Physics Lab Schedules: Fall 2026
PHY185: general physics (i) labs
For the summer semester schedule, please visit the Summer Physics Lab Schedule page
| Week | Room | Experiment |
|---|---|---|
| 09/09-09/11 | N/A | No Lab |
| 09/14-09/18 | Pastore 150 | Lab 1: Measurements |
| 09/21-09/25 | Pastore 150 | Lab 2: Free Fall |
| 09/28-10/02 | Pastore 150 | Lab 3: Projectile Motion |
| 10/05-10/09 | Pastore 150 | Lab 4: Newton’s second law |
| 10/12-10/16 | Pastore 150 | No Lab-Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples’ Day |
| 10/19-10/23 | Pastore 150 | Lab 5: Inclined Plane |
| 10/26-10/30 | Pastore 150 | Lab 6: Circular Motion |
| 11/02-11/06 | Pastore 150 | Lab 7: Conservation of momentum & Energy: Ballistic Pendulum |
| 11/09-11/13 | Pastore 150 | Lab 8: Torque (Wed Sections do not meet) |
| 11/16-11/20 | Pastore 150 | Lab 8: Torque-Only Wed Sections meet on Monday ( Nov. 16–Veteran’s Day Class make-up day. Wednesday Classes Meet) |
| 11/23-11/27 | Pastore 150 | No Lab-Thanksgiving Week |
| 11/30-12/04 | Pastore 150 | No lab |
| 12/07-12/11 | Pastore 150 | Lab 9: Hooke’s Law and SHM |
| 12/14-12/15 | Pastore 150 | Makeup lab: Simple Pendulum |
PHY186: general physics (ii) labs
For the summer semester schedule, please visit the Summer Physics Lab Schedule page
| Week | Room | Experiment |
|---|---|---|
| 09/09-09/11 | N/A | No lab |
| 09/14-09/18 | Pastore 101 | Lab 1: Standing Waves (string) |
| 09/21-09/25 | Pastore 101 | Lab 2: Standing Waves (sound) |
| 09/28-10/02 | Pastore 101 | Lab 3: Electric Field Mapping |
| 10/05-10/09 | Pastore 101 | Lab 4: Capacitors |
| 10/12-10/16 | N/A | No Lab |
| 10/19-10/23 | Pastore 101 | Lab 5: Resistance and Resistivity |
| 10/26-10/30 | Pastore 101 | Lab 6: Earth’s Magnetic Field |
| 11/02-11/06 | Pastore 101 | Lab 7: Reflection and Refraction |
| 11/09-11/13 | Pastore 101 | Lab 8: Lenses and Mirrors (Wed Sections do not meet) |
| 11/16-11/20 | Pastore 101 | Lab 8: Lenses and Mirrors-Only Wed Sections meet on Monday ( Nov. 16–Veteran’s Day Class make-up day. Wednesday Classes Meet) |
| 11/23-11/27 | N/A | No Lab-Thanksgiving Week |
| 11/30-12/04 | N/A | No Lab |
| 12/07-12/11 | Pastore 101 | Lab 9: Interference and Diffraction |
| 12/14-12/15 | Pastore 101 | Makeup lab: Wheatstone Bridge |
PHY273: elementary physics (i) labs
For the summer semester schedule, please visit the Summer Physics Lab Schedule page
| Week | Room | Experiment |
|---|---|---|
| 09/09-09/11 | N/A | No Lab |
| 09/14-09/18 | East 102 | Intro /Statistics and Measurement |
| 09/21-09/25 | East 102 | Lab 1: Motion in 1D:Free fall: Part 1 |
| 09/28-10/02 | East 102 | Lab 2:Part 2: Motion in 1D:Free fall: Part 2 |
| 10/05-10/09 | East 102 | Lab 3: Motion in 2D Part1: Projectiles |
| 10/12-10/16 | East 102 | Lab 4: Motion in 2D Part 2: Projectiles Analysis |
