PYL 106: Course Calendar

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Lab syllabus
Data Studio Instructions
XY Scatter plots in Office 2007
About lab reports
More about lab reports

Date Tenative Lab Schedule
Jan. 17, 18 Lab 1. Mass on a Spring
Jan. 24, 25 Lab 2. Pendulum
Jan. 31, Feb. 1 Lab 3. Standing Waves on a String
Feb 7, 8 Lab 4. Snell's Law
Feb. 14, 15 Lab 5. Diffraction
Feb. 21, 22 Lab 6. Lenses

(Note that the practice lab midterm is based on an old exam that covered a slightly different set of labs -- it included superposition of sound and did not include diffraction.)
Practice midterm
Spring data for midterm

Key for Practice midterm
Key for Spring data
Feb. 28, Mar. 1 Lab 7. Superposition of Sound ?????
Mar. 7, 8 SPRING BREAK
Mar. 14, 15 Lab Midterm on Labs 1-6
Mar. 21, 22 Lab 8. Electric Field Lines
Mar. 28, 29 Easter
Apr. 4, 5 Lab 9: Capacitors
Apr. 11, 12 Lab 10: Resistors and Kirchhoff's Rules

Reviews Kirchhoff's Law
Kirchhoff_Matrix.xls

Practice lab Final (Word)
Practice lab Final (Excel)

Solution Part 1 (lens)
Solution Part 2 (slits)
Solution Part 3 (Resistors and Capacitors)
Solution Part 4 (capacitors)


Below is the practice test from summer which covered all labs. Your test is only on Labs 7-11. Lenses. Diffraction. Electric Potential and Electric Field Lines. Capacitors. Kirchhoff and RC Circuits.

Practice Lab Exam (Word)
Practice Lab Exam (Excel)
 
Practice Lab Exam Key (Word)
Practice Lab Exam Key (Excel)
Practice Lab Exam Key (Snell)
Practice Lab Exam Key (Electric Field 1)
Practice Lab Exam Key (Electric Field 2)
Apr. 18, 19 Lab 11. RC Circuits

Apr. 25, 26 Lab final on Labs 7-11
May 2, 3 Review for lecture final

 

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