Physics Labs and Associated Documents


Geology & Physics Department
Lock Haven University



TopicDocuments
Authors
These are Word Documents (.doc) or pdf files.
Data Analysis Guides
Data_Analysis_pdf.pdf
Data Analysis Including Error Propagation
Extensive document. Includes discussion of
uncertainties, examples, table and
figure formatting, weighted fits.
John Reid

FORMAL_LAB_REPORTS.docx
Format to Use for Formal Lab Write Ups
John Reid

Example_Lab__Motion_Lab_v2.docx
Example Lab for PHYS130
Indrajith Senevirathne

Uncertainty_Table_Format_v2.docx
Explanation and Example of Uncertainty Table
John Reid

ACCURACY_MC.dot
Explanation of Accuracy, Reliability and Validity
Mike Cullin

JW_measure11a_v2.docx
A Measurement DictionaryWith Examples
Jim Wheeler

JW_meansds10_v2.docx
Mean and Standard Deviation
Jim Wheeler

JJW_Con04.doc
Confidence Level
Jim Wheeler

Guides
for
Data Acquisition Systems
and
Data Analysis Software
VP_Manual.doc
VideoPoint
John Reid

DataStudio_to_Excel.docx
Trasferring Data Tables from DataStudio to Excel
Anamika Gopal

Gaertner_Peck_Spectrometer.doc
How to Align
and Adjust the
Gaertner_Peck_Spectrometer
Jim Wheeler

130_fall2011_spreadsheet_v2.docx
Using Excel Spread Sheets to do Calculations
Jim Wheeler

Plotting_in_Excel.docx
Making Graphs in Excel
Anamika Gopal


TopicDocuments
Authors
These are Word Documents (.doc) or pdf files.
Making Measurements 130_fall2011_Measurements_DataStudio_v3.doc
PASCO & DataStudio
John Reid
Vectors 170_Vectors.doc
John Reid
1 Dimensional Kinematics
(x, v, a, t)
130_fall2011_Measurements_DataStudio_v3.doc
PASCO & DataStudio
John Reid
170_1DKinematics.doc
VideoPoint
John Reid
Projectile Motion
130_fall2011_projectionmotion_v3.doc
Mike Cullin

130_fall2011_proj_motion_angle.doc
Variable Launch Angle
Mike Cullin

130_fall2011_proj_motion_horiz.doc
Horizontal Launch
Mike Cullin

170_Proj_Mot.doc
VideoPoint
John Reid
Newton's 2nd Law
130_fall2011_F_ma.doc
PASCO & DataStudio
John Reid
170_F=ma.doc
VideoPoint
John Reid
Friction 170_Fric_Inc_Plane.doc
Static and Kinetic Friction
Wood on Inclined Plane
John Reid
Conservation of Energy
130_fall2011_Energy_v3.doc
Conservation of Energy for a Pendulum
PASCO & DataStudio
Jim Wheeler
170_Energy_Conservation_2.doc
VideoPoint
Air Friction & Projectile Motion
John Reid
Conservatoin of Momentum
130_fall2011_collisions_v1.doc
PASCO & DataStudio
1D Collisions
Mike Cullin
170_Momentum_1D_2D.doc
VideoPoint
1D & 2D Collisions
John Reid
Rotational Motion 130_fall2011_rotational motion_v1.doc
PASCO & DataStudio
Mike Cullin
Torque 170_Static_Torque.doc
Static Torque
John Reid
Moment of Inertia
130_fall2011_moment_inertia_v2.doc
Moment of Inertia,
Center-of-Mass,
and the Pendulum
PASCO & DataStudio
Jim Wheeler
170_Rotational_Inertia.doc
VideoPoint
Rotation Apparatus
John Reid
Simple Harmonic Motion 170_SHM.doc
VideoPoint
Mass on Spring
John Reid
Archimedes Principle 130_fall2011_Archim_v2.docx
Jim Wheeler
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
130_fall2011_Linear_Expansion_Coeff_Ver3.doc
Coefficient of Linear Expansion
Indrajith Senevirathne

130_fall2011_Specific_Heat_Capacity_Ver3.doc
Specific Heat of Water
Indrajith Senevirathne

