Course Links and Lab Handouts
Physical Sciences 1
Physical Sciences 2
Fall 2006
Lab #1: Measurement, Error, and Body Temperature
Lab #2: Kinematics and Terminal Velocity
Lab #3: Force Plate and the Vertical Jump
Lab #4: Fluids, Viscosity and Stokes' Law
Lab #5: Brownian Motion
Fall 2007
Summary of Error Propagation
Lab #1: Measurement and Uncertainty
Lab #2: Conservation of Momentum
Lab #3: Work and Energy
Lab #4: The Force Plate and Vertical Jump
Lab #5: Harmonic Oscillators and Damping
Lab #6: Fluids and Drag
Lab #7: Brownian Motion
Physical Sciences 3
Spring 2007
Lab #1: Electric Potential and Electric Field
Lab #2: DC Circuits
Lab #3: Wave Phenomena in the Ripple Tank
Lab #4: Fluorescence Microscopy and the Boltzmann Distribution
Lab #5: Laser Optics
Spring 2008
Lab #1: Electric Potential and Electric Field
Lab #2: Resistance, Current and Voltage
Lab #3: Capacitance and RC Circuits
Lab #4: Transistors and Digital Circuits
Lab #5: Acoustic Signals and the Heart
Lab #6: Microscopy
Physics 11a
Physics 11b
Physics 15a
Spring 2007
Lab #1: Speed of Sound
Spring 2008
Lab #1: Measurement and Uncertainty: Pendulum Period
Lab #2: Gauss Gun: Conservation of Momentum; Work and Energy
Lab #3: Force Plate: The Vertical Jump
Lab #4: Harmonic Oscillations and Damping
Physics 15b
Spring 2007 (ZAP labs)
Lab #0: Parts Checkout
Lab #1: Simple Circuit Elements
Lab #2: I-V Curves and Voltage Dividers
Lab #3: The Capacitor and a Glimpse of Diodes
Lab #4: Diodes and Rectifiers
Lab #5: Variable Voltage Power Supply
Lab #6: The Op Amp: Applying it to Build a Radio
Lab #7: The DC Motor
Spring 2008
Lab #0: Lab Introduction
Lab #1: Capacitors
Lab #2: I-V Curves
Lab #3: Magnetic Fields and Induction
Lab #4: AC Circuits
Physics 15c
Lab #1: The Pendulum
Lab #2: Fourier Series
Lab #3: Coupled Pendula
Lab #4: The Driven Damped Harmonic Oscillator
Lab #5: Measuring the Wavelength of Light with a Ruler
Lab #6: Transmission Grating
Lab #7: Polarization
Physics 16
Physics 17
Physics 123
Physics 191
Physics E-1a
Lab #1: Measuring From a Distance
Lab #2: Galileo and Naturally Accelerated Motion
Lab #3: Conservation of Energy and Projectile Motion
Lab #4: Conservation of Momentum and the Ballistic Pendulum
Lab #5: The Sweet Spot
Physics E-1b
Lab #1: Electrostatics
Lab #2: DC Circuits
Lab #3a: AC Circuits
Lab #3b: Physics of the Automotive Ignition System
Lab #4: Geometric Optics
Lab #5: Wave Optics
