| 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
  Assistant: (T.B.A.). | |||
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| Wk | 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 | 
|  | Mar
  17-21  |  | 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  |  | 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.) |  | 117 Final Exam: 8:00 – 10:00 AM(Check Where) | 
| 18 | May
  22 | - - | Main Commencement Ceremony | 
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