| week 1 | January 15 | Introduction to Lab | Lab 0 | |
| week 2 | January 22 | Simple Harmonic Motion |
Lab 1 | No prelab for this lab Draft of lab report due Wednesday January 29.,( do not include mech. energy part.) Turn in final version of report 1 Thursday February 6 by 5 pm. |
| week 3 | January 29 | Simple Harmonic Motion II - (Resonance) | Lab 2 | Prelab: Read sections on damping and resonance
and answer this question: Why is it important for a building designer
to understand resonance? Turn in final version of report 2 by Friday February 7 by 5 pm |
| Week 4 | February 5 | Waves (Oscillating String) | Lab 3 | NO Prelab, lab report due February 12 |
| week 5 | February 12 | Waves (Sound Waves in Tube) | Lab 4 | Prelab, Read section 18-6 in your text |
| week 6 | February 19 | NOTICE ALTERNATE
MEETING TIME (If you can't make this talk, a different assignment will
be given...) A short paper will be written on the talk. | ||
| week 7 | February 26 | Optics - Reflection and Refraction | Lab 5 | Prelab Read 34.6-34.9, lab report due March 12 |
| week 8 | March 5 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| week 9 | March 12 | Lenses and Optical Instruments |
Lab 6 | Prelab Read 35.1, 35.5-35.7 |
| week 10 | March 19 | Optics - Diffraction | Lab 7 | Prelab Read 37.1, 37.2 |
| week 11 | March 26 | Circuits - Batteries and Bulbs, Series and Parallel | Lab 8 | No Prelab No Formal Lab Report |
| week 12 | April 2 | Circuits - Current and Resistance | Lab 9 | HW in lieu of lab report |
| week 13 | April 9 | Circuits - Using the Multimeter, Ohm's Law | Lab 10 | HW in lieu of lab report |
| week 14 | April 16 | Circuits - Rules for Voltage and Current | Lab 11 | HW in lieu of lab report |
| week 15 | April 23 | Lab final |
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