SPM Physics Experiments (Paper 3)

Student conducting an SPM Physics light refraction experiment

The DSKP experiments and the Paper 3 skills. Graph and analysis marks are among the most recoverable in the exam.

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Every experiment below comes from the DSKP list of activities.

Source: DSKP KSSM Physics Form 4 and 5 (Versi English) (Bahagian Pembangunan Kurikulum (BPK), KPM)

Experiments by chapter

Form 4

1. Measurement

Experiment: Simple pendulum, relating length to the period of oscillation

2. Force and Motion I

Experiment: Determining gravitational acceleration g by free fall

Experiment: Relationship between inertia and mass using an inertial balance

4. Heat

Experiment: Determining the specific heat capacity of aluminium

Experiment: Determining the specific latent heat of fusion of ice

Experiment: Pressure and volume of a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature (Boyle's law)

Experiment: Volume and temperature of a fixed mass of gas at constant pressure (Charles's law)

Experiment: Pressure and temperature of a fixed mass of gas at constant volume (pressure law)

6. Light and Optics

Experiment: Determining the refractive index of a glass block

Experiment: Determining the refractive index of glass by real depth and apparent depth

Experiment: Object distance and image distance for a convex lens

Form 5

1. Force and Motion II

Experiment: Relationship between force and extension of a spring (Hooke's law)

2. Pressure

Experiment: How the depth of a liquid affects the pressure

Experiment: Measuring gas pressure with a liquid manometer

3. Electricity

Experiment: Comparing ohmic and non-ohmic conductors

Experiment: How the length of a wire affects its resistance

Experiment: Determining the e.m.f. and internal resistance of a dry cell

4. Electromagnetism

Experiment: The effect on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field

Experiment: Factors affecting the force on a current-carrying conductor

Science-process skills

Science skill: Writing a hypothesis and identifying variables

Science skill: Tabulating experimental data

Science skill: Plotting a good graph

Science skill: Gradient, intercept and extrapolation

Science skill: Planning a complete experiment

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