PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS
Instructor : Professor Gordon Berry, NSH 223, 1-4012, hgberry@nd.edu
Graduate Assistants: Place: Jordan Hall of Science 213 Lab Physicist: Mr. Michael McFarland, Jordan Hall, room 312,
mcfarland.1@nd.edu
Course Goals: - To learn how physics experiments are designed, performed, and their results presented - To provide an insight into how physics explains everyday phenomena
Laboratory:
There will be six experiments, as listed in the table below: an MS-Word file of the schedule is here
Grading:
Based on lab reports. Class attendance may also be
considered. No exams will be given. For a passing grade, all experiments must be completed.
Measurements and Errors
Madan Lamichhane, email: mlamichh@nd.edu mlamichh@nd.edu
Edward Lamere, email: edlamere@gmail.com edlamere@gmail.com
Each section is divided into two groups: your group (A or B} will be determined at the first lab session that takes place on Thursday afteroon, 1st September 2011.
Expt #
Experiment
Group A
Group B
0
Making measurements, discussion of errors
1 September
1 September
1
One Dimensional Motion
8 September
15 September
2
Velocity and Acceleration
22 September
29 September
3
Work and Energy
6 October
13 October
Break
Semester break 15-23 October
Break
Break
4
Momentum and Collisions
27 October
3 November
5
Rotational Dynamics
10 November
17 November
Break
Thanksgiving
Break
Break
**
Make up day for Experiments 1-5
1 December
1 December
Here follow some preliminary documents:
Laboratory Reports:
Report Guidelines;
Grading Codes
Section rosters (including emails and groups)
Section A1;
Section A2;
Section B1;
Section B2;
and
photos of the class
Here follow the experiment descriptions (in MS-word format)
Experiment 1: One Dimensional Motion
Experiment 2: Velocity and Acceleration
Experiment 3: Work and Energy
Experiment 4: Momentum and Collisions
Experiment 5: Rotational Dynamics