Lab Information
Course Evaluation links
Lab Practicum Info and Materials
General Lab Handouts
These are printable PDF documents.- Schedule of Labs (NOTE: Labs begin in the second week.)
- General Lab Information
- Core Elements
Individual Lab Descriptions
Printable PDF documents describing the individual lab activities we are conducting this semester. Hard copies of lab handouts will also be available in the lab room to use during your lab period.- Lab 1: Representing Motion (9/2 — 9/6)
- Lab 2: Static Equilibrium (9/9 — 9/13)
- Lab 3: Statistical Uncertainties (9/16 — 9/20)
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Lab 3: Statistical Uncertainties - Google Sheet
Open this Sheet to enter data for Part I of the lab. - Lab 4: Newton's Second Law — Part I (9/23 — 9/27)
- Lab 5: Newton's Second Law — Part II (9/30 — 10/4)
- Lab 6: Numerical Solution: Air Drag (10/21 — 10/25)
- Supplementary Reading Ch1: Numerical Iteration
- Lab 7: Torque and the Human Arm (10/28 — 11/1)
- Lab 8: Constant Volume Gas Thermometer and Absolute Zero (11/4 — 11/8)
- Lab 9: Entropy, Temperature, and Heat Flow - 11/13 (Wed. 8:00am) - 11/19 (Tues. 7:00pm)
- Supplementary Reading Ch9: Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy
- Lab 10: Measurement of g with a Pendulum - 11/20 (Wed. 8:00am) - 12/3 (Tues. 7:00pm)
- NOAA Surface Gravity Predictor (latitude = 40 57 05.4; longitude = 076 52 58.9; sea level height = 150.4 m)
Useful Reference Materials (from the lab manual)
- Fundamental Constants and Miscellaneous Physical Data
- Appendix A: Notes on Propagation of Uncertainties and Statistics
- Appendix B: Example of a Laboratory Notebook Entry
- Appendix C: Using Excel
Lab Office Hours
- Mo, 1:00-2:00pm - Katharina Vollmayr-Lee, Olin 152 (PS,Lab)
- Tue, 11:00am-12:00 - Cheslee Hibler, Olin 166A (Lab)
- Tue, 1:00-2:00pm - Katharina Vollmayr-Lee, Olin 152 (Lab,PS)
- Tue, 2:00-3:00pm - Ofelia Traistaru, Olin 168 (Lab,PS)
- Tue, 3:00-4:00pm - Bekele Gurmessa, Olin 167 (Lab)
- Wed, 11:00am-12:00 - Cheslee Hibler, Olin 166A (Lab)
- Wed, 1:00-2:00pm - Ofelia Traistaru, Olin 168 (Lab,PS)
- Wed, 4:00-5:00pm - Abigail Kopec, Olin 164 (Lab,PS)
- Thu, 1:00-2:00pm - Katharina Vollmayr-Lee, Olin 152 (PS,Lab)
- Thu, 2:00-3:00pm - Ofelia Traistaru, Olin 168 (Lab,PS)
- Fri, 11:00am-12:00 - Matt Amthor, Olin 173 (Lab)
Labs and instructors by day of the week
Monday
- Lab 60 8:00am Bekele Gurmessa
- Lab 61 1:00pm Ofelia Traistaru
- Lab 62 7:00pm Bekele Gurmessa
Tuesday
- Lab 63 8:00am Ofelia Traistaru
- Lab 64 1:00pm Abby Kopec
- Lab 65 7:00pm Matt Amthor
Wednesday
- Lab 66 8:00am Katharina Vollmayr-Lee
- Lab 67 1:00pm Cheslee Hibler
- Lab 68 7:00pm Katharina Vollmayr-Lee
Thursday
- Lab 69 8:00am Ofelia Traistaru
- Lab 70 1:00pm Abby Kopec
Friday
- Lab 71 8:00am Bekele Gurmessa
- Lab 72 1:00pm Matt Amthor