 MB) EX-5532 Details
Capacitance Experiment (13.42 MB) EX-5533 Details
Resistivity Experiment (24.23 MB) EX-5534 Details
Faraday's Law Experiment (74.68 MB) EX-5541A Details
RC Circuit Experiment (761.20 KB) EX-5536 Details
LRC Series Circuit Experiment (22.92 MB) EX-5537 Details
Kirchhoff's Circuit Laws Experiment (33.33 MB) EX-5538 Details
Magnetic Fields of Coils Experiment (57.75 MB) EX-5540A Details

Waves and Optics Experiments Back to Top

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Waves Experiment (2.38 MB) EX-9952 Details
Sound of Vibrating Strings Experiment (15.19 MB) EX-5565 Details
Speed of Light Experiment (1.13 MB) EX-9932A Details
Reflection and Refraction Experiment (14.71 MB) EX-9987 Details
Telescope Microscope Experiment (1.72 MB) EX-9988 Details
Vibrating Strings Experiment (8.47 MB) EX-5542 Details
Polarization of Light Experiment (26.20 MB) EX-5543A Details
Light Intensity vs Distance Experiment (6.90 MB) EX-5547A Details
Brewster's Angle Experiment (5.84 MB) EX-5544A Details
Interference and Diffraction Experiment (6.85 MB) EX-5545A Details

Quantum Experiments Back to Top

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Atomic Spectra Experiment (15.50 MB) EX-5546B Details
Hall Effect Experiment (18.97 MB) EX-5560 Details
Franck-Hertz Experiment (76.99 MB) EX-5561 Details
Zeeman Effect Experiment (192.02 MB) EX-5562 Details
Photoelectric Effect Experiment (7.95 MB) EX-5549A Details

Hidden Products Experiments Back to Top

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Charge of an Electron Experiment (965.86 KB) EX-9929A Details