Physics 241 : Fall 2025

Syllabus

Safety Regulations

My Schedule

Our lab operating system comes from Barry Kauler with much thanks!

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August 27 : vid
August 28 : vid
August 29

Lab00 : [ Introductory Lab ]
Spreadsheet Helper
Sample Calculation : [ SC : pdf : odt ]
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Labor Day
M September 01
September 03 : vid
September 04
September 06
Lab01 : [ Forces and Force Tables ]
Spreadsheet Helper
Sample Calculation : [ SC: odt : pdf ]
app : camera
Physical lab video description


Video: Simulation Video :  Simulation:  [ Force Tables  ]


September 10 : vid
September 11
September 12
Lab02 : Motion in 1 and 2 dimensions : Problem Solving Lab




September 17
September 18
September 19

Lab03 : [ Inclined Planes and Friction ]
Video : [Caleb demonstrates the Inclined Plane ]
Video : [ Inclined Plane ]

Helper : [ Coefficients of Friction ]
Helper : [ Mass dependence of coefficients of Friction ]

Sample Calculation : [ SC : pdf : odt ]

Extra info :
Helper: [ Inclined Planes and Friction  ] Screencast Operation

app: camera, angle measure app
September 17
 Class Test 1



September 24
September 25
September 26

Lab04 : [ Atwood's Machine, Mechanical Advantage, Work & Energy ]
Video : Atwood's Machine
Video : Mechanical Advantage
Helper : Work Power Energy
Helper : Mechanical Advantage
Helper : Statics Problem
Sample Calculation : [ SC : odtpdf ]
app : Timer, camera,  angle measure app



October 01
October 02
October 03
Lab05 : [ Centripetal Force and Hooke's Law ]
Animation : centripetal force
Video : [ Cenco Centripetal Force Apparatus]
Video : [  Hooke's Law Measurement ]
Helper : [ Centripetal Force ]
Helper : [ Hooke's Law ]
Helper : [ Slinky Investigations ]

Sample Calculation: [ SC : odt : pdf ]
app: camera, timer



October 08
October 09

WR: TBA
October 10
Hurkle-Durkle Day


October 15
     Class Test 2

October 15
October 16
October 17

Lab06 : [ Static Equilibrium ]
Helper : [ Static Equilibrium ]

VRML : right hand rule for angular momentum
Video : right hand rule for torque
Video : [ Precession of a Bicycle Wheel ]
Video : [ Conical Pendulum ]

Video : [Lab 6 Experiment 00]
Video : [Lab 6 Experiment 01]
Video : [Lab 6 Experiment 02]
Video : [Lab 6 Experiment 03, 4a, 4b]

Sample Calculation: [ SC : odt : pdf ]
app : camera

October 22 Service Day
October 23
October 24
RF: TBA


October 29
October 30
October 31
Lab07 : [ Simple Harmonic Oscillation ]

These videos were made for pandemic at home labs.
The same thing will be done in lab.
Video : [ Simple Pendulum ]
Video : [ Spring Mass System ]

Helper : [ Simple Harmonic Oscillation ]
Helper : [ Slinky Oscillations ]

Sample Calculation : [ SC ]


app: camera, timer
 
Additional info from 2019 Pandemic Remote Lab
Simulation : [ Simple Pendulum ]
ScreenCast : [ Simple Pendulum ]
Simulation : [ Spring mass system ]
ScreenCast : [ Spring mass system ]







November 05
November 06
November 07
Lab08 : [ Standing Waves and Vibrations ]
Video : [ vibrator with string ]

Helper [ Standing waves and pulses ]

Sample Calculation [ SC ]


Additional Information from the pandemic labs
Fall 20 Pandemic Simulation [  Harmonic Standing Waves ]
Animations  Lowest mode: encore: 2nd mode : encore
Pulse on an infinite string "shark's fin"
Video: [ Tacoma ]
Fall 20 Pandemic Lab Instructions


November 12
Class Test 3



November 12
November 13
November 14
Lab09 :  Archimedes' Principle [ pdf ]
Video : [ Archimedes 1 ]
Video : [ Archimedes 02 ]
Worksheet: [ Archimedes pdf : odt ]

Water : [ fun ]



November 19
November 20
November 21

Lab10 : Thermodynamics

Lab10 : [ Thermodynamics ]
Helper : [ calorimetry ]
Helper : [ Linear Expansion ]
app : camera
November 24 -
November 28

Thanksgiving Break

December 03
December 04
December 05


WRF : TBA



December 10
Class Test 4


December 10
December 11
December 12
No Lab
Absolute last week to submit labs