Physics 130 Laboratory Text: AY 2016-17

Welcome to Physics 130 Lab

Lab 1 An Introduction to Measurements and Uncertainty

Lab 2 Kinematics With PASCO and Capstone

Lab 3 Free-fall: A Case of Constant Acceleration

Lab 4 Projectile Motion

Lab 5 Equilibrium of Forces

Lab 6 Conservation of Energy

Lab 7 Conservation of Momentum

Lab 8 Biomechanics: Forces and Torques in Equilibrium

Lab 9 Archimedes’ Principle

Lab 10 Spring-Mass Oscillator

Lab 11 The Pendulum: Simple Harmonic Oscillations

Lab 12 Standing Waves on a String

Appendix A Creating and Working With an Excel Spreadsheet

Appendix B Comparing Numbers That Have Uncertainties