In each meeting there will be laboratory work. During the laboratory you will document your activities by filling in entries in the activity space provided in the laboratory units that make up Physics For Doing. The entries consist of observations, predictions, derivations, calculations, and answers to questions. You may use the same data and graphs as your partners and, of course, discuss concepts with your classmates and the instructor. However, your entries in the activity units must reflect your own understanding of the concepts and the meaning of the data and graphs you present. Each entry should be written in your own words. Below is the schedule of labs for the semester.
| Date | Laboratory (Unit) | Date | Laboratory (Unit) | ||
| Jan | 15 | MLK Day | Mar | 7 | Spring Break |
| 17 | Heat, Temperature, and Energy (1) | 9 | Spring Break | ||
| 19 | Heat of Vaporization of Nitrogen (2) | 11 | Spring Break | ||
| 22 | Calorimetry (3) | 14 | Magnetic Forces on Charged Particle (26); Magnetic Fields from Currents (27) | ||
| 24 | Boyle's Law (4), P-T Law (5) | 16 | Biot-Savart and a Straight Wire (28) | ||
| 26 | Kinetic Theory of Ideal Gases (6) | 18 | Weighing an Electron (31) | ||
| 29 | Kinetic Theory of Ideal Gases (6) | 21 | Test 2, Weighing an Electron (31) | ||
| 31 | Applying the Kinetic Theory (7) | 23 | Weighing an Electron (31) | ||
| Feb | 2 | Applying the Kinetic Theory (7) | 25 | Radioactive Decay (40) | |
| 5 | Einstein Solid (8) | 28 | Radioactive Decay (40) | ||
| 7 | Einstein Solid (8) | 30 | Radioactive Decay (40) | ||
| 9 | Entropy and Temperature (9) | Apr | 1 | Electromagnetic Induction (32), Visualizing EM Plane Waves (34) | |
| 12 | Entropy and Temperature (9) | 4 | The Interference of Light (35) | ||
| 14 | Test 1, Electric Charge and the Electroscope (10) | 6 | The Interference of Light (35) | ||
| 16 | Entropy and Temperature (10) | 8 | The Diffraction of Light (36) | ||
| 19 | Electric Charge and the Electroscope (11) | 11 | The Diffraction of Light (36) | ||
| 21 | Introduction to the Electric Potential (14) | 13 | The Diffraction of Light (36) | ||
| 23 | Introduction to the Electric Potential (14) | 15 | Test 3, Optical Spectrum of Hydrogen (37) | ||
| 26 | Charges, Fields, and Potentials of a Point Charge (15) | 18 | Optical Spectrum of Hydrogen (37) | ||
| 28 | Equipotential Lines and Electric Fields (16) | 20 | Optical Spectrum of Hydrogen (37) | ||
| Mar | 1 | Charges, Fields, and Potentials of a Dipole (17), Introduction to Circuits (22) | 22 | A Theory for the Hydrogen Atom (39) | |
| 4 | Ohm’s Law and Equivalent Resistance (23) | ||||
| 6 | Fields of Permanent Magnets (25); Magnetic Forces on Charged Particles (26) | ||||
| 8 | Magnetic Fields from Currents (27) |