Physics for Architects II
(1050L)
Laboratory Syllabus Spring
2009
Instructor’s Information:
Instructor
Name: Edwin Davis
Office: PHYS 244
Phone: ________
Office Hours: ____________________
E-mail: ______________________
Welcome to Physics for Architects laboratory. This lab is required for all students
currently enrolled in PHYS 1054. Your
grade for this lab is intergraded into your course grade. Check your lecture
syllabus for percentage of overall grade.
This lab is designed to introduce you to sound, light, thermal energy, electricity
and magnetism.
Attendance is mandatory. You will be allowed to drop or miss one lab
activity. There will be no make-up
labs. If you know that you are not going
to be able to attend lab, notify your lab instructor prior to missing so that
you can arrange to attend one of the other lab sections.
Inclement Weather
Unless
classes have been officially canceled by the UA, students are expected to
attend all lab meetings. If the student
feels that it would be unsafe to travel to the U of A, then the student is
responsible for informing their instructor.
The student will be expected to make up the lab, at a time arranged with
their instructor. You are responsible
for making the decision to travel in bad weather. We never want any student to
put him or herself at risk to attend class.
Lab Materials
You will need
the following lab materials:
·
Calculator
·
Ruler
·
Pen or Pencil
·
Lab Notes – Lab materials (Check the website before each lab for
updates and posting of materials you might need for lab:
http://physics.uark.edu/architects/index.html)
There are a total of 9 labs for the semester plus one group project
that will require an individual paper.
*8 Labs 15
points = 120 points
1 Project Report 30
points = 30 points
Solar project (Team Grade) = 33 points
Total =
180 points
*There are 9 labs and you are
allowed to drop or miss one.
Grading
Scale:
Your lab grade is part of your course grade. Your overall lab points will be given to your
course instructor. Doing well in the lab
can make a grade difference in the course.
|
Date |
Experiment |
|
1-12 |
Lab
1 – Light Intensity |
|
2-2
|
Lab 2 – The Transfer of Thermal
Energy.
Review
Lab Syllabus Review
Solar Project |
|
2-9 |
Lab 3 – Specific Heat
|
|
2-16 2-23 |
Lab 4 – Standing Waves on a String
Demo
– Chladni Plates Finish Lab 4 – Standing Waves on a String
|
|
3-2 |
Lab
5 - Light (Plane and Curved Surfaces) |
|
3-9 |
Lab 6 – Electrostatics
|
|
3-16 |
NO LABS – Spring Break
|
|
3-23 |
Lab 7 – Series and
Parallel Circuits |
|
3-30 |
Lab 8 – Introduction to Magnetism
|
|
4-6 |
Solar Project (Work Day)
|
|
4-16 |
Testing Solar Projects
|
|
4-30 |
Lab 9 – Motors and Speakers
Turn in Lab Reports (Solar project)
Complete
Lab Evaluations |
|
|
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