Physics UgradLabs

Information for ISU Physics Undergraduate Labs

Shedules

Winter Schedule

Week 1 Classes begin - No labs this week.

Week 2 Labor Day Holiday - No Labs This Week

Week 3 1101L/1153/1113/2213 Orientation (You must attend the section in which you are registered)

Week 4 (1101L) #1 Introduction to Experimental Measurements/Statistics (1153) #1 Celestial Coordinates I (1113/2213) #1 Measurements and Experimental Statistics – The Bouncing Ball

Week 5 (1101L) #2 The Bouncing Ball (1153) #2 Lenses and Telescopes (1113) #2 Freely Falling Body (2213) #2 Freely Falling Body/Spreadsheet Physics (213 Lab Report)

Week 6 (1101L) #3 Freely Falling Body, Reaction Time (1153) #3 Celestial Coordinates II (1113/2213) #3 Vectors

Week 7 (1101L) #4 The Speed of Sound (1153) #4 Observing the Planets in the Night Sky (1113/2213) #4 Projectile Motion

Week 8 (1101L) #5 Indirect Measurements (1153) #5 The Solar System (1113/2213) #5 Kinetic Friction/Free Body Diagrams

Week 9 (1101L) #6 Series and Parallel Circuits (1153) #6 Orbit of the Moon (1113/2213) #6 Atwood's Machine

Week 10 (1101L) #7 The Oscilloscope (1153) #7 HR Diagram (1113/2213) #7 The Ballistic Pendulum (113/213 Lab Report)

Week 11 (1101L) #8 Ohm’s Law (1153) #8 Light and the Atomic Spectra (1113/2213) #8 Standing Waves on a String

Week 12 (1101L) #9 Optics I (1153) #9 Age of the Universe (1113/2213) #9 Speed of Sound in Air by Resonance

Week 13 (1101L) #10 Optics II (1153) #10 Measuring the Properties of Binary Stars (1113/2213) #10 Calorimetry & Electric Joule Heating

Week 14 Thanksgiving Holiday - No Labs This Week

Week 15 Lab Finals 1153, 1113/2213 (2 hours – given during regular lab time)

Spring Schedule

Week 1 Classes begin - No labs this week.

Week 2 Martin Luther King Holiday - No Labs This Week

Week 3 Lab Intro/Orientation (You must attend the lab section in which are registered)

Week 4 (153) #1 Celestial Coordinates I (101L) #1 Introduction to Experimental Measurements/Statistics (114/214) #1 Ohm’s Law and Resistive Circuits (114/214 Lab Report)

Week 5 (153) #2 Lenses and Telescopes (101L) #2 The Bouncing Ball (114/214) #2 Series and Parallel Circuits

Week 6 Presidents Day Holiday - No Labs This Week

Week 7 (153) #3 Celestial Coordinates II (101L) #3 Freely Falling Body/Reaction Time (114/214) #3 Kirchoff’s Rules

Week 8 (153) #4 Observing the Planets in the Night Sky (101L) #4 The Speed of Sound (114) #4 Alternating and Direct Current Circuits (214) #4 Introduction to the Oscilloscope (214 Lab Report)

Week 9 (153) #5 The Solar System (101L) #5 Indirect Measurements (114/214) #5 Simple Electric Motors

Week 10 (153) #6 Orbit of the Moon (101L) #6 Series and Parallel Circuits (114) #6 Resonance in RLC AC Circuits (214) #6 Resonance in RLC AC Circuits

Spring Break - No Labs This Week

Week 11 (153) #7 HR Diagram (101L) #7 The Oscilloscope (114) #7 Introduction/Optics I (214) #7 Introduction/Optics I

Week 12 (153) #8 Light and the Atomic Spectra (101L) #8 Ohm’s Law (114) #8 Optics II (# 4 - 6), Optics III (# 9 - 10) (214) #8 Optics II. Optics III

Week 13 (153) #9 Age of the Universe (101L) #9 Optics I (114/214) #9 Properties of Light and the Atomic Spectra

Week 14 (153) #10 Measuring the Properties of Binary Stars (101L) #10 Optics II (114/214) #10 Alpha Scattering, Marbles, and Indirect Measurement

Week 15 Physics Lab Finals (2 hours – given during regular lab time

Junior Lab

Current Experiments

1. Frank Hertz
2. Millikan oildrop
3. Coulombs law
4. Black Body Radiation
5. Speed of Light
6. Gravity
7. Charge to Mass Ratio
8. Photo Electric Effect

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