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