PHYS 211L -  Physics With Calculus Laboratory    Fall 2004

Laboratory:     M  2 - 4:50 PM, Sims 205 or  T  9:30 - 12:20  AM, Sims 205
                           All Phys 211 Students need to register for one of the above lab sections 
 
                            Office Hours: M, W, F: 10-10:50 or by appointment.  

                               

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Lab manual: Hand-outs, prepared primarily  by Dr. Mahes,   will be available form this website  or  they will be provided. Feedbacks that will help clarify or improve the hand-outs are welcome. 

Course Objectives:

*  You must read the lab hand-out as well as relevant sections from the textbook before the lab period.

* Bring the textbook and your calculator to the laboratory.

* Do not miss any laboratory. You will receive "0" for all missed laboratories.

* Lab reports are due at the end of the lab period.

PHYS 211L Tentative Schedule

Expt# Date Experiment Title Related Sections and websites to be pre-read
1 Aug 30,31   Graphing Techniques
2 Sept . 6,7   Vector Addition and Resolution
3 Sept.13.14 Measurement of Density
4 Sept. .20,21 Uniformly Accelerated Motion
5 Sept. 27,28   Introduction to Data Collection with a PC
6 Oct. 4,5 Friction
7 Oct.  11,12 The Ballistic Pendulum and Projectile Motion.
Oct.  18 Fall Break. Icon: fall leaf
8 Oct.25,26   Torque-(Equilibrium of a Rigid Body)
9 Nov.1,2  Rotational Motion
10 Nov.8,9 Hooke's Law and Simple Harmonic Motion
11 Nov.15,16   Archimedes' principle
12 Nov.22, 23  Gas Laws
13 Dec. 29, 30 Specific Heat

Include the following in the same order for your lab reports:

1) Laboratory hand-out.

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. Do not come late.

        2. Most of the time You will work in a groups of no more than three.  All  partners should actively take part                  in  collecting the  data and the experimental process.

Guidelines for conclusion

Conclusion should state tasks that focus on the purpose of the experimental  investigation. Your conclusion  should be concise (about  half a page) and clear. Obviously,  you cannot write your conclusion without completing your experiment or investigations. A general statement like "I have determined the densities of given solids" is not acceptable. You need to refer to your data, methods, and results in your conclusion. First you may state if your results satisfy   the purpose of the experiment. Then you may discuss  the errors and their possible causes. Describe your reasoning using physics terminology and principles.   While we encourage you to discuss your physics experiments with your partners, your written lab report must be your own work. Partners will have the same data and graphs but should not have a word for word copies of each others discussions and conclusions.
 
 
  09/06/04

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