Physics 117 Labs, Fall 2007

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

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

 

Wk:

Days:

Dates:

Lab No:

 Lab Title:

 

 

 

 

 

1

Wed

8/29

 

First Day of Classes

 

 

 

 

 

1

Thu/Fri

8/30-31

0

Lab Warm-Up Session: No Experiment

2

Thu/Fri

9/6-7

I

Graphs, Functions & Motion, Part I

3

Thu/Fri

9/13-14

II

Graphs, Functions & Motion, Part II

4

Thu/Fri

9/20-21

III

Motion Under a Varying Force: Springs

5

Thu/Fri

9/27-28

IV

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

6

Thu/Fri

10/4-5

V

Period  of a Pendulum, T  vs L and M

7

Thu/Fri

10/11-12

VI

Centripetal Force and Acceleration

8

Thu/Fri

10/18-19

I-VI

Lab Make-up Session, Labs I-VI

9

Thu/Fri

10/25-26

VII

Sensing and Mixing Hot and Cold

10

Thu/Fri

11/1-2

VIII

Specific Heat of Copper vs. Water

11

Thu/Fri

11/8-9

IX

Change of State: Freezing and Melting

12

Thu/Fri

11/15-16

X

e/m experiment

13

Thu/Fri

11/22-23

NO LAB

Thanksgiving Holiday

14

Thu/Fri

11/29-30

XI

Elem. Particle Physics - Cloud Chamber

15

Thu/Fri

12/6-7

VII-XI

Lab Make-up Session, Labs VII-XI

 

 

 

 

 

16

Tue/Wed

12/11-12

 

Last Class Day & Pre-Exam Study Day

17

Week of:

12/13-21

 

Final Exam Week

17

MON

12/17

 

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

                  Mon. 12/17/07