General Physics Lab I

The experiments you will conduct this semester are:

Excel and Spreadsheets, Syllabus

Introductory Lab: Domino Size & Density

Force Table with 3 Vectors at Equilibrium

Acceleration due to Gravity, g, with Glider on Tilted Air Track

Simple Projectile Motion with Kinematics

Centripetal Force with Mass on Rotating Arm

Conservation of Energy with Glider on Tilted Air Track

Conservation of Energy & Linear Momentum with Ballistic Pendulum & Projectile Motion

1145-ONLY - Ideal gas law with Isothermal & Adiabatic Compression; Estimating Absolute Zero

1171-ONLY - Rotational Dynamics with Moment of Inertia & Angular Momentum

Fluid Physics with Archimedes’ & Bernoulli’s Principles

Determination of Acceleration due to Gravity, g, with Simple Pendulum