Physics Experiment Report Example
Physics Experiment Report Example
The following pages contain a sample experiment report for an experiment (not one in
this course—for example purposes only) where the water level in a 2-liter soda bottle
changes as more and more water is added. It is slightly more brief and less well-
developed than your experiment reports are expected to be (except in the area of
Uncertainty, which is more robust than you may be able to produce), however, it
provides a sense of what type of information is expected in each section.
Note: This Experiment Report example has been edited to follow the Experiment Report
requirements of the PHYS 102 class. Certain headings and sections were removed
(including Method, Materials List, Raw Data table, and Data Analysis) due to the virtual
nature of the experiment simulations, and the desire to focus on the experiment results
and student conclusions.
This experiment example below is designed to correlate the volume of the water
contained within the bottle to the height of the water in that bottle. (Again, this
experiment does not exist in the PHYS 102 course and is used for example purposes
only.)
Application: This experiment shows the connection between volume and height,
providing some insight for manufacturers to estimate how much liquid could be held in
cylindrical containers, whether they be water bottles or giant beer vats. An alternate
view could be that the set height of fluid in a cylindrical container would tell the
manufacturer how much liquid is in the container. The use of height sensors could be
used as quality control for bottling plants.