Contents: Physics 104 lab

Lab Period and Investigations   Spring 2012
   - Each lab period involves the investigation of an overall topic that includes a number of different activities and experiment.
   - Lab Guidelines (grading, notebook requirements, attendance, Physics contacts)

2012 Jan 16	1 Introduction - intro to computer, network login, web browsing, e-mail, office - measuring ceiling height with a laser, significant figures
Jan 23	2 Forces: Introduction - measuring spring extension and force
Jan 30	3 Vectors - introduction to vector addition with use of a force table - special emphasis on experimental uncertainties and reading scales
Feb 6	4 Forces: Friction - using force sensor to determine coefficient of friction - separation of data & results, tables, manual graphing and determining slope
Feb 13	5 Forces: Objects in Equilibrium - crane, mass hang, tension
Feb 20	6 Reading Break - no lab
Feb 27	7 1^st Quiz *be sure to bring your notebook!!!* - no pre-lab - quiz is open notebook, notebook to be left in the lab after the quiz
Mar 5	8 Motion: Galileo experiment - ball down an incline - 1dimensional motion, velocity, acceleration, graphs
Mar 12	9 Motion: Ball Toss -- determining g
Mar 19	10 Optics: Reflection & Refraction - index of refraction of Plexiglas, water and glass with a laser - computer simulation of refraction and total internal reflection
Mar 26	11 Optics: Lenses - imaging with a converging lens, measuring focal length - computer simulation of lenses
Apr 2	12 Report Writing plus the 2^nd Lab Quiz - "formal reports", the publishing of scientific work (no prelab) - Quiz is open notebook - *be sure to bring your notebook!!!*
The End current	Lab grades have now been posted outside the lab door. Very best of luck with final exams and have a great summer. Bernd

----- The labs below here are under development. Note: these labs can and will change ----- ----- Current labs are moved to above this area, usually by the Thursday before the lab period -----



--- Pool of experiments ---
	Forces: Work, Energy - expt not ready
	Motion: Introduction - graph (distance/time, velocity/time) matching using computer and motion detector
	Electric Circuits - measuring voltage and current in circuits
	Forces: Friction - completing part 3 of the friction experiment - no pre-lab - to determine coefficient of friction by measuring acceleration

Physics 104 Lab