Dr Hoselton's Physics Lab

The lab numbers have their origins in the history of this course. Labs are used in an order that seems appropriate to the needs of the current students and consistent with the goals of the current year's course. No significance should be assigned to these numbers. The lab number does not indicate any preferred order.

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Physics Lab Files

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Lab Files and Related Handouts
  • Physics Labs List
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  • TVS Formula Sheets for Physics
    • Supplementary Laboratory Documents and Assignments
    Lab Handouts
    Order of Labs may change from year to year,
    but the number scheme remains the same.
    In a typical year we complete 22 to 24 of these labs.
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    		• Precision and Accuracy
  • Link More Practice with Vernier Scales
  • Link A Micrometer
    		•  Many Routes to the
    Solution of One Problem
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    • Lab-01
    (Measuring the
    Size of the Earth)
  • Movie The Spinning Earth is Flattened, slightly
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    Lab-16
    (Exponential Decay)
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    • Lab-02-(Vector Tables)
  • Link Vector Addition
  • Link Add or Subtract Two Vectors
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    Lab-17
    Concave and
    Convex
    Mirrors
  • Link Optics Simulation
  • Link Geometric Optics Applet
  • Link Mechanical Universe; Prog 40-Optics
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    • Lab-03
    (Finding Vavg and Aavg)
    Lab-18
    (Circuit Analysis)
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    • Lab-04
    (Uniformly Accelerated
    Motion)
    Lab-19
    (Simple Harmonic Motion)
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    • Lab-05
    (Instantaneous & Average Velocity)

    Lab-05-Supplement
    (v-average vs time interval)

    Lab-20
    (Two Dimensional Collisions)
  • LinkSpark Table Simulator
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    • Lab-06
    (Rotational Equilibrium)
    Lab-21
    (Finding the Focal Lengths of Lenses)
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    • Lab-07
    (Calculating Force and Impulse)
    Lab-22 (Pendulum Motion)
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    • Lab-08 (Projectiles I-Vertical Motion)

    Lab-08-ExcelLab IIa (Spreadsheet Problem - Ball Thrown Upward).pdf
  • Link Test Your Own Reaction Time
    		• Lab 23
    The Law of Strings
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    • Lab-09
    (The Physics of Inclines)
    Lab-24 (Charged Particles & Magnetic Fields)
  • Link Magnetic Force on a Moving Charged Particle
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    • Lab-10
    (Finding the
    Index of Refraction)
  • Link Willebrord Snell, Dutch Scientist, 1580-1626
  • Movie Nakamara Refraction Tank
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    Lab-25-(Millikan Oil Drop Experiment User's Manual)
  • (Experiment - Version I)
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    • Lab-11
    (Conservation of Linear
    Momentum)
    Newton's Cradle
  • Movie One Ball
  • Movie Two Balls
  • Movie Impulse Pendulum
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    		Lab 26
    Energy in Orbits Simulation.
  • LinkFind the Most Nearly Circular Orbital Velocity
  • Link Find the Minimum Orbital Velocity
  • Link Explore the Solar System - Interactive Solar System from NASA
  • Link Solar System Simulation
  • Link Orbiting Binary Star System
  • Link Orbit Simulator - Period and Altitude
  • Link Planets - Wandering Stars in the Solar System
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    • Lab-12
    (Newton's
    Second
    Law)
  • Link Atwood's Machine
  • Movie Atwood's Machine
  • Movie Motion up an inclined Plane
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    Lab-27 (Heating Water with Microwaves)
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    • Lab-13
    (Factors Effecting Resistance)
  • Movie Model of Electrical Resistance
    		•  Lab-28
    (Light Bulbs)
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    • Lab-14
    (Projectile Motion II
    Range and Alitude
    of a Projectile)
  • Link Cannon Attack
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    Lab 29-Diffraction
  • Lab-29
    (Refraction, Diffraction
    & Diffraction Gratings)
  • (The Spiral Puzzle)
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    • Lab-15
    (Centripetal Force)
    		Lab-30
    (Electrical Equivalent of Heat)

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