Physics 131, Introductory Physics Laboratory I 
Mechanics
Fall 2003, Prof. Yochum
Dynamic Assignments and Schedule
Last updated 12/3/03

Aug. 27 week 1 Introduction to Lab  
Sept. 3 week 2 Lab 1. Introduction to Motion prelab due 
Sept. 10 week 3 Lab 2. Changing Motion HW from Lab 1 due + Lab 1 + prelab 
Sept. 17 week 4 Lab 3. Predicting Projectile Motion HW 2 from Lab 2 + Lab 2 
Sept. 24 week 5 Lab 4. Force and Motion (says Lab 3 at the top of it) Technical memo due
Oct. 1 week 6 Lab 5. Exploring Forces with Newton's Second Law HW from Lab 4 (from the Lab that said Lab 3 on the top....) due
Oct. 8 week 7 Lab 6. Centripetal Force Turn in Lab Data/Results/Conclusions from last week, no other HW
for Prelab, read the section in your text on centripetal force 
Oct. 15 week 8 Lab Quiz I, no lab due to professor's car being crushed... Turn in Data/Results/Conclusions from last week, no other HW for this lab period, prelab: read section in your text on Hooke's law 
Oct. 22 week 9 Lab 7. Hooke's Law same prelab as last week, nothing to turn in 
Oct. 29 week 10 Lab 8. Conservation of Mechanical Energy  Turn in Data/Results/Conclusions from last week, Prelab, read section in your text on conservation of mechanical energy
Nov. 5 week 11 Lab 9. Collisions and Conservation of Momentum and Kinetic Energy Turn in Data/Results/Conclusions from last week, Prelab, read section in your text on conservation of momentum
Nov. 12 week 12 Lab 10. The Ballistic Pendulum and Rotational Kinematics Turn in Data/Results/Conclusions from last week
Prelab, read section in your text on rotation (in 151 this is chapt 11 sections 2,3, and 4
Nov. 19 week 13 Lab 11. Watch Nova episode on chaos Turn in Data/Results/Conclusions from last week
for next week turn in description of Nova special on Chaos.. 
Nov. 26 week 14 Thanksgiving Break Pick up graded lab materials Monday Dec. 1 
Dec. 3 week 15 Lab 12. Conservation of Angular Momentum
Final quiz is now available outside my office
Prelab is to read section in your text on conservation of angular momentum
Lab writ-up due by Monday Dec. 8 at 5 pm 

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