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Hauppauge Physics and Chemistry Students Investigate Electrons and Copper at Stony Brook University Lab
Hauppauge High School students in Carolyn Heck’s AP Chemistry and Dennis Petercsak’s AP Physics C classes recently were invited to perform laboratory investigations at Stony Brook University (SBU). The AP Chemistry students completed a five-hour, college level lab in which copper was transformed into different compounds with various color changes before ultimately returning back to solid copper. According to their teacher, “this laboratory investigation was directly correlated to the AP Chemistry Curriculum and will aid the students in their preparation for the AP Chemistry exam.”
The AP Physics C students worked with the SBU’s high-tech equipment to calculate the mass of an electron. The Physics students also had an opportunity to tour the tandem Van de Graaff accelerator, which is located in Stony Brook University’s Physics Building.
