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1. Set up & perform a number of physics experiments
using balances, calipers, meter sticks,
thermometers, stop watches as well as computers
with motion detectors, force probes, temperature
probes and microphones.
2. Use spreadsheets to record data and calculate
experimental results, and use computer graphing
programs to construct graphs and analyze data.
3. Develop concepts of linear motion, simple harmonic
motion, force, impulse and momentum using motion
detectors and force probes.
4. Verify basic physics principles such as Newton•s
second and third laws of motion and conservation of
momentum.
5. Use the principle of conservation of energy to
determine moments of inertia.
6. Explain the three classes of levers and their
mechanical advantage.
7. Measure the velocity of standing waves in strings
and sound in resonating air columns.
8. Determine the coefficient of linear expansion for
metal rods.
9. Measure the specific heat of a metal.
10. Write a formal lab report.
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1. Measurements and using spreadsheet to enter data and calculate
results.
2. Graphical analysis of experimental data using computer graphing
programs.
3. Motion in one dimension including uniformly accelerated motion.
4. Projectile motion.
5. Impulse, momentum and conservation of momentum.
6. Torque and levers.
7. Moment of inertia.
8. Simple harmonic motion.
9. Sound waves.
10. Standing waves in strings and air columns.
11. Coefficient of linear expansion.
12. Specific heat.
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| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
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Physics Laboratory Experiments by Wilson, 4th Edition, 1994, D.C. Heath &
Co.
