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200 Level Physics Laboratory Projects

Collected here are the links to the assigned laboratory projects for the current semester. To find your projects, first locate the table for your course. The projects assigned to you are determined by the side of the room on which you sit in lab. The project on that side is the one you will perform in the first week of the corresponding cycle. In the second week of the same cycle, you move across the aisle and perform the other project.

The sides of the room are refered to by their compass direction (i.e. North and South). HINT: You can see the sunset through the lab windows

To print your own copies of the project descriptions, simply click on the desired project and print it from your browser. No project desciption is more that 5 pages long. You can print these in the library computer lab for $0.10/page and in the dorms for free (you just supply the paper).

The projects and/or the descriptions may change during the course of the semester. To avoid unnecessary printing and ensure that you have the correct, up-to-date version of the project description, don't print them all at the beginning of the semester. Print them as you need them, a few days before the beginning of each cycle.

If you have any questions about your projects, contact your laboratory instructor. For more information about the course, see the Syllabus. This page can be accessed from the lab home page.





Physics 201 Laboratory Projects
 

Cycle 1

Cycle 2

Cycle 3

Cycle 4

North

Acceleration of Gravity (Falling) Freefall
Newtons 2nd Law (3)
OR
Simple Pendulum (2)
Linear Momentum-2 (3)
OR
Archimedes (2)
Vibrating String (5)

South

Force Table
Force Table Video
Projectile Motion (3)
OR
Sliding Block (2)
Uniform Circular Motion Rotational Motion With Constant Torque (3)
OR
Speed of Sound (2)



Physics 202 Laboratory Projects
 

Cycle 1

Cycle 2

Cycle 3

Cycle 4

North

Equipotentials (5)
Series and Parallel Resistance (5) Double Slit Diffraction (5) CD Diffration (5)

South

Ohm's Law (5)
Electric Circuits (3)
OR
Current Balance (2)
Geometric optics (2)
OR
Balmer Series (3)
Optics of the Eye (3)
OR
Photoelectric Effect (2)


Physics 211 Laboratory Projects
 

Cycle 1

Cycle 2

Cycle 3

Cycle 4

North

Acceleration of Gravity (Falling) Freefall
Newtons 2nd Law (3)
OR
Simple Pendulum (2)
Linear Momentum-2 (3)
OR
Archimedes (2)
Vibrating String (5)

South

Force Table
Force Table Video
Projectile Motion (3)
OR
Sliding Block (2)
Uniform Circular Motion Rotational Motion With Constant Torque (3)
OR
Speed of Sound (2)



Physics 212 Laboratory Projects
 

Cycle 1

Cycle 2

Cycle 3

Cycle 4

North

Equipotentials (5)
2.1.5 Series and Parallel Resistance (5) Double Slit Diffraction (5) CD Diffraction (5)

South

Ohm's Law (5)
Electric Circuits (3)
OR
Current Balance (2)
Geometric Optics (2)
OR
The Balmer Series (3)
Optics of the Eye (3)
OR
Photoelectric Effect (2)




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