Physics 251 :
Spring 2026
Syllabus
: Schedule : Safety Regs
Announcements
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system comes from Barry Kauler with much thanks!
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Lab Number & Links | Additional Laboratory Materials |
| January 14, 15, 16 Video of lab writing |
Lab 00:Introduction to 251 Lab Safety Regulations |
Electrostatics
Movies Coulomb's Law Electrostatic Chime Goopy Glue [ 1 : 2 ] |
| January 21, 22, 23 | Lab 01:Problem Session
01 |
Images of problems for lab 01 Movie of lab 01: Jan 22 2026 Image of problems |
| January 28, 29, 30 | Lab 02:Problem
Session 02 |
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| February 04, 05, 06 | Lab 03 Images: Experimental Setup Single Resistor Series Resistors Parallel Resistors Ohms Law Movie Lab Computer Operation Essential Reading! --------------- Series & Parallel Resistance [ P ]
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Initialize
MX55 RS232 interface Helpers: qucs simulations: RA : [ sch : dat ]
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| February 11, 12, 13 | Lab 04 Lab Procedure Movie --------------- Measurement of EMF from a source and the RC time Constant [ P ] SC04 |
Internal Resistance |
| February 18, 19, 20 | Lab 05 Spinner Movie Current Balance Movie --------------- The Current Balance [ P ] SC05 |
Current
Balance Lab Notes and Hints Helpers for Lab 05: Current
Balance : [ LO
] Images:
Not for SP 2026 :
OpenOffice Solver Notes [ P ] |
| February 25, 26, 27 | Lab 06 Movies Magnetic Levitation: DC Magnet Mag Lev DC Nail Mag Lev DC Nail Hysteresis AC Nail Mag Lev
Ferromagnetic
Levitation SC06 |
Magnetic
Levitation Lab Notes and Hints Helpers
LO format: DC
Magnet Mag Lev Animations: Images:
Ferromagnetic Levitation Setup |
| March 04, 05 | L
TBA |
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| March
11, 12, 13 |
Lab 07 Coil Winding Movie Transformer Movie Faraday's Law Movie Transformer Movie --------------- Solenoids, Transformers, Faraday's law & Lenz's Law [ P ] --------------- |
Helper:
Faraday's Law
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| March
18, 19, 20 |
L
08 Lab 08 --------------- Oscilloscopes, LF, HF filters and RLC circuits [ P ] --------------- |
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| March 23 - March 27 | Spring Break | No lab this week |
| April 01, 02 | L
TBA |
Good Friday / Easter weekend — no Friday lab |
| April 08, 09, 10 |
Lab 09 Movie: Focal Length of Converging and Diverging Lenses --------------- Focal Length of lenses [ P ] SC09 --------------- |
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| April 15, 16, 17 | L
TBA |
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| April 22, 23, 24 | Lab 10 Movies Law Of Reflection Beam Displacement01 Beam Displacement02 Brewster's Angle Total Internal Reflection Minimum Angle of Deviation --------------- Reflection, Refraction, Brewster's Angle, and the Critical Angle [ P ] SC10 --------------- |
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| April 29, 30, 01 | L TBA |
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| May 06, 07, 08 | No Lab | |
| May 08, 2026 | ABSOLUTE LAST DAY TO HAND IN LABS | |
