PHYS 203 - Physics I Laboratory
Equipment List
Equipment listed is for each of six (6) identical student table stations
unless otherwise noted
.
Lab 1: Introduction to Motion
- Computer with Logger Pro Software
- Lab-Pro Interface
- Motion Detector
connected to dig/sonic 2 input on Lab-Pro Interface
- 18" square piece of cardboard (or book or other flat object)
Note 1: Move center tables behind cabinets at the back of the room to create free
space in the middle of the room.
Note 2: Test AA batteries beforehand to make sure they'll hold up for several classes.
Lab 2: Changing Motion
- Computer with Logger Pro Software
- Lab-Pro Interface
- Pasco Track, stop on one end
- Motion Detector
- connected to dig/sonic 2 input on Lab-Pro Interface,
Motion Detector at end of track opposite the wall.
- Pasco Pascar
- Fan Unit, with two AA batteries and two dummy cells installed.
- Two rubber bands for securing the fan unit on the cart.
- 2 AA batteries in addition to the ones installed in the fan unit.
Lab 3: Force and Motion (RTP-Mechanics 3)
- Computer with Logger Pro Software
- Lab-Pro Interface
- Pasco Track. Place
bumper on end away from the wall.
- Pasco Pascar,
- Motion Detector
- connected to dig/sonic 2 input on Lab-Pro Interface
- Vernier Force
Sensor with hook, mounted on cart, connected to analog input 1
- 5 identical small thin rubber bands - #16 rubber bands
- Ruler
- Spring Scale (5 N)
- Pulley mounted on end of track opposite the motion sensor
- String (~1.7 m long, with loops in each end)
- Paper-clip to hook weights to end of the string
- 10 g & 20 g weights (2 each) that can be hung from a paper clip.
- 500 g weight
Lab 4: Combining Forces
- Computer with Logger Pro Software
- Lab-Pro Interface
- Pasco Track,
bumper on end toward the wall
- 2 Pasco Pascars
- Motion Detector
- connected to dig/sonic 2 input on Lab-Pro Interface, Motion sensor on wall
end of track, pointing towards the aisle.
- Pulley mounted
on the same end as the motion sensor - note: pulley must be off track center
far enough for string to clear the motion sensor.
- Vernier
Force Sensor with hook, mounted on the end of cart opposite the Velcro.
Force probe connected to analog input 1.
- 2 spring scales
(1 N maximum)
- 50 g mass hanger
- Assorted small masses: 10 g, 20 g, 50 g
- 500 g mass
- String ~ 2 feet
long, loops in both ends.
- String ~ 1.7 M
long, loops in both ends
- Paper-clips to hook weights to end of the string.
- A few balance scales set up on center table
- Two fan units,
with two AA batteries and two dummy cells in each. Battery polarity reversed
in one of the fan units.
Lab 5: Gravitational Forces
- Computer with Logger Pro Software
- Lab-Pro Interface
- Motion Detector
connected to dig/sonic 2 input on Lab-Pro Interface. Mount motion sensor on
ceiling. Use white interface extension cables
- High density ball, eg. cue ball.
- Low density ball, eg. Styrofoam - these two balls should be about 2"
- 3" in diameter
- Two coffee filters, stacked together with 3 g mass taped on
- 1 N spring scale
- 5 N spring scale
- Pasco Track, bumper
on one end
- Wood Block, ~ 4"
high, to raise one end of the track.
- 2 Pasco Pascars
- Balance (put a few
balances out on the center table)
- String ~ 2 feet long, loops in both ends.
- Paper-clip to hook weights to end of the string.
Note 1: Balls are in the "toy box".
Lab 6: Passive Forces
- Computer with Logger Pro Software
- Lab-Pro Interface
- Motion Detector
connected to dig/sonic 2 input on Lab-Pro Interface Mount motion sensor on
end of track toward the wall.
- 2 Vernier
Force Sensors, one with hook, one with handle. hook unit mounted on cart.
Force Sensor taped to cart (use cardboard to level force probe) connected
to analog input 1. second force probe with handle.
- Pasco Track
- Wood Block,
~ 4" high, to raise one end of the track
- Pasco Pascar
with friction pad
- Pulley mounted
on end of track opposite the motion sensor
- 50 gm weight
hanger
- 50, 100, 500 g weights
- Several 5 g, 10 g, and 20 g weights
- String about 1.7
meters long, loops tied to both ends.
