| August 30/31 | week 2 | Lab 1. Graph Matching | HW
Due next lab period, Lab questions due next lab period |
| September 6/7 | week 3 | Lab 2. Changing Motion | no prelab for Lab 2 HW and lab questions for Lab 2 due Sept 13/14 |
| September 13/14 | week 4 | Lab 3. Understanding and Predicting Motion of a Projectile | Prelab for Lab 3: Make sure
to have read section of your text on projectile motion Lab 3 write-up and excel sheet are due Sept 20/21 |
| September 20/21 | week 5 | Lab 4. Adding Forces with Newton's Second Law | Lab 4 write-up due Sept 27/28 |
| September 27/28 | week 6 | Lab 5. Static and Kinetic Friction | Lab 5 write-up due Oct 4/5 |
| October 4/5 | week 7 | Lab 6. Centripetal Motion | Lab 6 write-up due Oct 11/12 |
| October 11/12 | week 8 | Lab Quiz 1, will likely
consist of problems and questions related to the physics and associated
experimental techniques used in the labs. Bring a calculator. To study,
I suggest going over your labs and the related homework, make sure you
understand any mistakes. Lab 7, Conservation of Mechanical Energy |
no lab write up for Lab 7 |
| October 18/19 | week 9 | Lab 8 Statistical Treatment of Experimental
Data Make sure to bring in your lab/data from Lab 5, the friction lab |
NOTE: The prelab given out last week is due IN THE BEGINNING of lab this week |
| October 25/26 | week 10 | Lab 9 Collisions | no prelab
write up for lab 9 due November 1/2 |
| November 1/2 | week 11 | Lab 10 Torque | group write up due for lab 10 on Nov 8/9 |
| November 8/9 | week 12 | Lab 11 Conservation of Angular Momentum | |
| November 15/16 | week 13 | no lab, lab 11 must be turned in by Friday | Prelab for lab 12, due at the beginning of lab, Nov.29/30! |
| November 22/23 | week 14 | Thanksgiving | |
| November 29/30 | week 15 | Lab 12 Oscillations | lab 12 will be turned in at end of lab period |
| December 6/7 | week 16 | Course evaluations and Lab final quiz - covers all labs |
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