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Physics Lab Schedules: Summer 2023
PHY 185|PHY186| PHY273| PHY274| PHY275
PHY185: general physics i labs
For the Regular semester schedule, please visit Fall/Spring Physics Lab Schedule page
| Date | Room | Experiment |
| TBA | Pastore 150 | Lab 1: Measurements |
| Pastore 150 | Lab 2: Free Fall | |
| Pastore 150 | Lab 3: Projectile Motion | |
| N/A | No Lab | |
| Pastore 150 | Lab 4: Inclined Plane | |
| Pastore 150 | Lab 5: Newton’s second law | |
| Pastore 150 | Lab 6: Circular Motion | |
| Pastore 150 | Lab 7: Conservation of Momentum & Energy : Ballistic Pendulum | |
| Pastore 150 | Lab 8: Torque | |
| Pastore 150 | No lab/Make-up | |
PHY186: general physics ii labs(TBA)
For the Regular semester schedule, please visit Fall/Spring Physics Lab Schedule page
| Week | Room | Lab |
| TBA | Pastore 151 | Lab1:Standing Waves (string) |
| Pastore 151 | Lab2:Standing Waves (sound) | |
| N/A | No Lab(Independence Day) | |
| East 201 | Lab3:Electric Field Mapping | |
| East 201 | Lab4:Capacitors | |
| East 201 | Lab5:Resistance and Resistivity | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab6:Earth’s Magnetic Field | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab7:Reflection and Refraction | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab8:Lenses and Mirrors | |
| Pastore 151 | Makeup lab: Interference and Diffraction |
PHY273: elementary physics i labs
For the Regular semester schedule, please visit Fall/Spring Physics Lab Schedule page
| Date | Room | Experiment |
| TBA | East 102 | Lab 1: Intro /Measurements |
| East 102 | Lab 2: Motion in 1D Part 1-Part 2: Free fall | |
| East 102 | Lab 3: Motion in 2D Part1: Projectiles | |
| East 102 | Lab 4: Motion in 2D Part 2: Analysis | |
| East 102 | Lab 5: Newton’s Laws of Motion | |
| East 102 | Lab 6: Conservation of Energy | |
| East 102 | Lab 7: Momentum: Collisions: Part 1, Part 2 | |
| East 102 | Lab 8: Ballistic Pendulum | |
| East 102 | Lab 9: Rotational Dynamic | |
| East 102 | Makeup lab: Simple Harmonic Motion and Hooke’s Law |
PHY274:elementary physics ii lab (TBA)
For the Regular semester schedule, please visit Fall/Spring Physics Lab Schedule page
| Week | Room | Experiment |
| TBA | N/A | No Lab |
| East 201 | Lab 1:Electric Charges | |
| East 201 | Lab 2:Simulations of Point Charges | |
| East 201 | Lab 3:Electric Field Mapping | |
| East 201 | Lab 4:Capacitance | |
| East 201 | Lab 5:Ohm’s Law | |
| East 201 | Lab 6:Electron Beam in Magnetic Field Part 1 and Part 2 | |
| East 201 | Lab 7:Magnetic Field | |
| East 201 | Lab 8:Resonant LC Circuit | |
| East 201 | Make-Up Lab | |
PHY275:elementary physics iii lab
For the Regular semester schedule, please visit Fall/Spring Physics Lab Schedule page
| Date | Room | Lab |
| TBA | Pastore 151 | No Lab |
| Pastore 151 | Lab1: Ideal Gas Law | |
| N/A | No Lab: Memorial Day | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab2: Calorimetry I | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab3: Calorimetry II: Friday Lab ( Make-up day for Memorial Day) | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab4: Thermal Expansion | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab5: Simple Harmonic Motion | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab6: Waves & Resonance | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab7: Sound Waves | |
| N/A | No Lab: Juneteenth Observed | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab8: Optics: Reflection and Refraction -Lenses and Mirrors | |
| Pastore 151 | Lab9: Optics: Diffraction:Friday Lab( Make-up day for Juneteenth) |
For the Regular semester schedule, please visit Fall/Spring Physics Lab Schedule page
