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Syllabus | Required Course Materials | |
Course Web Links: |
Enrolled students can access the full course site in Canvas | |
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Physics Learning Center | Math Learning Center |
Office hours with Dr. McLean: |
Here's a page about the 4 different ways in which you can obtain uncertainties.
Click on a lab's name to see the equipment to be used. In some cases, equipment has been updated relative to picture.
Date | Lab |
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Feb 1–3 | Focal Length of a Lens |
Feb 8–10 | Standing Waves on a String |
Feb 15–17 | Interference and Diffraction of Light |
Feb 22–24 | DC Circuits (Electric Current and Voltage) |
Mar 1–3 | No Labs—Tuesday Rejuvenation Day |
Mar 8–10 | Ohm's Law |
Mar 15–17 |
Plotting Electric Field Lines |
Mar 22–24 | No Labs—Wednesday Rejuvenation Day |
Mar 29–31 | Resistance and Resistivity |
Apr 5–7 | Capacitance - RC Time Constant |
Apr 12–14 | Oscilloscope Training |
Apr 19–21 | Oscilloscope Use - Very Short Time Constant |
Apr 26–28 | Electron Charge-to-Mass Ratio |
May 3–5 | Forces on a Current-Carrying Wire |