Physics 117 Labs, Spring 2006

Thursday at 9 AM and 4 PM

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

 

Wk:

Days:

Dates:

Lab No:

 Lab Title:

 

 

 

 

 

1

Wed

1/25

 

First Day of Classes

 

 

 

 

 

1

Thu

1/26

0

Lab Warm-Up Session: No Experiment

2

Thu

2/2

I

Graphs, Functions & Motion, Part I

3

Thu

2/9

II

Graphs, Functions & Motion, Part II

4

Thu

2/16

III

Motion Under a Varying Force: Springs

5

Thu

2/23

IV

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

6

Thu

3/2

V

Period  of a Pendulum, T  vs L and M

7

Thu

3/9

VI

Centripetal Force and Acceleration

8

Thu

3/16

I-VI

Lab Make-up Session, Labs I-VI

 

 

 

 

 

9

Week of:

3/20-24

None

Spring Break Week: No Class/No Lab

 

 

 

 

 

10

Thu

3/30

VII

Sensing and Mixing Hot and Cold

11

Thu

4/6

VIII

Specific Heat of Copper vs. Water

12

Thu

4/13

IX

Change of State: Freezing and Melting

13

Thu

4/20

X

e/m experiment

14

Thu

4/27

XI

Elem. Particle Physics - Cloud Chamber

15

Thu

5/4

VII-XI

Lab Make-up Session, Labs VII-XI

 

 

 

 

 

16

Thu-Fri

5/11 - 12

None

Last Class Day & Pre-Exam Study Day

17

Week of:

5/15-19

None

Final Exam Week

17

Thu

5/18

None

Physics 117 Final Exam, 8:00 – 10:00 AM, Thu. 5/18/06