PES 1160 Advanced Physics Lab I
MW 9:25am-11:15am OCSE B-210
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Robert G. Gist
Office Hours: MW - Noon to 1:00
TR - Noon to 12:30 or by appt.
Office: OCSE A-418
UCCS e-mail: rgist@uccs.edu
Web Site: http://www.uccs.edu/~rgist
Text: Online manual at
www.uccs.edu/~srehorst/labs/Labs.htm
Course Description: Advanced calculus-based labs
covering all of the major topics in mechanics
ranging from projectile motion to Newton’s Laws to
Conservation of Energy to Rotational Motion.
Designed to be taken concurrently with PES 1110.
Credit Hours: 1
Pre-requisite: none
SCHEDULE
Date
11-Jun
13-Jun
18-Jun
20-Jun
25-Jun
27-Jun
2-Jul
4-Jul
9-Jul
11-Jul
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30-Jul
1-Aug
R. Gist
Mon
Wed
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Wed
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(Lab) Topic
(1) Error in Measurements
(2) Motion in One Dimension
(3) Projectile Motion
(4) Newton's Law I
(5) Newton's Law II
(6) Work & Energy
(7) Centripetal Force
No school (Indep. Day)
(8) Conservation of Energy
(9) Conservation of Momentum
(10) Moment of Inertia
(11) Bio Lab
(12) Impulse vs. Momentum
(13) Simple Harmonic Motion
(14) Demo Day
No class
1 of 1
Pre-lab
due
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Lab report
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6/10/2012