Schedule for PHYS 1145

Fig. 2 Schedule for PHYS 1145

Schedule with links to relevant lab

Week Of	M	T	W	R	F
09-01	Labor Day	[First Day of Classes]
09-08	Excel and Spreadsheets, Syllabus		Excel and Spreadsheets, Syllabus
09-15	Introductory Lab: Domino Size & Density		Introductory Lab: Domino Size & Density
09-22	Force Table with 3 Vectors at Equilibrium		Force Table with 3 Vectors at Equilibrium
09-29	Acceleration due to Gravity, g, with Glider on Tilted Air Track		Acceleration due to Gravity, g, with Glider on Tilted Air Track
10-06	Simple Projectile Motion with Kinematics		Simple Projectile Motion with Kinematics
10-13	Fall Break (no lab)	Fall Break (no lab)	Centripetal Force with Mass on Rotating Arm
10-20	Centripetal Force with Mass on Rotating Arm		Conservation of Energy with Glider on Tilted Air Track
10-27	Conservation of Energy with Glider on Tilted Air Track		Conservation of Energy & Linear Momentum with Ballistic Pendulum & Projectile Motion
11-03	Conservation of Energy & Linear Momentum with Ballistic Pendulum & Projectile Motion		Ideal gas law with Isothermal & Adiabatic Compression; Estimating Absolute Zero
11-10	Ideal gas law with Isothermal & Adiabatic Compression; Estimating Absolute Zero		Fluid Physics with Archimedes’ & Bernoulli’s Principles
11-17	Fluid Physics with Archimedes’ & Bernoulli’s Principles		Determination of Acceleration due to Gravity, g, with Simple Pendulum
11-24	Determination of Acceleration due to Gravity, g, with Simple Pendulum	Thanksgiving (no lab)	Thanksgiving (no lab)	Thanksgiving (no lab)
12-01	[Makeup for snowdays]		[Makeup for snowdays]
12-08	[Last Day of Classes]	Reading day	Reading day	Finals week	Finals week
12-15	Finals week	Finals week	Finals week	—	—