PHYS 1111L - Introductory Physics Laboratory I
Laboratory Schedule


The laboratory schedule for PHYS 1111L, Introductory Physics Laboratory I, is provided in the table below. This lab schedule is linked to the laboratory advanced sheets. Laboratory advanced sheets provide instructions for completing lab experiments. Additionally, they often contain data tables to assist the student in organizing his or her efforts in the lab. Students should read the laboratory advanced sheets before the lab is conducted, print them out, bring them to lab, and pay particular attention to the requirements for the associated lab report described within them.

Laboratory

Date

Topic

  0

Jan 11

Information meeting

(mandatory)

 

Jan 18

No Lab - MLK Holiday

1

Jan 25

Measurement
Introduction to the ExcelTM Spreadsheet Program

2

Feb 1

Acceleration Due to Gravity
Graphing with the ExcelTM Spreadsheet Program

3

Feb 8

Opposing Forces

4

Feb 15

 Projectile Motion

5

Feb 22

Archimedes Principle

6

Mar 1

Pressure in Fluids 

    

March 5

Midterm - last day to withdraw without accountability

 

March 8, 15

No Lab - Spring Break

7

March 22

Conservation of Energy

8

March 29

Ballistic Pendulum

 9

March 5

Center of Mass

10

April 12

Oscillatory Motion

11

April 19

Standing Waves

12

April 26

Final Examination

 

May 3

     No Lab        

 

Last update: August 14, 2010