PHYSICS 211A:   GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I
Dr. Danny Faulkner
Phone: (803) 313-7029, Email: drfaulkn at mailbox.sc.edu , Fax: (803) 313-7106
Office: Bradley 221
Office hours: 11:00 AM - Noon M,T,W,Th;
                         After 1:00 PM on M,T,W,Th; Other times by appointment

Goals and objectives of the class:

Upon successful completion of this class, the student will:

• Demonstrate proficiency in conducting physics experiments
• Properly handle and report quantitative data
• Analyze and report sources and amounts of errors in measurements

Welcome to PHYS 211 lab that accompanies the lecture course.  Students will work in groups of 2-4 students.  Each lab will be self-contained and will roughly parallel what we do in class.  At the beginning of each lab, I will hand out printed instructions along with a work sheet.  After I briefly discuss the purpose and procedure, you will work through the procedure in your group.  When you finish your work, please turn in your work sheet along with any graphs, and then you are free to go.  The grading scale will be the same as the lecture class:

ScoreGrade
90 - 100%  A
80 - 89%    B
70 - 79%    C
60 - 69%    D

We will do these labs in approximately this order:

1. Introduction to lab and least squares
2. Vectors
3. Acceleration of a projectile
4. The inclined plane and friction
5. Uniform circular motion
6. The ballistic pendulum
7. Static equilibrium and rotational equilibrium
8. Moment of inertia, torque, and angular acceleration

13. Hooke’s law and periodic motion
14. The period of a pendulum and the acceleration of gravity
15. Resonance of air columns
16. The velocity of sound in a metal

9. Archimedes principle
10. Coefficient of linear expansion
11. Specific heat

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