Fundamentals of Physics Laboratory II
PHYS 114 Spring 2010
INSTRUCTOR:
Staff
Office: CHCB
Office Hours: (and by appointment)
LABS:
T 11:10 – 1:00 PM, 1:10 – 3:00 PM or W 1:10 – 3:00 PM or
TH 11:10 – 1:00 PM, 1:10 – 3:00 PM
WEBSITE:
www.physics.umt.edu/labs/phys114/
MATERIALS (Document Download): Laboratory Techniques Guide
PREREQUISITES:
Phys 111 or equivalent
COREQUISITES:
Phys 112 (Fund. Phys.)
OVERVIEW: The goal of this class is to give you a sound introduction to classical physics. This
class is a continuation of Physics 111 and a good understanding of the material from the first
semester will be very helpful for this semester. It is essential that you keep up from the start as
the concepts in this course build on each other.
LABORATORY: There will be 12 two-hour labs during the semester. 11 of those labs will
count towards your final grade. You will be required to attend the labs, take measurements, and
keep a notebook for each lab. Each week before performing the next experiment you will be given
an open notebook quiz on the previous week’s lab. In preparation for the course, you should go
to the course web site to download the document: (1) Laboratory Techniques Guide, which explains
how to handle error analysis, graphing, and other key issues that come up while keeping a
laboratory notebook. Each week, a few days before your lab, you should download and print a
copy of the current lab to bring with you to your lab meeting. Students are expected to have read
the instructions prior to arriving at the lab, and will be asked to write a brief pre-lab assignment.
Labs are held Tues 11:10-1:00 pm, 1:10-3:00 pm or Wed 1:10-3 pm or Thurs 11:10-1:00 pm, 1:103:00 pm, in room CHCB 225 or 229. Lab quizzes are due before beginning the next experiment.
There will be no make-up labs.
GRADING:
Laboratory Quizzes:
100%
(10 pts each)
This course can be taken for a traditional letter grade only
A = 90%-100%, B = 80%-89%, C = 70%-79%, D = 60%-69%, F = 59% or less
Physics 114 Laboratory
Course Schedule
Week
1. 1/25-1/29
2. 2/1-2/5
3. 2/8-2/12
4. 2/15-2/19
Lab
Electric Fields
Ohm’s Law
Slow RC Circuits
No lab
(President’s Day)
5. 2/22-2/26
6. 3/1-3/5
7. 3/8-3/12
8. 3/15-3/19
9. 3/22-3/26
10. 3/29-4/2
Fast RC Circuits
Earth’s Magnetic
Field
Ampere’s Law
Lenses & Image
form.
Index of Refraction
No lab
(Spring Break)
11. 4/5-4/9
12. 4/12-4/16
13. 4/12-4/16
14. 4/19-4/23
15. 4/26-4/30
16. 5/3-5/7
Interference & diff.
Spectrum Analysis
Determining Planck’s
Constant
e/M
Last Quiz
No lab