Physics 251:   Introductory Physics Laboratory I
Fall  2017
Schedule

Experiments will be in either room 1255 or 1258 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building. Check your schedule.

Useful resources:

 

Dates

Lab #

Experiment

Sept 11 - 14

1

Introduction to Computers and Uncertainties

Sept 18 - 21

2

Reaction Time and Statistics (pre-lab homework due 7:00AM on 9/18)

Sept 25 - Sept 28

3

Freefall (pre-lab homework due 7:00AM on 9/25)

Oct 2 - 5

4

One Dimensional Collision: Inelastic Collisions (pre-lab homework due 7:00AM on 10/2)

Oct 9 - 12

5

One Dimensional Collision: Elastic Collisions (pre-lab homework due 7:00AM on 10/9)

Oct 16 - 19

PL#1

Practical Lab #1 (no pre-lab homework)

Oct 23 - 26
6
 The Pendulum (pre-lab homework due 7:00AM on 10/23)

Oct 30 - Nov 2

7

The Spring (pre-lab homework due 7:00AM on 10/30)

Nov 6 - 9

8

Moment of Inertia (pre-lab homework due 7:00AM on 11/6)

Nov 13 - 16

9

Waves on a String (pre-lab homework due 7:00AM on 11/13)
Nov 20 - 23   NO LAB-Thanksgiving

Nov 27 - Nov 30

10

Heat (pre-lab homework due 7:00AM on 11/27)

Dec 4 - 7

PL#2

Practical Lab 2 (no pre-lab homework)

Dec 11 - 15

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NO LAB

 

Physics Laboratory PHY251 will start on Aug 30, 2017.  That Wednesday will be treated as a Monday. The Thursday class (Aug 31) will also meet during the first week. The following week (Sept 4-7), the Tues and Wed sections will meet, but not the Mon and Thurs sections. Everything goes back to normal the week of Sept 11.  

 

Last updated on August 27, 2017