Physics 117 Labs, Fall 2006

Thursday at 12, 2 & 4 PM and Fri. 10 AM

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

 

Wk:

Days:

Dates:

Lab No:

 Lab Title:

 

 

 

 

 

1

Wed

8/30

 

First Day of Classes

 

 

 

 

 

1

Thu/Fri

8/31-9/1

0

Lab Warm-Up Session: No Experiment

2

Thu/Fri

9/7-8

I

Graphs, Functions & Motion, Part I

3

Thu/Fri

9/14-15

II

Graphs, Functions & Motion, Part II

4

Thu/Fri

9/21-22

III

Motion Under a Varying Force: Springs

5

Thu/Fri

9/28-29

IV

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

6

Thu/Fri

10/5-6

V

Period  of a Pendulum, T  vs L and M

7

Thu/Fri

10/12-13

VI

Centripetal Force and Acceleration

8

Thu/Fri

10/19-20

I-VI

Lab Make-up Session, Labs I-VI

9

Thu/Fri

10/26-27

VII

Sensing and Mixing Hot and Cold

10

Thu/Fri

11/2-3

VIII

Specific Heat of Copper vs. Water

11

Thu/Fri

11/9-10

IX

Change of State: Freezing and Melting

12

Thu/Fri

11/16-17

X

e/m experiment

13

Thu/Fri

11/23-24

NO LAB

Thanksgiving Holiday

14

Thu/Fri

11/30-12/1

XI

Elem. Particle Physics - Cloud Chamber

15

Thu/Fri

12/7-8

VII-XI

Lab Make-up Session, Labs VII-XI

 

 

 

 

 

16

Tue/Wed

12/12-13

 

Last Class Day & Pre-Exam Study Day

17

Week of:

12/14-22

 

Final Exam Week

17

Thu

12/18

 

Physics 117 Final Exam, 1:30 – 3:30 PM, Thu. 12/18/06