Physics 2048C Laboratory Schedule

Fall 2006

 

Week   Lab

1                        no lab

2                        no lab

3                        vectors    

   4            Density with Introduction to Excel
   5            Acceleration due to gravity (take data)
   6            Acceleration due to gravity (analyze data)
   7            Collisions and momentum
   8            Centripetal Force(I) , Centripetal Force(II)

   9            Torques

  10           Simple Harmonic Motion and Hooke's Law
  11           No Labs this week. Veterans Day on Friday

  12           Waves and Resonances I

  13           No Labs this week. Thanksgiving

14           Specific Heat and Calorimetry

15           No Labs this week. Last week of the semester. Please Study for the final exam

**           (Waves and Resonances II) NOT NEEDED in Fall 06

  **           (Mechanical Equivalent of Heat) NOT NEEDED in Fall 06

 

 

	Appendices		PDF	HTML
		Estimates for the Reliability of Measurements	App I	App I
		Elements of Statistical Inference	App II	App II
		Least Squares Adjustment of Data	App III	App III
		Log-Log Plotting	App IV	App IV

 

Here are a few places on the web that you can learn about using Excel:

 

Excel 97 (close enough to Excel 2000)
BEG 17	Getting Started With Microsoft Excel 97		1.5
TUT 78	Introductory Exercises In Microsoft Excel 97		1.0
TUT 79	Writing Formulae with Microsoft Excel 97 Example file - tut79.xls		1.0
TUT 80	Formatting Data in Microsoft Excel 97 Example file - tut80.xls		1.0
TUT 81	Charting in Microsoft Excel 97 Example file - tut81.xls		1.0