General Physics I and II Laboratories:

The bookstore has the required laboratory notebook. If you do not wish to buy the notebook from the bookstore, it must be 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in size, quad-ruled with 4 squares to the inch, and should have 75 pages or more. There are several suppliers through amazon.com in addition to local suppliers such as Office Depot (item numbers 951640 or 868568), OfficeMax (item 20139707), and Staples (item 623363).

While this notebook may appear to be fairly expensive, (a) there is no text to buy for this course, (b) the notebook will last both semesters of General Physics Lab, and (c) can serve as a notebook in other future lab courses.

The required laboratory text will be distributed at the first class meeting at no charge.

Contents:

Laboratory Guidelines
Introduction

PH113: General Physics I

Syllabus, Fall 2009
1. Pendulum and the Scientific Method
2. Experimental Error and Free Fall
3. Newton's Second Law: Static Equilibrium
4. Impulse
5. Newton's Second Law: Force, Impulse, and Kinematics
6. Energy and Kinematics
7. Thermal Energy Transfer
8. Conservation of Energy
9. The Harmonic Oscillator
10. Torque and Static Equilibrium
11. Rotational Motion

    PH114: General Physics II

    Syllabus, 2010 Spring

12. Electric Charge
13. Mapping Electric Field Lines
14. Ohm's Law
15. The Diode
16. Internal Resistance
17. Resistor Combinations and Kirchhoff's Rules
18. RC Circuits
19. Reflection and Refraction
20. Image Formation
21. The Lens Equation
22. Polarization of Light