Lab Supplies
Students are expected to purchase their lab supplies. You will be given a specific list in the Syllabus at the beginning of the semester. If you wish to purchase the supplies in advance, you can see the details here.
Lab Manuals
| Lab Manuals v.2021 | Lab Manuals v.2019 | |
| 1 | Standing Waves | Standing Waves |
| 2 | Measuring the Speed of Light | Air Column |
| 3 | Working with Multimeters | Equipotential Lines |
| 4 | Measuring Resistance | Ohm’s Law 1 |
| 5 | Resistors in Series and Parallel | Ohm’s Law 2 |
| 5 | Measuring Volts | RC Circuits |
| 6 | Ohm’s Law | Q/M Ratio |
| 7 | Equivalent Resistance | AC Circuits |
| 8 | Loops and Junctions | Ray Optics: Index of Refraction |
| 9 | Mirrors | Ray Optics: Lenses |
| 10 | Lenses | Interference and Diffraction |
| 11 | Wave Optics | Analysis of Light |
Lab Reports
Here are the Lab Report Guidelines and Grading.
Sample Lab Reports
Lab Safety
All students must abide by the Lab Safety Rules while present in the physics laboratory room.
All students must complete a Lab Safety Quiz posted in their Physics Lab Blackboard Site before they are allowed to enter the lab.