General Physics Lab
PHYS 106 (Syllabus)
Summer Semester, 2014-2015
Instructors:
Prof. Dr. Nabil Ayoub, Mr. Mahmoud AlGharram, Mr. Majdi Amro, Ms. Aya
Darawsheh, Mrs. Issra Hammoudeh, Ms. Laila, Ms. Razan.
Course Objectives:
To engage students in laboratory exercises that applies physical principles and use
data logging techniques, observations, and scientific reasoning in practical situations.
Required Texts:
• Lab Manual (available in the Bookshop)
• Lab Reports (available in the Bookshop)
Recommended Reading and References:
 Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Serway and Jewett, 9th edition.
 Practical physics, G. L. Squires, University of Cambridge, 4th edition.
Attendance:
• Attendance in all lab sessions is REQUIRED.
•
If you must miss a lab due to illness or other excused reason, you must talk with
the lab instructor as soon as possible. Each lab section is full and there will be
neither make-up sessions nor space for you to work in other sections. If you miss
a lab, you MUST discuss the issue with the course instructor (preferably
beforehand) to see what options you have.
• University attendance regulations state that you may miss no more than 2 lab
sessions for any reason or risk of being permanently dismissed from the lab.
Dismissal from the lab automatically results in removal from the lecture!
Lab Schedule:
Date
Exp. No.
st
1 week
12/07-18/07
2nd week
19/07-25/07
1
Part A: Basics of Experimental errors.
Part B : Measurements and Calculation of Errors.
3
Part A: Velocity and Speed.
Part B : Linear motion position, velocity & acceleration.
Part A: Linear motion with constant acceleration (g sinθ).
Part B: Linear motion: free falling bodies.
4
Motion in two dimensions: Projectile motion.
2
5
3rd week
26/07-01/0/8
Exp. Name
6
7
Newton's Second Law.
Part A: Friction.
Part B: Linear Momentum & Collision.
Charging and Charge Distribution.
th
4 week
02/08-08/08
8
9
5th week
09/08-15/08
6th week
16/08-22/08
7th week
23/08-29/08
10
Resistors and Resistors Connections.
Kirchhoff's Laws.
Capacitors and Capacitors Connections.
11
Magnetic Field in a Current-Carrying Coil and
Magnetic Induction.
12
Transformer Basics.
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Final Exam
 Final Exam and holidays will be announced during the Semester in class.
Course Evaluation:
Laboratory Reports
Performance Evaluation (Technique, etc.)
Final Exam
*Total
40
20
40
→ 60%
→ 40%
100 %
Lab Preparation:
You must be prepared for the experiment BEFORE you come to lab in order to
complete the experiment in the allotted time. You must have all the needed stationeries
for each lab (pencil, ruler, rubber, calculator, etc.).