Physics 117 Labs, Fall 2005

Thursday & Friday

Dr. James Griffin, x5-6118, griffin@physics.umd.edu

 

Wk:

Days:

Dates:

Lab No:

 Lab Title:

 

 

 

 

 

0

Wed

8/31

None

First Day of Classes

 

 

 

 

 

1

Th&Fri

9/1-2

0

Lab Warm-Up Session: No Experiment

2

Th&Fri

9/8-9

I

Graphs, Functions & Motion, Part I

3

Th&Fri

9/15-16

II

Graphs, Functions & Motion, Part II

4

Th&Fri

9/22-23

III

Motion Under a Varying Force: Springs

5

Th&Fri

9/29-30

IV

Spring Oscillations: Hooke’s Law and Newton’s II Law

6

Th&Fri

10/6-7

V

Period  of a Pendulum, T  vs L and M

7

Th&Fri

10/13-14

VI

Centripetal Force and Acceleration

 

 

 

 

 

8

Th&Fri

10/20-21

I-VI

Lab Make-up Session, Labs I-VI

 

 

 

 

 

9

Th&Fri

10/27-28

VII

Sensing and Mixing Hot and Cold

10

Th&Fri

11/3-4

VIII

Specific Heat of Copper vs. Water

11

Th&Fri

11/10-11

IX

Change of State: Freezing and Melting

12

Th&Fri

11/17-18

X

e/m experiment

 

 

 

 

 

13

Th&Fri

11/24-25

None

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

 

 

 

 

14

Th&Fri

12/1-2

XI

Elem. Particle Physics - Cloud Chamber

 

 

 

 

 

15

Th&Fri

12/8-9

VII-XI

Lab Make-up Session, Labs VII-XI

 

 

 

 

 

16

Tue, Wed

12/13-14

None

Last Class Day & Pre-Exam Study Day

 

 

 

 

 

16-17

Week of:

12/15-22

None

Final Exam Week

 

 

 

 

 

17

Mon

12/19

None

Physics 117 Final Exam, 1:30-3:30 PM, Mon. 12/19/05