Department of Physics
and Physical Oceanography
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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Introductory Physics Labs
Old Labs 1995-2006

The following is a list of the introductory physics labs, which have been run over the years  for both the PHY 101-2 and 201-2 sequences. The lab document and a picture of the set up is provided for most labs.

Summer I Lab Schedule for PHY 101 and 201 and Preface.

Physics I

Lab Write-Up Setup
One Dimensional Motion DOC
Using Microsoft Excel©97 DOC Excel
Static Equilibrium DOC PIC
Motion with Constant Acceleration DOC PIC, MBL
Collisions and Momentum Conservation DOC PIC1, PIC2
Uniform Circular Motion DOC PIC
Equilibrium of a Rigid Body DOC PIC
Rotational Inertia DOC PIC
Simple Harmonic Motion DOC PIC, MBL
Standing Waves on a String DOC PIC
Standing Waves in Air Columns DOC PIC
Archimedes' Principle DOC PIC
Specific Heat DOC PIC
Newton's Law of Cooling DOC PIC, MBL

Graphical Analysis Using Microsoft Excel©97

Physics II

Mapping an Electric Field

DOC PIC

Ohm's Law

DOC PIC

Series and Parallel Circuits

DOC PIC

The Wheatstone Bridge

DOC PIC

Charging a Capacitor

DOC PIC

Joule's Law

DOC PIC

The Earth's Magnetic Field

DOC PIC

Magnetic Induction

DOC PIC
LRC Circuits (Simulation Lab) DOC Files

Geometric Optics (Simulation Lab)

DOC Files, PIC

Focal Length of Lenses

DOC PIC

Diffraction

DOC PIC

Hydrogen Spectrum

DOC PIC

Graphical Analysis Using Microsoft Excel©97

Last Updated: May 15, 2007