First-Semester Labs

Experiment	Lab Writeup	Prelab Assignment
Graphical Analysis - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Position, Velocity & Acceleration - MBL	PDF file
Projectile Motion	PDF file	Pre-lab
Constant Acceleration - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Forces Between Carts - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Friction	PDF file	Pre-lab
Energy Conservation - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Magnetic Forces - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Impulse and Work - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Energy and Work - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Collisions - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Angular Momentum	PDF file	Pre-lab
Torque and Moments of Inertia	PDF file	Pre-lab
Simple Harmonic Motion – MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Fluids	PDF file	Pre-lab
Specific Heat	PDF file	Pre-lab
Mechanical Equivalent of Heat	PDF file	Pre-lab
Simple Harmonic Motion – PASCO	PDF file	Pre-lab

Second-Semester Labs

Experiment	Lab Writeup	Prelab Assignment
Electric Charge	PDF file	Pre-lab
Electric Charge - Abridged (for PY212) for use with Coulomb's Law Lab below	PDF file
Coulomb's Law	PDF file	Pre-lab
Electric Fields and Potentials	PDF file	Pre-lab
Capacitors - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Ohm's Law - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
e/m Ratio of the Electron	PDF file	Pre-lab
Faraday's Law - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Electromagnetic Induction - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
RLC Circuits - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Sound - MBL	PDF file	Pre-lab
Geometrical Optics	PDF file	Pre-lab
Interference and Diffraction	PDF file	Pre-lab

Thanks to the NSF who provided funding for the development of the microcomputer-based labs (MBLs) and the pre-lab assignments through grant DUE-9981096.