Laboratories
| Labs
start the week of September 9, and are held in 4310 Chamberlin Hall. You
are not required to keep a lab notebook - but for each lab you need to
fill out and hand in at the end of each lab a question sheet made
available to you on this page. One lab, later in the semester, will be likely selected for a formal 'lab
writeup' for one of the labs during the semester. Later in the semester your TA will tell you
which lab your section will be doing. You may wish to take more
extensive notes when you do this lab. Details of the lab writeup will
appear here as well. Further information about the laboratory and the on-line version of the manual itself can be found at 207 Lab Server (or at http://badger.physics.wisc.edu/). |
| The labs will in most cases closely follow the Physics 207 lab manual, with the questions sheet as a supplement. In a few of the labs, including the first one, the question sheet is self-contained. |
| Week of | Lab | Description | Question sheet |
| Sept. 3 | None | First week of classes | |
| Sept. 10 | M1a,c | Errors and Motion | Lab 1 |
| Sept. 17 | M4 | Acceleration in Freefall | Lab 2 |
| Sept. 24 | M2, M5 | Equilibrium Forces, Projectile Motion | Lab 3 |
| Oct. 1 | None | Exam week. Possible make-up of missed labs | |
| Oct. 8 | M6 | Uniform Circular Motion | Lab 4 |
| Oct. 15 | MC-11b | Air Track, Collisions | Lab 5 |
| Oct. 22 | Special | Energy and Work Simulations | Lab 6 |
| Oct. 29 | None | Exam week. Possible make-up of missed labs | |
| Nov. 5 | MC-12b | Simple Harmonic Motion and Resonance (This lab has been chosen for a formal write up) |
Lab
7 Example Writeup |
| Nov. 12 | Special | Blood Pressure | Lab 8 |
| Nov. 19 | None | Thanksgiving recess week | |
| Nov. 26 | None | Exam week. Possible make-up of missed labs | |
| Dec. 3 | HC1 | FCI & Absolute Zero (Caution: liquid N2 can be dangerous if not used safely) | Lab 9 |
| Dec. 10 | SC1,SC2 | Standing Waves on String, Velocity of Sound | Lab 10 |