Department of Physics and Astronomy Rowan Physics I/II Lab Manual

Experiments In Physics: Fifth Edition

Written by Maureen O'Halloran
Contributions by: Jeff Hettinger, Karen Magee-Sauer, Jon Sagle, Ron Bruner, and Eduardo Flores

Motion and Forces

Introduction to Motion: Distance vs. Time and Velocity vs. Time Graphs

Changing Velocity: An Introduction to Linear Acceleration

Gravitational Acceleration: A Case of Constant Acceleration

The Force Table: Addition and Resolution of Vectors

Relating Force to Linear Motion: Newton's Second Law

Atwoods Machine: Newton's Second Law

Friction: Investigation of a Model for Friction

Centripetal Force: The Center-Seeking Force

Conservation Laws, Rotational Motion

The Ballistic Pendulum

Collisions on an Air Track

Conservation of Energy in a Pendulum

Balancing Torques and the Center of Gravity

Rotational Inertia

Thermodynamics and Fluids

Specific Heats and Latent Heats

Coefficient of Linear Expansion

The Ideal Gas Law

Buoyancy and the Density of Fluids

Electricity

Electric Field Mapping

Batteries and Bulbs: Voltage, Current and Resistance

Ohm's Law and Resistivity

Resistances in Parallel and in Series

Multiloop Circuits: Kirchhoff's Rules

Charging and Discharging a Capacitor

Magnetism

Activity: Magnets and Magnetic Fields

Measuring the Magnetic Field of Earth

Current Balance: Forces Between Current Carrying Wires

Investigation of Magnetic Fields Due to Current Loops

Magnetic Moment of a Permanent Magnet

Worksheet: Electromagnetic Induction

Electromagnetic Induction

AC Circuits: Driven Oscillations and Resonance

Oscillations and Waves

Hooke's Law and Simple Harmonic Motion

Waves: Strings and Sound

Speed of Sound and Resonance

Optics

Reflection and Refraction

Lenses and Mirrors

Wave Optics: Interference and Diffraction

Appendices