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Physics 104 Labs – Spring 2010
Instructions: Click each link below, then click the “Print” button
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Introduction To Laboratory Practices:
Short Version: The abridged version.
Full Version: Contains all the details.
  Lab report examples:
Well written
“Don't do this!”
The documents above are the same as last semester, and well worth reviewing!


Week of: Experiment:
18 Jan Electrostatic Charges
  • For this experiment, also watch this 3 minute video clip (Quicktime required): Large version (18M)Small version (7M).
  • 25 Jan The Potential Field of a Dipole
  • For this experiment, also print "Using a Digital Multimeter". Bring this document for the next two weeks!!
  • 1 Feb Ohm’s Law
    8 Feb Series & Parallel Circuits – Instructions updated 8 February 2010!
    15 Feb Magnetic Fields
  • Strong magnets will be used. Be careful with your laptop, iPod or mp3 player!
  • 22 Feb No Lab this week!
    1 Mar The Laws of Faraday and Lenz
    8 Mar No Lab – Spring Break!
    15 Mar DC Motors
    22 Mar Spherical Mirrors & Index of Refraction Happy St. Patrick's Day!
    29 Mar Thin Lenses
    5 Apr Diffraction and Interference
    12 Apr μ–Mesons in Flight
    19 Apr The Photoelectric Effect
  • For this experiment, you should also review Graphing & Curve Analysis Using Microsoft Excel© 2007 and the addendum to the Excel instructions (yes, there's still a bug in Excel 2007!).
  • 26 Apr The Hydrogen Spectrum and Energy Levels

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