PHYSICS 2211 LAB SEC 002

MECHANICS, THERMODYNAMICS, WAVES

FALL 2002

 

Instructor:         Ms. Donna Mullenax                             Office: Science Center 2013

Email:               mullendo@mail.armstrong.edu                Phone:  921-3784

Web site:          www.physics.armstrong.edu/Mull/DM.html

 

Office Hours:    Monday            9:00 a.m.– 10:45 a.m.

                        Wednesday       9:00 a.m.– 10:45 a.m.                1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

                        Thursday          1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

                        Friday               9:00 a.m.– 10:45 a.m.

OR make an appointment or stop by my door is open.

 

GRADING:     Pre-labs            20%                             A = 90% or higher

                        Final                 15%                             B = 80 – 89%

                        Labs                 50%                             C = 70 – 79%

                        Formal Labs      15%                             D = 60 – 69%

                                                                                    F = below 60%

 

TEXTBOOK: Physics Laboratory Manual, 2nd edition, Loyd

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES: You will be introduced to experiments that will verify basic laws of physics and give you a hands-on experience to many physics concepts.

 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:

DATE              LAB                                                     TOPIC

8/21                  Measuring and Graphing (handout)     Becoming familiar with a variety of

                                    No pre-lab                                instruments and plotting graphs

 

8/28                  Position, Velocity, and Acceleration    Study of Linear motion

                                    (Handout) Pre-lab – handout

 

9/4                    Measuring g (handout)                         Study of free-fall motion

                                    Pre-lab – handout

 

9/11                  Force Vector (Loyd #3)                                    Working with vectors

                                    Pre-lab – pp. 39,40

 

9/18                  Projectile Motion (handout)                  Study motion in 2-dimensions

                                    Pre-lab – handout

 

9/25                  Newton’s 2nd law (handout)****          Use F = ma to solve problems

                                    Pre-lab: pp. 95, 96

 

10/2                  Collisions (handout)                              Study elastic and inelastic collisions

                                    Pre-lab – pp. 173,174

 

10/9                  AASU Day – No lab

 

10/16                Centripetal Force (handout)                 Study of rotation motion

                                    Pre-lab – None

 

10/23                Torque ( Loyd #10)                              Study torque and equilibrium

                                    Pre-lab – pp 117, 118

 

10/30                Pendulum and Energy (handout)****   Study simple harmonic motion

                                    Pre-lab – pp. 217, 218

 

11/6                  SHM – Springs (handout)                     Study motion of a spring

                                    Pre-lab – pp. 229, 230

 

11/13                Waves on a string (Loyd #21)               Study the oscillating motion

                                    Pre-lab – pp. 265, 266

 

11/20                Specific Heat of Metals (Loyd #23)      Study thermodynamics of metals

                                    Pre-lab - pp. 265, 266

 

11/27                Thanksgiving Holiday – No class

 

12/4                  LAB FINAL EXAM

 

The labs are due at the end of the lab.  Pre-labs are due at the beginning of class BEFORE I start the introduction of the lab.  Two formal labs reports, designated by ****** above, will be due two weeks after the experiment has been performed.  The format of a formal lab report will be discussed in class and is discussed in the requirements of this lab, and also in the lab manual. 

 

The FINAL EXAM will cover concepts and some hands-on procedures that have been used in lab.  The final exam will NOT be a group effort.

 

Please note that the schedule may change for a variety of reasons.  Each week there will be an announcement about the lab for the following week.  Please be sure to read the guidelines for the course and lab policies.  You are responsible for being prepared when you arrive to lab.  Make-up labs must be arranged before the scheduled lab or within 24 hours after you missed a lab IN WRITING.  Otherwise, the grade for the missed lab will be given a zero.

 

PARTICIPATION: Each student is expected to participate in the date collecting and procedures.  Groups may discuss the lab and the questions, BUT each individual student must answer his/her own questions.  If a student does not participate in performing the entire lab, the lab report will not be accepted for a grade.  Part of this participation is bring materials for the lab, including the lab manual or handouts, to the lab and being ready for class at the beginning of class.  .

 

GUIDELINES:

1.  All exams and written material must be entirely your own work.

a.        Copying ALL or PART of a published work without giving proper credit to the author is considered plagiarizing and is not permitted in this course.

b.       Copying ALL or PART of another student’s work is considered cheating and is not permitted in this course.  Material in this course that must be done without assistance from another student includes exams and lab reports.  You will not be given credit for labs you do not help performing.

Any violation of (a) or (b) will result in a grade for that material of ZERO and will be reported to Student Affairs.

2.  Respect each other and yourself

3.  If possible, please put pagers and cell phones on vibrate or OFF.

4.  Abide by AASU’s Code of Conduct and the Honor Code.