Physics 117 Labs, Fall 2008

Thursday at 12, 2 & 4 PM and Fri. 10 AM (Room 3301)

Dr. James Griffin, x5-6118/6115, griffin@physics.umd.edu

 

Wk:

Days:

Dates:

Lab No:

 Lab Title:

 

 

 

 

 

1

Wed

9/3

 

First Physics 117 class

 

 

 

 

 

1

Thu/Fri

9/4-5

0

Lab Warm-Up Session: No Experiment

2

Thu/Fri

9/11-12

I

Graphs, Functions & Motion, Part I

3

Thu/Fri

9/18-19

II

Graphs, Functions & Motion, Part II

4

Thu/Fri

9/25-26

III

Motion Under a Varying Force: Springs

5

Thu/Fri

10/2-3

IV

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

6

Thu/Fri

10/9-10

V

Period  of a Pendulum, T  vs L and M

7

Thu/Fri

10/16-17

VI

Centripetal Force and Acceleration

8

Thu/Fri

10/23-24

I-VI

Lab Make-up Session, Labs I-VI

9

Thu/Fri

10/30-31

VII

Sensing and Mixing Hot and Cold

10

Thu/Fri

11/6-7

VIII

Specific Heat of Copper vs. Water

11

Thu/Fri

11/13-14

IX

Change of State: Freezing and Melting

12

Thu/Fri

11/20-21

X

e/m experiment

13

Thu/Fri

11/27-28

NO LAB

Thanksgiving Holiday:

       Thu. 11/27 and Fri. 11/28/08

14

Thu/Fri

12/4-5

XI

Elem. Particle Physics - Cloud Chamber

15

Thu/Fri

12/11-12

VII-XI

Lab Make-up Session, Labs VII-XI

 

 

 

 

 

16

Fri

12/12

 

Last Class Day & Pre-Exam Study Day

17

Week of:

12/15-19

 

Final Exam Week

17

THU

12/18

 

Physics 117 Final Exam, 1:30 – 3:30 PM,

                  Thu. 12/18/08