WINTHROP UNIVERSITY
Department of Chemistry, Physics, & Geology
 
Semester: Spring 2014   Course: PHYS 202L - General Physics Laboratory

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

  1. You must read the web-link  and the relevant materials from the textbook before the lab period and be prepared for the laboratory.
  2. Bring the textbook and do not come late.
  3. You will work in a group of two. Both partners should actively take part in collecting the data and in the experimental process.
  4. At the end of your lab work you need to return all the laboratory equipment to the appropriate places where you took them.
  5. You need to handle the equipment carefully, giving special attention when warranted.
  6. When you leave the laboratory, you need to make sure the laboratory table is clean and free of any materials.
  7. Do not miss any laboratory. You will receive "0" for all missed laboratories.
  8. Lab reports are due at the end of the lab period.


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.