[Virginia Tech Department of Physics]

Introductory Physics Laboratory Set up Instructions: Summer Session I 2008 (Tentative)

 

Physics 2215
(Robeson 312-316)

Physics 2216
(Robeson 312-316)

Physics 2305
(ChemPhys 103)

Physics 2306
(ChemPhys 103)

Date
Lab #
Experiment
Lab #
Experiment
Lab #
Title
Lab #
Title
05/19-05/20
1
Graphical Representation of Data
13
Temperature and Heat
1
Lab 1: RTP lab 1
1
Lab 1: Vibrating String
05/21-05/22
2
Measurement and Uncertainty
14
Phase Transitions
2
Lab 2: RTP lab 2
2
Lab 2: Sound
05/26-05/27
*
No Lab - Memorial Day
*
No Lab - Memorial Day
3
Lab 3: RTP lab 3
3
Lab 3: Electrostatics
05/28-05/29
3
Kinematics Part 1
16
Mapping Electric Field Potentials
4
Lab 4: Projectile Motion
4
Lab 4: Electric Field Mapping
06/02-06/03
4
Kinematics Part 2
17
Capacitance
5
Lab 5: RTP lab 5
5
Lab 5: DC Circuits 1
06/4-06/05
5
Forces
18
Current & Electric Circuits
6
Lab 6: RTP lab 7
6
Lab 6: DC Circuits 2
06/09-06/10
6
Force and Acceleration
19
Resistor Networks
7
Lab 7: RTP lab 8
7
Lab 7: AC Circuits 1
06/11-06/12
7
Ballistic Pendulum
20
Magnetic Fields
9
Lab 9: RTP 12
8
Lab 8: Magnetism 1
06/16-06/17
9
Springs & Simple Harmonic Motion
21
Earth's Magnetic Field
10
Lab 10: Rotational Motion
9
Lab 9: Magnetism 2
06/18-06/19
10
Waves
22
Polarization of Light
11
Lab 11: Torsion Pendulum
10
Lab 10: AC Circuits 2
06/23-06/24
12
Lenses
23
Diffraction & Interference
12
Lab 12: Heat Engine
12
Lab 12:The Wave Nature of Light
06/25-06/26
Make-up Day
Make-up Day
Make-up Day
Make-up Day