Physics 117 Labs, Spring
2008 Thursdays: 9:00-11:00 AM &
4:00-6:00PM Professor James Griffin, (301-405-6118/griffin@physics.umd.edu) & Teaching
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Dates |
Lab # |
Lab Title |
1 |
Jan
31 |
0 |
Lab Warm-Up Session:
No Experiment |
2 |
Feb
7 |
I |
Graphs, Functions
& Motion, Part I |
3 |
Feb
14 |
II |
Graphs, Functions
& Motion, Part II |
4 |
Feb
21 |
III |
Motion Under a Varying
Force: Springs |
5 |
Feb
28 |
IV |
Spring Osc.: Hooke’s Law & Newton’s II Law |
6 |
Mar
6 |
V |
Period of a Pendulum, T vs. L and M |
7 |
Mar
13 |
I-V |
Make-up Labs: I-V |
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Mar
17-21 |
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Spring Break: No Labs
this week |
8 |
Mar
27 |
VI |
Centripetal Force and
Acceleration |
10 |
Apr
3 |
VII |
Sensing and Mixing Hot
and Cold |
11 |
Apr
10 |
VIII |
Specific Heat of
Copper vs. Water |
12 |
Apr
17 |
IX |
Change of State:
Freezing and Melting |
13 |
Apr
24 |
X |
e/m experiment |
14 |
May
1 |
XI |
Elem. Particle Physics
- Cloud Chamber |
15 |
May
8 |
VII-XI |
Make-up Labs: VI-XI |
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16 |
May
12 |
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Last Physics 117 Class |
16 |
May
13 |
- - |
Last Day of Classes |
16 |
May
14 |
- - |
Pre-Exam Study Day |
17 |
May
15 - 21 |
- - |
Final Exams |
17 |
May
20 (Tue.) |
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117 Final Exam: 8:00 – 10:00 AM(Check Where) |
18 |
May
22 |
- - |
Main Commencement Ceremony |
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