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 and handle, connected to analog input 1
- Vernier Force Sensor
with hook, mounted on cart
- 5 identical small thin rubber bands
- ruler
- Spring Scale (1 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 end of track away from the wall
- Pulley mounted on the same end as the motion sensor - note: pulley must be off-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.
- Vernier Force Sensor
with hook, mounted on the track end.
Force probe connected to analog input 2.
- 2 spring scales (1 N maximum)
- 50 g weight hanger
- 500 g mass
- String ~ 2 feet long, loops in both ends.
- Paper-clip to hook weights to end of the string.
- Two fan units, with two AA batteries and two dummy cells in each.
Battery polarity reversed in one of the fan units.
Note: In activity 2-2 where students measure the force exerted by the fan unit,
use the force probe mounted on one Pasco cart, with the cart stuck by magnet or Velcro
to the bumper. Use a string at least 30" long to attach the cart with the fan units to
the force probe
to minimize the angle.
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
- 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
- 20 N spring scale
- 1 kg weight hanger
- 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.
- Vernier Force Sensor
with hook, connected to analog input 1, mounted on second Pasco cart.
- Fan unit
Note 1: Pull computer carts a foot or two away from the wall so interface cables
can reach the overhead-mounted detectors.
Note 2: 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
- Pasco Pascar with friction pad
- Wood Block, ~ 4" high, to raise one end of the track
- 2 Pasco Pascars
- Pulley mounted on end of track opposite the motion sensor
- 2 Pasco bar weights, 250 gm mass each
- 50 gm weight hanger
- 50 and 100 gm weights
- Several 5 gm, 10 gm, and 20 gm weights
- String about 1.7 meters long, loops tied to both ends.
- Short string (about 6" long), loops tied to both ends
- String about 15" long, loops tied to both ends
- Piece of wire about 5" long
- Rubber band
Lab 7: Work and Energy
- Computer with Logger Pro Software
- Lab-Pro Interface
- Motion Detector,
connected to dig/sonic 2
- Pasco Track, stop on one end
- Wood Block (~4" high, under one set of feet of track)
- Pasco Pascar
with 250 gm bar weights
- Vernier Force Sensor with hook and handle
- Vernier Force Sensor mounted to end of track
- (2) 1 kg weights
- meter stick
- protractor
- loop of string
- 50 gm weight hanger
- 50 gm slotted mass
- 100 gm slotted mass
- light spring (from Pasco spring set)
- balance (put a few balances out on the center tables)
Lab 8: Conservation of Energy
- Computer with Logger Pro software
- Lab-Pro interface
- Motion Detector
- Screen to place over motion sensor to protect it when ball is dropped at it
- Rubber ball
- Pasco Track, stop at one end
- Wood Block (~4" high, under one set of feet of track)
- Pasco Pascar with friction pad
- Table clamp, rod, 90° clamp, and short rod
- Vernier Force Sensor
mounted on short rod, with hook downward
- Spring
- 50 gm mass hangers and (3) 50 gm masses
- balance (put a few balances out on the center tables)
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.
- Also
be sure stoppers have some clearance all the way around so they don't rub on cart
Lab 10: Standing and Resonance Waves
- Simple pendulum apparatus with one aluminum bob for each set up
- Small speaker
- Signal generator
- Table clamp, post and hook at wall end of table
- Pulley at other end of table
- String running from hook over the pulley. Recommend thick non-elastic cotton
string so string is snug in vibrator fork, vibrating up and down but not side to side or around
inside the fork.
- Pasco wave driver, mounted on rod at wall end of table toward the wall - plunger
of wave driver must engage at the string.
- Weight Hanger
- Set of slotted weights
- Stopwatch
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
- 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 coffee pot is fine
- Ice
- Small Erlenmeyer flask (50 ml)
- Larger Erlenmeyer flask (150 ml)
- Tygon tube
- Large styrofoam cuts (soup bowls?) large enough to immerse larger flask in water
Note 1: Are interface connections the same for all workstations or
are some reversed?
Note 2: Ask Dr Stehman about balloon & rubber tube manometer setup.
Note 3: Chemistry Dept has a small ice maker/freezer on 2nd floor, with small styrofoam containers to lend for a few days.
Lab 12: Energy Transfer and Temperature Change
- Computer with Logger Pro software
- Lab-Pro interface
- Heat pulser, connected to digi/sonic #1
- Temperature probe, connected to analog input #1
- 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
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
- Immersion heater
- Ice
- Styrofoam cup, appx 10 oz.
- Pasco Gas Law demonstration apparatus
Note 1: Chemistry Dept has a small ice maker/freezer on 2nd floor, with small styrofoam containers to lend for a few days.
this page last updated June 28 2005