130_fall2011_Latent_Heat_of_Fusion_Ver2.doc
Latent Heat of Fusion of Water
Indrajith Senevirathne

170_Thermometer.doc
Time Constant of Thermometer
John Reid

170_Ideal_Gas_Law.doc
Ideal Gas Law
Weights on Syringe
John Reid

170_Measure_Absolute_Zero.doc
Ideal Gas Law
Measure of Absolute Zero
P & T in Constant V in Bulb
Coins and Dice
John Reid

170_Statistics.doc
Statics and Entropy
Coins and Dice
John Reid

Waves and Resonance
130_fall2011_Resonance.doc
Standing Waves in a String
John Reid
170_Resonance.doc
Standing Waves in a String
Standing Waves in Air Column
John Reid



TopicDocuments
Authors
These are Word Documents (.doc) or pdf files.
Electric Charge Electric_Properties.docBasics of Charges and Induction
John Reid
Electric Fields 131_s11_PASCO_E_Field_Mapping_v2.doc
Electric Field Mapping
PASCO Data Studio
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

E_Field_Mapping_JR.doc
Electric Field Mapping
John Reid

Field_Mapping_JW.doc
Electric Field Mapping
Jim Wheeler

Ohm's Law 131_s11_PASCO_Ohm_v3.docx
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

Ohms_Law_MT.doc
Marian Tzolov

Ohms_Law_JR.doc
John Reid

Series and Parallel Circuits 131_s11_PASCO_Voltage_Current_v2.docx
Measuring Voltages and Currents
in Simple Series and Parallel Circuits
Anamika Gopal and John Reid
Capacitance Energy_Capacitor_MT.doc
Energy Stored in a Capacitor
Marian Tzolov
Oscilloscope Intro_oscilloscope_MT.doc
Marian Tzolov

Intro_oscilloscope_JR.doc
John Reid

RC and RLC Circuits 131_s11_PASCO_RC_v2.docx
RC Circuit
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

131_s11_PASCO_RLC_v2.docx
RLC Circuit
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

RC_RL_Circuits_MT.doc
RL & RC Circuits
Marian Tzolov

RLC_Circuits.doc
RLC Circuits
Jim Wheeler

Magnetic Fields B_mapping.doc
Magnetic Fields Mapping
and Dependence of Distance
John Reid
F = q v x B 131_s11_e_m_apparatus_v2.doc
e/m Apparatus
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

e_m_JW.doc
e/m Apparatus
Jim Wheeler

Induction 131_s11_PASCO_Induction_v2.docx
PASCO
Induced Current in a Coil
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

Electromagnetic_Induction_JW.doc
Induced Current in a Coil
Jim Wheeler

Snell's Law 131_s11_Refraction.doc
Refraction through "Dee" Shaped water Dishes
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

Refraction.doc
Laser and Acquarium
and John Reid

Thin Lens Equation 131_s11_Thin_Lens_Equation.doc
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

Thin_Lens_Equation.doc
John Reid

Thin_Lenses_JW.doc
Jim Wheeler

Optical Instruments 131_s11_Optical_Instruments_v2.doc
Simple Refracting Telescope and Microscope
Anamika Gopal and John Reid
Diffraction 131_s11_PASCO_Diffraction_v2.doc
Scanning of Diffraction Pattern
for Single and Double Slits
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

Diffraction_From_Slits_MT.doc
Marian Tzolov

Black Body Radiation 131_s11_Blackbody_Radiationv_v2.docx
Temperature of a Tungsen Light Bulb
Anamika Gopal and John Reid
Quantum Nature of Light 131_s11_Planck_LED_Wd2003.doc
LED Turn-On Voltages
Anamika Gopal and John Reid
Atomic Physics 131_s11_Atomic_Spectroscopy_v2.docx
Optical Spectrometers and Diffraction Gratings
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

Atomic_Spectroscopy_JW.doc
Optical Spectrometers
Jim Wheeler

Nuclear Radiation 131_s11_GM_Wd2003_v2.doc
Study of α β, and γ Sources Using a GM Counter
Anamika Gopal and John Reid

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