Physics 161 Elements of Physics

Fall 2007

Laboratory/Workshop Schedule and Manuals


Note:
(1) Before coming to the lab, print out a hard copy of the laboratory manual, read the introduction and instructions of this weeks experiment. Manuals are accessible via internet in the laboratory room, however you will need the computer for data analysis.

(2) In particular print out the lab report sheet(s) for each laboratory before coming to the lab (the report is part of the Lab Manual, so you may already have the correct report sheets).   During the Lab session each student must fill out (and at the end submit) an individual laboratory report.

(3) The Lab/Workshop session will start with discussion of some of the homework problems. A quiz will be administered, before we start the experimental part of the lab.

(4) All laboratory sessions take place in Room 232, Second Floor, Serin Physics Building West, adjacent to the parking lot.  Enter the building through the main door facing Allison Road.
 
 
 

Laboratory/Workshop Dates and Laboratory Manuals

dates

specific lab

exam dates

Sep. 3   - Sep. 6

no lab

Sep. 10 - Sep. 13

1. One Dimensional Motion, Part I

  Lab Report, Part I

Sep. 17 - Sep. 20

2. One Dimensional Motion, Part II (Part I and II are in same labmanual)

  Lab Report, Part II

Sep. 24   - Sep. 27

3. Newton's Second Law, Part I

  Lab Report, Part I

Oct. 1 - Oct. 4

4. Energy and Work, Part I

  Lab Report, Part I

Oct. 8   - Oct. 11

Review Session and old Exam 1 

Oct. 15 - Oct. 18

5. Archimedes Principle and Density, Part I

Oct 16 -- Exam 1

  Lab Report, Part I

Oct. 22 - Oct. 25

6. Fluid Flow

  Lab Report, Fluid Flow

Oct. 29  - Nov. 1

7. Ideal Gas and Latent Heat

  Lab Report

Nov. 5 - Nov. 8

Review Session, old Exam 2 , and solutions , another old Exam 2 , and solutions

Nov. 12 - Nov. 15

8. Standing Waves in Air Column, Part I

Nov 13 -- Exam 2

  Lab Report, Part I

Nov. 19 - Nov. 22

no labs (Thanksgiving week)

Nov. 26 - Nov. 29

9. Resistance and Ohm's Law, Part I

  Lab Report, Part I

Dec. 3   - Dec. 6

10. Radioactivity, Part I

  Lab Report, Part I

old1 Final Exam , solutions , old2 Final Exam , solutions

Dec 19 -- Final Exam