- Short string (15cm
long), loops tied to both ends
- String about 15"
long, loops tied to both ends
- Piece of wire about 5" long - Aluminum
wire with loops in each end
- Rubber band
- Bench Clamp
& Slim
Rod to mount a Force Sensor to during the lab
- Balance
(put a few balances out on the center tables)
Lab 7: Work and Energy
Note 1: Set out a few 1 Kg hangers and separate 1 Kg masses
Lab 8: Conservation of Energy
Lab 9: Newton's Third Law and Conservation of Momentum
- Computer with Logger Pro software
- Lab-Pro interface
- Motion Detector,
connected to dig/sonic 2
- Pasco Track,
stop at one end
- 2 Pasco Pascars
- 2 Vernier
Force Sensors with rubber stoppers, mounted on carts. Force probes connect
to analog inputs 1 and 2. Be sure cables do not interfere with the carts'
motion.
- 500 gm mass
- Also be sure stoppers have some clearance all the way around so they don't
rub on cart
Lab 10: Standing and Resonance Waves
Note 1: This is a complicated set-up, there are more
pictures to look at.
Note 2: Set the 'fork' of the mechanical vibrator about 26cm away from the hook holding the
end of the string. This maximizes the oscillation amplitude.
Lab 11: The Ideal Gas Laws
- Computer with Logger Pro software
- Lab-Pro interface
- Pressure Sensor,
connected to Analog Input #2
- Temperature
Probe, connected to Analog Input #1
- one-hole stopper, used to grip the temperature probe
- 20 ml plastic
syringe
- one-hole stopper with tygon tubing adapter
- two-hole stopper with tygon tubing adapter and stopcock
- Hot water (~70°C) - hot water from the tea pot is fine
- Ice
- Small Erlenmeyer
flask (50 ml)
- Larger Erlenmeyer
flask (125 ml)
- Small Beaker (100 - 125 mL)
- Tygon tube
- Calorimeter large enough to immerse larger flask in water
Note 1: For early morning classes, get ice the evening before
& put it in the fridge (with a note to on the instructor's desk or email).
Note 2: One manometer setup on center table for demonstration,
use tygon tubing. The one-hole stopper with tygon tubing adapter should fit
the neck of the balloon nicely. Stopper the other end of the tube with stopcock.
Note 3: Chemistry Dept has a small ice maker/freezer on 2nd
floor, with small styrofoam containers to lend for a few days.
Note 4: Set up the Kinetic Theory of Gas Demonstrator - little
ball bearings in a chamber driven by the Pasco vibrator & function generator.
Lab 12: Energy Transfer and Temperature Change
- Computer with Logger Pro software
- Lab-Pro interface
- Heat pulser,
connected to digi/sonic #2
- Temperature
probe, connected to analog input #1
- one-hole stopper, used to grip the temperature probe
- Immersion
heater
- Sandpaper or Emery cloth (2" x 8" strip or larger)
- Iron nail
- Aluminum cylinder with hole drilled in one end for the temperature probe
- Styrofoam cup (appx 10 oz) -- two nested cups even better
- 600mL beaker to put styrofoam cup into so it won't tip
Note 1: Bring out Corn Oil, set on paper towels.
Lab 13: First Law of Thermodynamics
- Computer with Logger Pro software
- Lab-Pro Interface
- Heat pulser,
connected to digi/sonic #1
- Temperature
probe, connected to analog input #1
- one-hole stopper, used to grip the temperature probe
- 20 ml plastic
syringe with stopcock
- Immersion
heater
- Ice
- Cold Water, 0° C, can be from ice water or leave a couple liter beakers
of ice water in the fridge prior to labs
- Hot Water, 80° C
- Styrofoam cup, appx 10 oz.
- Pasco Gas Law demonstration apparatus
- 250mL beaker
Note 1: Chemistry Dept has a small ice maker/freezer in their
2nd floor Prep Room, with small styrofoam containers to lend for a few days.
Note 2: Put out some out paper towels to dry the ice with.
Note 3: Put out a few balance scales.
this page last updated June 2008
