Physics 211
Syllabus
Lab
Schedule
Fall 2008
Week
Dates Lab #
Experiment
1
Aug 28,
30
No Lab
2
Sept 4,6
No Lab, However
Excel Spreadsheet
Data Analysis is to be done
on your own
and handed in, in class on Friday September 7.
(You
are
also encouraged, in class on this date, to spontaneously
sing Happy
Birthday to me :) )
3
Sept 11,13
1
Free
Fall - Determing the value of the acceleration g ( A
reminder:
lab
reports are due the following Monday after
the lab, either
handed in in
class or in my mailbox by noon.)
4
Sept 18,20
2
The Force
Table (Vector Addition) A
reminder:
preLabs are to be
handed in when you enter lab.
5
Sept 25,27
3
Projectile
Motion
6
Oct 2,4
4
The Atwood
Machine - Newton's Second Law ( see also
DataStudio
Starter Manual )
7
Oct 9,11
5
Kinetic
Friction
8
Oct 16,18
6
Centripetal
Force
9
Oct 23,25
7
Conservation
of Energy
10
Oct 30, Nov1
8
Impulse and
Momentum
11
Nov 6,8
9
Conservation
of Momentum in 2 Dimensions
12
Nov 13,15
10
Moment
of Inertia ( see also Measurement
)
13
Nov 20,22
11
Equilibrium
14
Nov 27,29
No Lab Thanksgiving Week
15
Dec 4,6
12
Simple Harmonic
Motion
16
Dec 11,13
13 Standing
Waves on a String