Lab Information

 

Spring semester 2008, Phys1101 General Physics 1

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This page serves as a posting point for information about the lab part of the course.

A lab report is expected for every lab experiment. Each lab report is worth 20 points. There are 13 lab experiments, as outlined in the on-line course calendar.

Please mind the Guidelines for your written work.

 

Lab 8:         Ballistic pendulum

                     Submit electronic lab report, due March 31, 2008

                     Point Breakdown for Lab 8

 

Lab 7:         Collisions in one dimension

                     Submit electronic lab report, due March 7, 2008

 

Lab 6:         Centripetal force

                     submit completed electronic lab report, due Friday March 7, 2008

                     Point Breakdown for Lab 6

 

Lab 5:         Newton’s Second Law

                     Submit completed electronic lab report. Due Friday Feb 29, 2008

                     Point Breakdown for Lab 5

 

Lab 4:         Addition of vectors

                     Submit paper lab report, due Monday Feb 25, 2008

                     Submit electronic spreadsheet

                     Point Breakdown for Lab 4

 

Lab 3:         Motion in two dimensions

                     Submit paper lab report, due Friday Feb 15, 2008

                     Lab report should include 6 labeled graphs, and three hand drawn v-t graphs with slope and uncertainties

                     Point Breakdown for Lab 3

 

Lab 2:          Motion at constant acceleration

                     Submit the electronic spreadsheet

                     Submit paper lab report, due Friday Feb 8, 2008

                     Point Breakdown for Lab 2

 

 

 

Lab 1:          Measurement

                     Submit the electronic spreadsheet

                     Submit Assignments 1 (page 18)  and 2 (page 30 ff) from the lab manual, page

                     Due Friday, Feb 1

 

Solutions for Assignment 1 and 2:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

 

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Last modified: 3/24/2008

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