LAB SCHEDULE

2026 Fall

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Bob Swanson
Lab Coordinator

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Ben Ardahl
Electronics Technician

Senior TA
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Sweety
Kakkar
Image of John
John
Aondoakaa
Image of Amir
Amir
Daghighi
Image of Daniel
Daniel
Boah
Image of Zakia
Zakia
Tithi
Image of Beau
Beau
Thompson
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"Marsh"
Poshtiri
Weekly
start dates
PH1011 Labs
Hilbun 315
PH1113 Labs
Hilbun 325
PH1123 Labs
Hilbun 340
PH1133 Labs
Hilbun 330
PH2223 Labs
Hilbun 341
PH2990a Labs
Hilbun 330
PH2990b Labs
Hilbun 315
August 17 No Lab No Lab No Lab No Lab No Lab No Lab No Lab
August 24 No Lab No Lab No Lab No Lab No Lab
Lab 1
Graphs
Lab 1
Optical Instruments
August 31
Lab 1
Graphs
Lab 1
Graphs
Lab 1
Simple Harmonic Motion
Lab 1
Electric Deflection of Electrons
Lab 1
Scientific Method
Lab 2
Kinematics
Lab 2
Standing Waves
September 7
Lab 2
Motion
Lab 2
Kinematics
Lab 2
Periodic Motion
Lab 2
Circuits and Continuity
Lab 2
Electric Deflection of Electrons
Lab 3
Measurement
of g
Lab 3
Interference and
Diffraction
September 14
Lab 3
Kinematics
Lab 3
Computer-Assisted
Measurement of g
Lab 3
Standing Wave on a String
Lab 3
Ohm's Law
Lab 3
Computer-Assisted Measurement of g
Lab 4
Projectile Motion
Lab 4
Sound
September 21
Lab 4
Simple Machines
Lab 4
Projectile Motion
Lab 4
Resonance Tube
Lab 4
Simple Circuits
Lab 4
Electronic Measurements
Lab 5
Equilibrium
Lab 5
Thin Lenses
September 28
Lab 5
Midterm
Scientific Inquiry
Lab 5
Scientific Method
Lab 5
Sound
Lab 5
Measurements with a Galvanometer
Lab 5
Ohm's Law
Lab 6
Friction
Lab 6
The Human Eye
October 5 No Lab No Lab No Lab No Lab No Lab No Lab No Lab
October 12
Lab 6
Ohm's Law
Lab 6
Force Table
Lab 6
Thin Lenses
Lab 6
Electronic Measurements
Lab 6
Makeup
Measurements with a Galvanometer
Lab 7
Moment of
Inertia 		No Lab
October 19
Lab 7
Circuits and Continuity
Lab 7
Friction
Lab 7
Interference and Diffraction
Lab 7
Resistance and Capacitance in a DC Circuit
Lab 7
Simple Circuits
Lab 8
Collisions
Lab 7
Electric Deflection
of Electrons
October 26
Lab 8
Electricity and Magnetism
Lab 8
Centripetal Force
on a Pendulum
Lab 8
Light Dispersion
Lab 8
Magnetic Deflection of Electrons
Lab 8
Resistance and Capacitance in a DC Circuit
Lab 9
Pressure
Lab 8
Ohm's Law
November 2
Lab 9
Light and Lenses
Lab 9
Ballistic Velocity
Lab 9
Grating Spectrometer
Lab 9
Faraday's Law of Induction
Lab 9
Magnetic Deflection of Electrons
Lab 10
Periodic
Motion
Lab 9
Simple Circuits
November 9
Lab 10
The Human Eye
Lab 10
Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
Lab 10
The Human Eye
Lab 10
Phase and Impedance in an RLC Circuit
Lab 10
Faraday's Law of Induction
Lab 11
Specific Heat
Lab 10
Electronic Measurements
November 16
Lab 11
Final Exam & Online Makeup
Resonance Tube
Lab 11
Makeup
Moment of Inertia
Lab 11
Makeup
Optical Instruments 		No Lab
Lab 11
Phase and Impedance in an RLC Circuit
Lab 12
Scientific Method
Lab 11
Magnetic Deflection of Electrons
November 23 No Lab No Lab No Lab
Lab 11
Nuclear Radiation and Half-Life 		No Lab No Lab
Lab 12
Nuclear Radiation
and Half-Life