LAB SCHEDULE
Lab # | Week | PreLab: Read the relevant sections for each experiment in your text book.and watch the pre-lab videos before you come to lab. | Experiment |
1 | Jan. 21-23 | Read Section 12.7.
Video on how to
do the expt-must view Coseqquences of Latent Heat of Fusion of Ice. |
Specic Heat of Metals &the latent heat of fusion of ice. |
2 | Jan. 28-30 | Crash Course on Gas Laws | Gas Laws |
3 | Feb. 4-7 |
Joule's Law Cocept
Joule's Law Expt. current
Original
Heat Transfer |
Joule's Law and Heat Transfer |
4 | Feb. 11-13 | Visit websites and read about: charging by friction and induction.; about electric fields due point charges and E fields and equipotentials due to parallel plats | Charge and Field |
5 | Feb. 18-20 | Read section 20.2 & 20.3 . Visit PheT and construct a DC circuit with a light bulb, Voltmeter and Ammeter. | Resistance |
6 | Feb 25-27 | Visit PheT and setup circuit with three resistors in series and parallel. Measure I, V and the R =V/I across the resistors. Read sections 20.8 and 20.12 in your book. | Ohm's Law |
7 | Mar. 4-6 | Read Section 20.9 and Section 20.13 (RC Circuits). Do problem r | Capacitors & Rc Circuit |
8 | Read section 20.11 | Meters | |
9 | Mar. 17-21 | ||
Mar. 25-27 | Electromagnetic Induction | ||
10 | Apr. 1-3 | Oscilloscope | |
11 | Apr. 8-10 | Image formation by mirros and lesnses | |
12 | Apr. 15-17 | Read secion on intefrence 27.2 and section on diffraction 27.5 -Related Video | Interference and Diffraction |
13 | Apr. 28-30. | Read sections 30.2. Line Spectra and 30.3(The Bohr Atom | Spectra |
Laboratory: T 2-4:50, Sims
205.
Students need to register for the lab section, PHYS 202L.
Textbook: Physics, Cutnell & Johnson, 9th Edition,
Wiley, 2012.
Course Objectives:
Include the following in the same
order for your for your lab reports:
1) Worked Pre-Lab problems must be
attached to the lab report
2) Graphs, calculations, answers for questions, etc.
3)
Conclusion.
4) Staple the report at the top left corner making sure nothing
is hidden under the staple.
Rules for the laboratory
How to write a conclusion?
* Conclusion is the most important part of your report. You must write your own conclusion. It must be written as the last piece, after graphs and data tables, of the report. In length, it should be about 1/3 to 1/2 page.
* Conclusion should state things that are unique for your investigation. Just remember that you cannot write your conclusion without completing your experiments or investigations. General statements like "I have determined the densities of given solids" is not acceptable.
* First you should re-state the purpose with some appropriate changes. Then you need to describe your results, including the data tables and graphs. Then you may discuss about some of the difficulties you had, errors and their possible causes, and suggestions for improvement. Describe your reasoning using physics terminology and principles. You should explain as completely as possible what goes through your mind that leads you to your conclusion. While we encourage you to discuss the investigations with your partners, your conclusion must be your own thought.