Physics Laboratories

Below is a table of laboratories, grouped by class (and instructor, if necessary), that are available to be downloaded and used in Santa Monica College Physics Program classes. Your instructor will tell you which laboratory you should download or read for class.

 Choose your class:

Physics 6

Physics 7

Physics 8

Physics 9

Physics 14

Physics 21

Physics 22

Physics 23

Physics 21: Mechanics

Laboratory (Number and Name)

Instructor (if necessary)
T1. Measurements and Errors Traditional
T2. Addition of Vectors Traditional
T3. Acceleration due to gravity Traditional
T4. Projectile motion Traditional
T5. Circular Motion Traditional
T6. Newton's 2nd Law Traditional
T7. Non-conservative forces Traditional
T8. Energy 1 Traditional
T9. Energy 2 Traditional
T10. Ballistic Pendulum Traditional
T11. Rotational Inertia Traditional
T13. Rigid Equilibrium Traditional
T14. Physical pendulum Traditional
P1. Graph Matching and Motion Morse
P2. Addition of Vectors Morse
P3. Error and density of materials Morse
P4. Measurement Morse
P5. Constant Acceleration Morse
P6. Momentum and Collisions Morse
P7. Circular Motion Morse
P8. Energy Morse
P9. Ballistic Pendulum Morse
P10. Rotational Inertia and Torque Morse
J1. Measurement Morris
J2. Graph Matching and Motion Morris
J3. Vectors Morris
J4. Projectiles Morris
J5. Forces: Friction/Pulleys Morris
J6. Dynamics/Energy Morris
J7. Elastic Energy Morris
J8. Uniform Circular Motion Morris
J9. Ballistic Pendulum Morris
J10. Rotational Inertia Morris
J11. Static Equilibrium Morris
N1. Measurements and Errors Rodriguez (back to homepage)
N2. Graph Match Rodriguez
N3. Graphing Constant Acceleration Rodriguez
N4. Vectors Rodriguez
N5. Newton's Second Law Rodriguez
N6. Uniform Circular Motion Rodriguez
N7. WORK and ENERGY Rodriguez
N8. Ballistic Pendulum Rodriguez
N9. Moment of Inertia Rodriguez

 

Physics 22: Electromagnetism

Laboratory (Number and Name)

Instructor (if necessary)
T1. The oscilloscope Traditional
T2.  Equipotentials and lines of force Traditional
T3. Capacitance Traditional
T4. Resistance and resistivity Traditional
T5. Temperature coefficient of resistivity Traditional
T6. The RC series circuit Traditional
T7. The determination of the charge to mass ratio of the electron Traditional
T8. The determination of the strength of the Earth's magnetic field Traditional
T9. The RL series circuit Traditional
T10. The RLC series circuit, I Traditional
T11. The RLC series circuit, II Traditional
T12. The speed of sound Traditional

P1. The oscilloscope

Morse
R1. The oscilloscope Rodriguez

 

Physics 23: Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics

Laboratory (Number and Name)

Instructor (if necessary)
 Introduction  
T1. Thermal expansion Traditional
T2. The constant volume air thermometer Traditional
T3. The latent heat of fusion of ice Traditional
T4. The ratio of heat capacities Traditional
T5. Transverse standing waves Traditional
T6. The speed of sound (using the resonance of longitudinal waves) Traditional
T7. Light refraction at a boundary Traditional
T8. Pfund refraction Traditional
T9. Mirrors and lenses Traditional
T10. Thin film interference Traditional
T11. The diffraction grating Traditional
T12. The photoelectric effect and Planck's constant Traditional
T13. The Geiger Plateau and the half-life of barium-137 Traditional
J1. String Waves Morris
J2. Longitudinal Waves Morris
J3. Heat of Vaporization Morris
J4. Latent Heat Morris
J5. Heat Capacity Ratio Morris
J6. Refraction Morris

 

Physics 6: Mechanics

Laboratory (Number and Name)

Instructor (if necessary)
1. Graph Matching and Motion Morse
2. Momentum and Collisions Morse
3. Measurements and Errors Morse
4. Constant Acceleration Morse
5. Addition of Vectors  
6. Uniform Circular Motion Morse
7. Static Equilibrium Morris
8. Ballistic Pendulum Morse

 

Physics 7

 

 

 

Physics 8

Laboratory (Number and Name)

Instructor (if necessary)
1. Measurements and Errors Morse
2. Graph Matching and Motion Morse
3. Addition of Vectors Morse
4. Ball Toss and Forces Morse
5. Forces and Friction Morse
6. Momentum and Collisions Morse
7. Constant Acceleration Morse
8. Circular Motion Morse
9. Static Equilibrium Morris
10. Ballistic Pendulum Morse
11. Introduction to Oscillations Morse

 

Physics 9

Laboratory (Number and Name)

Instructor (if necessary)
1. Sticky tape Experiments Morse
2. Currents, wires and bulbs Morse
3. Parallel and series circuits Morse
4. Capacitors in circuits Morse
5. Predicting E and V for charge distributions Morse
6. Measuring Magnetic fields Morse
7. Calculating the e/m ratio of the electron Morse
8. Basic Optics Investigations Morse

 

Physics 14

Laboratory (Number and Name)

Instructor (if necessary)
F1. Measurement Lai
F2. Graphing Lai
F3. Position and Velocity Lai
F4. Acceleration Lai
F5. Forces Lai
F6. Energy Lai
F7. Pendulum Lai
F8. Speed of Sound Lai
F9. Musical Sounds Lai
F10. Static Electricity Lai
F11. Eyes and Illusions Lai
F12. Reflection and Refraction Lai
P1. Powers of Ten (Penny Lab) Morse
P2. Measurement Morse
P3. Acceleration and Frictional Forces Morse
P4. Energy  Morse
P5. Heat and Water Morse
P6. Specific Heats of Metals Morse
P7. Simple Harmonic Motion & Oscillations Morse
P7. Sound Morse
P8. Introductory optics Morse
P9. Particle Adventure Morse
J1. Measurement Morris
J2. Addition of Vectors Morris
J3. Projectiles Morris
J4. Forces and Friction Morris
J5. Momentum and Energy Morris
J6. Latent Heat Morris
J7. Oscillations Morris
J8. Waves Morris

 

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Last Updated: 10/02/06