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This page has been updated for the week of March 22, 2010.


This week will be the lab test and evaluation. The lab test will have questions about uncertainties, graphical data analysis, linearizing equations, graphing and least squares fitting and library research. (In other words, it will cover everything from this term.)
Be sure to bring the post-lab from the "Library Research" exercise.
If you didn't hand in the post-lab from "Graphing and Least Squares Fitting", bring it this week.



PC132: Thermodynamics and Waves

Pages maintained by Terry Sturtevant
Page last updated Wednesday January 13, 2010

Introduction

On this page are links to the entire lab manual, individual sections of it, as well as some labs that are not in the manual, and which will probably not be done this year. There are also resources for some lab exercises and spreadsheets with sample data There are also spreadsheets with sample data for some of the labs. Be sure to check here often, and if you have any suggestions for additions or improvements, send them along.


Background information from the manual


Lab exercises


Formal labs


Appendices


Tentative schedule

Winter 2010

Date Lab/Exercise To be handed in
January 4th Exercise: Graphical Data Analysis
Can be done independently.
In-lab questions for this week
January 11th Exercise: Graphical Data Analysis
Can be done independently.
In-lab questions for this week
January 18th Standing Waves on a String [odd]
Exercise: Linearizing Equations [even]
Can be done independently.
Pre- and In-lab questions for this week
Post-Lab questions for Graphical Data Analysis

January 25th Standing Waves on a String [odd]
Exercise: Linearizing Equations [even]
Can be done independently.
Pre- and In-lab questions for this week
Post-Lab questions for Graphical Data Analysis

February 1st Exercise: Linearizing Equations [odd]
Can be done independently.
Standing Waves on a String [even]
Pre- and In-lab questions for this week
February 8th Exercise: Linearizing Equations [odd]
Can be done independently.
Standing Waves on a String [even]
Pre- and In-lab questions for this week
February 15th [Reading week - No labs] --
February 22nd Exercise: Graphing and Least Squares Fitting
Can be done independently.
Pre- and In-lab questions for this week
Post-Lab Tasks for Linearizing Equations
March 1st Exercise: Graphing and Least Squares Fitting
Can be done independently.
Pre- and In-lab questions for this week
Post-Lab Tasks for Linearizing Equations
March 8th Exercise: Library Research
Pre- and In-lab questions for this week
Post-Lab questions for Graphing and Least Squares Fitting
Standing Waves on a String draft
March 15th Exercise: Library Research
Pre- and In-lab questions for this week
Post-Lab questions for Graphing and Least Squares Fitting
Standing Waves on a String draft
Pick up marked draft [odd week groups]
March 22nd Lab test and Lab evaluation Standing Waves on a String final
Pick up marked draft [even week groups]
March 29th Lab test and Lab evaluation Standing Waves on a String final

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