PHYS 151L, GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY I SCHEDULE
FALL 2008
Laboratory Manual: D.H. Loyd, "Physics Laboratory Manual, 3/e"
(Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2008)
PHYS 151L is part of PHYS 151. You must have a C or better grade in PHYS 151L
in order to pass PHYS 151. There is a total of ten labs plus a review and
final scheduled and you must attend all of them. See details on the handout
from your laboratory instructor.
Points to Note:
- All laboratory sections will begin in the second week of the semester;
- No pre-laboratory assignment for the first laboratory session;
- Your laboratory instructor will hand out the detailed rules for
PHYS 151L in the first laboratory session.
Laboratory Schedule:
Week of August 24: No lab scheduled.
Week of August 31: (Handout) Review of Laboratory Skills/Uniform
Accelerated Motion
Week of September 7: No lab scheduled.
Week of September 14: Lab 3. Force Table and Vector Addition
of Forces
Week of September 21: Lab 13b. Projectile Motion
Week of September 28: Lab 7. Coefficient of Friction
Week of October 5: Lab 16. Centripetal Acceleration and an Object
in Circular Motion
Week of October 12: Lab 12. Conservation of Spring and Gravitational
Potential Energy
Week of October 19: Lab 13a. The Ballistic Pendulum
Week of October 26: Lab 10. Torques and Rotational Equilibrium of a
Rigid Body
Week of November 2: Lab 23. Specific Heat of Metals
Week of November 9: No Lab scheduled
Week of November 16: Review of Lab Final Exam
Week of November 23: No lab scheduled
Week of November 30: Lab Final Exam
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