WINTHROP UNIVERSITY
LAB SCHEDULE
Lab # | Week | Experiment | Pre-Lab Quiz |
1 | Jan. 18-24 | Heat | Prob. 36, Chap.18, p501 |
2 | Jan. 25-31 | Gas Laws | Prob. 9, Chap.19, p531 |
3 | Feb. 1-7 | Joule's Law and Heat Transfer | Prob. 23, Chap.18, p501 |
4 | Feb. 8-14 | Charge and Field | Pre-lab |
5 | Feb. 15-21 | Ohm's Law and Resistance | Prob. 18, Chap.26, p701 |
6 | Feb. 22-28 | Circuits | Probs.10 & 11, Ch.25,p677 |
7 | Mar. 1-7 | Battery and Capacitor | Pre-Lab on RC circuits |
8 | Mar. 8-21 | Meters | Pre-Lab on Meters |
9 | Mar. 22-28 | Electromagnetic Induction and R-C circuit | Pre-lab on Induction |
10 | Mar. 29-Apr.4 | Oscilloscope | Pre-Lab on Scope |
11 | Apr. 5-11 | Spherical Mirrors and Lenses | Pre-Lab on lenses |
12 | Apr. 12-18 | Interference and Diffraction | TBA |
13 | Apr. 19-25 | Spectra | No Pre-Lab |
Textbook:
Fundamentals of Physics; Halliday, Resnick, & Walker,
HU9th
EditionH,
John Wiley Publishing.
Students need to register for one of the PHYS 212L lab sections
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
Guidelines for conclusion
A conclusion should relate to the papoose of the
experiment. Please read the purpose of the experiment before writing a conclusion. Your
conclusion should state things that are unique for your investigation it should not be
identical to your partners . In length it should be about half a page
You cannot write your conclusion without completing your experiment. A general statement
like "I have determined the densities of given solids and learned a lot" is not
acceptable. You need to refer to your data, methods, and results in your conclusion. First
you may state how your results relate to the purpose of the experiment . Then
you may discuss the errors and their possible causes. Use physics terminology and
principles in your discussion. You should explain as completely as possible the reasoning
that lead you to your conclusion. While you are encourages to discuss
your physics experiments with your partner's), your written lab report must be your
own work. Be honest with your self. Make sure you understand what you have done.