Department of Physics and Astronomy

Introductory Physics Laboratory Schedule

Spring 2008

 

Week

Physics 2080

Physics 2130

Physics 2140

Jan. 7

No  Lab

No Lab

No Lab

Jan. 14

Unit 1:

Electric Fields

Introduction And Computing

Unit 1 :

Electric Fields

Jan. 21

Martin Luther King Holiday

Unit 2:

Electrical And

Gravitational Potential

Lab 1 :

Introduction To Motion

Unit 2 :

Electric Flux And 

Gauss' Law

Jan. 28

Unit 3:

Session 1 - Capacitors

Lab 2 :

Changing Motion

Unit 3 :

Electrical And

 Gravitational Potential

Feb. 4

Unit 4 :

Session 1- Series and Parallel Resistances

Lab 3 :

Gravitational Forces

Unit 4 :

Session 1 - Capacitors

Feb. 11

Unit 4 :

Session 2 -Kirchoff's Law

Lab 4 :

Force And Motion

Unit 5 :

Session 1- Series And Parallel Resistances

Feb. 18

Unit 3 :

Session 2 - RC Circuits

Lab 5 :

Passive Forces

Unit 5 :

Session 2 -Kirchoff's Law

Feb. 25

Unit 5 :

Magnetic Fields

Lab 6 :

1-D Collisions

Unit 4 :

Session 2 - RC Circuits

March 3

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

March 10

Unit 6 :

Electricity And Magnetism

Lab 7 :

Newton's 3rd Law

Unit 6 :

Magnetic Fields

March 17

Unit 7 :

Session 1- Intro To Ray Optics

Lab 8 :

Work & Energy

Unit 7 :

Electricity And Magnetism

March 24

Unit 7 :

Session 2 - Lenses And Mirrors

Lab 9 :

Energy Conservation

Unit 8 :

Session 1- Intro To Ray Optics

March 31

 

Unit 8 :

Interference and Diffraction

Lab 10 :

Periodic Motion

Unit 8 :

Session 2 - Lenses And Mirrors

April 7

Unit 9 :

Atomic Spectra And The Diffraction Grating

Lab 11 :

Temperature

Unit 9 :

Interference And Diffraction

April 14

Monday Makeup for Martin Luther King Holiday

Monday Makeup for Martin Luther King Holiday

Monday Makeup for Martin Luther King Holiday

April 21