PC142 Thermodynamics and Waves for Life Sciences Lab

The missed lab for PC142 section 5 on March 24 will be rescheduled to Thursday March 31 at 3:00 p.m. in N2089.
Note the change of room and time. (N2089 is next door to N2090.)


This is the Physics 142 Lab page, created and updated by Terry Sturtevant .
Page last updated Friday March 13, 2020
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Introduction

Evaluation Methods

Course Material

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Introduction
Standing Waves on a String

Jan. 4

Off week

Jan. 11

Exercise: Linearizing Equations


Jan. 18

Off week

Jan. 25

Exercise: Graphing and Least Squares Fitting

graph humour

Feb. 1

Off week
Feb. 8

READING WEEK

Feb. 15 READING WEEK - No labs

Lab: Standing Waves in an Air Column


Feb. 22
  • Lab: Standing Waves in an Air Column
    How to use a Vernier Caliper

  • Hand in lab report for "Standing Waves on a String"
    Be sure to attach a checklist!
    Submit electronic copy on MyLearningSpace as well.
    For the electronic submission, the following formats are acceptable: MS Word, WordPerfect, PostScript, Acrobat PDF, HTML, RTF, Plain Text

Off week

Feb. 29

Exercise: Plotting Curves Using a Spreadsheet
Can be done independently.

March 7

Off week

March 14
  • Do online quiz on MyLearningSpace between 10 a.m. Friday and 11:30 p.m. Sunday evening.

  • Revise lab report for "Standing Waves on a String"



  • Prepare for lab test

    Look at the "Recap" section from each lab to see what you should be able to do.

Lab Test and Lab Evaluation

March 21
  • Hand in revised lab report for "Standing Waves on a String"
    Be sure to attach the original!


  • (Optional) Hand in lab report for "Standing Waves in an Air Column"
    Be sure to attach a checklist!
    Submit electronic copy on MyLearningSpace as well.
    For the electronic submission, the following formats are acceptable: MS Word, WordPerfect, PostScript, Acrobat PDF, HTML, RTF, Plain Text

  • Lab test and evaluation

    Test writing instructions [ April 21, 2015 ]
Summary of questions from previous PC131 lab tests which were answered incorrectly by more than half of the class. [ June 23, 2016 ]

Off week

March 28

Links about writing

Note: different places will specify slightly different formats for reports, but the kind of thinking and communication required will be similar.

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