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The safety issues related to the equipment and procedures used in the Physics 155 laboratory are as follows: electrical hazards, including potentially high current and ac line voltage (all experiments); trip hazards due to electrical cords hanging over the edge of the lab bench. General Safety Policies.
Laboratory Experiments. All labs are in PDF Format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access these files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available on the web for free at http://www.adobe.com/. View Fall 2024 Syllabus.
The objective of this course is to teach electricity and magnetism (E&M) by observations from experiments. This approach complements the classroom experience of Physics 1B,C where you learn the material from lectures and books designed to teach problem solving skills.
These laboratory exercises are designed to accompany and supplement the lectures in Physics 101, Concepts of Physics. The exercises are the product of much work by the physics faculty.
Experiment 2 – Free Fall and Projectile Motion. Learn how to solve projectile motion problems. Understand that the acceleration due to gravity is constant (9.8 m/s2) and downward toward the center of the Earth. Understand that the horizontal motion and the vertical motion are decoupled.
Objective: To understand how to report both a measurement and its uncertainty. Learn how to propagate uncertainties through calculations. Define, absolute and relative uncertainty, mean, standard deviation, and standard deviation of the mean. Equipment: meter stick, 1 kg mass, ruler, caliper, short wooden plank.
Lab 1: Newton’s Laws: Motion in One Dimension 1.1 Background In this lab you will study the motion of bodies moving in one dimension. To minimize unwanted forces on the test object, you will use an air track (see Fig. 1.1). The glider floats on a cushion of air above the track, eliminating most of the friction between the glider and the track.
