EXPERIMENTS AND LAB SCHEDULE FOR PHYS1101/3103

Week of:

September  2- 5		Lab Meeting
                        (Syllabus, Laboratory Schedule) 

September  8-12		The Simple Pendulum and Statistical Analysis
			(Period of a Pendulum Using a Stopwatch, Error Analysis,
			 and Propagation of Errors.)

September 15-19		Uniform Acceleration Motion I
			(Kinematics on an Inclined Plane)

September 22-26		Uniform Acceleration Motion II
			(Freely Falling Object. See also Photogate Timer.)

September 29 - Oct. 3	Newton's Laws of Motion I
			(Newton's Second Law. See also Airtrack and Spark Timer.)

October  6-10		Newton's Laws of Motion II
			(Atwood's Machine. See also Photogate Timer.)

October  6-10		Conservation of Momentum
			(Conservation of Momentum. 
                         See also Airtrack and Spark Timer.)

October 13-17		Conservation of Energy
			(Kinematic Energy, and Conservation of Mechanical
                         Energy. See also Airtrack and Spark Timer.)
   
October  20-24		Projectile Motion
			(The Ballistic Pendulum)

October  27-31		Rotational Motion
			(Angular Acceleration and Gravitational-Rotational 
                         Energy, see also Rotational Motion Apparatus 
                         Set-up and Use)

November  3-7		Centripetal Force
			(Centripetal Force Using the Smart Pulley)

November  10-14		Simple Harmonic Motion
			(Hooke's Law and Simple Harmonic Motion)

November  17-21		The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
			(The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat)

November  24-28		Fluids
			(Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle)

December    1-  5	Turn in Lab Reports from Last Week