LAB SCHEDULE
Week | Experiment |
Jan. 15-18 | Temperature and Heat |
Jan. 22-25 | Gas Laws |
Jan. 29- Feb. 1 | Specific Heat and Latent Heat |
Feb. 5- Feb. 8 | Absolute Zero and Heat Transfer |
Feb. 12- 15 | Charge and Ohm's Law |
Feb. 19-22 | Ohm's Law |
Feb. 26-29 | Oscilloscope |
Mar. 12-15 | Resistors & Capacitors |
Mar. 19-22 | Meters (Hand-out will be provided) |
Mar. 26-29 | RC circuit |
Apr. 2-5 | Spherical Mirrors and Lenses |
Apr. 9-12 | Lenses-II |
Apr. 16-19 | Spectra |
Laboratory: W 2-4:50 or W
5- 7:50 PM or R 2:00 - 4:50 AM, Kinard 17.
Students need to
register for one of the above lab sections, PHYS 202L.
Instructor: Dr. Ponn Maheswaranathan
(Mahes), Associate Professor of Physics
Office: 107 Bancroft Hall, Office
Hours: M & W 10:00 - 12:30 or by appointment.
Phone: 323 2113 Ext. 6440,
E-mail: MAHESP@WINTHROP.EDU
Textbook: Physics, Giancoli, Fifth
Edition, Prentice Hall, 1998.
Course
Objectives:
Include the following in the same order
for your for your lab reports:
1) Lab write-up from the
web-link.
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
Conclusion should state things that are
unique for your investigation. In length it should not less than half a page and
more than a page. Just remember that you cannot write your conclusion without
completing your experiments 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 your
results for the purpose. Then you may discuss about the errors and their
possible causes. 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 your
physics experiments with your partners, your written lab report must be your own
work.