| 10/19-10/23 | East 102 | Lab 5: Newton’s Laws of Motion |
| 10/26-10/30 | East 102 | Lab 6: Conservation of Energy |
| 11/02-11/06 | East 102 | Lab 7: Momentum: Collisions: Part 1 |
| 11/09-11/13 | East 102 | Lab 8: Momentum: Collisions: Part 2 (Wed Sections do not meet) |
| 11/16-11/20 | East 102 | Lab 8: Momentum: Collisions: Part 2-Only Wed Sections meet on Monday ( Nov. 16–Veteran’s Day Class make-up day. Wednesday Classes Meet) |
| 11/23-11/27 | N/A | No Lab-Thanksgiving Week |
| 11/30-12/04 | East 102 | Lab 10: Ballistic Pendulum |
| 12/07-12/11 | East 102 | Lab 11: Rotational Dynamics |
| 12/14-12/15 | East 102 | Makeup lab: Simple Harmonic Motion and Hooke’s Law |
PHY274:elementary physics (ii) lab
For the summer semester schedule, please visit the Summer Physics Lab Schedule page
| Week | Room | Experiment |
|---|---|---|
| 09/09-09/11 | N/A | No lab |
| 09/14-09/18 | East 201 | Lab 1: Electric Charges |
| 09/21-09/25 | East 201 | Lab 2: Simulations of Point Charges |
| 09/28-10/02 | East 201 | Lab 3: Electric Field Mapping |
| 10/05-10/09 | East 201 | Lab 4: Capacitance |
| 10/12-10/16 | N/A | No Lab-Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples’ Day |
| 10/19-10/23 | East 201 | Lab 5: Ohm’s Law |
| 10/26-10/30 | East 201 | Lab 6: Electron Beam in Magnetic Field Part 1 |
| 11/02-11/06 | East 201 | Lab 7: Electron Beam in Magnetic Field Part 2 |
| 11/09-11/13 | East 201 | Lab 8: Magnetic Field( Wed sections do not meet) |
| 11/16-11/20 | East 201 | Lab 8: Magnetic Field-Only Wed Sections meet on Monday ( Nov. 16–Veteran’s Day Class make-up day. Wednesday Classes Meet) |
| 11/23-11/27 | N/A | No Lab-Thanksgiving Week |
| 11/30-12/04 | East 201 | Lab 9: Induction and the Transformer |
| 12/07-12/11 | East 201 | Lab 10: Resonant LC Circuit |
| 12/14-12/15 | East 201 | Make-Up Lab( Induction) |
PHY275:elementary physics (iii) lab
For the summer semester schedule, please visit the Summer Physics Lab Schedule page
| Week | Room | Experiment |
|---|---|---|
| 09/09-09/11 | Pastore 151 | Lab 1: Introduction |
| 09/14-09/18 | Pastore 151 | Lab 2: Thermal Expansion |
| 09/21-09/25 | Pastore 151 | Lab 3: Calorimetry I |
| 09/28-10/02 | Pastore 151 | Lab 4: Calorimetry II |
| 10/05-10/09 | Pastore 151 | Lab 5: Ideal Gas Law |
| 10/12-10/16 | N/A | No Lab |
| 10/19-10/23 | Pastore 151 | Lab 6: Simple Harmonic Motion |
| 10/26-10/30 | Pastore 151 | Lab 7: Waves & Resonance |
| 11/02-11/06 | Pastore 151 | Lab 8: Sound Waves |
| 11/09-11/13 | Pastore 151 | Lab 9: Optics: Selection and Data collection( Wed sections do not meet) |
| 11/16-11/20 | Pastore 151 | Lab 9: Optics: Selection and Data collection-Only Wed Sections meet on Monday ( Nov. 16–Veteran’s Day Class make-up day. Wednesday Classes Meet) |
| 11/23-11/27 | Pastore 151 | Lab 10: Optics: Complete Data Analysis and Writing |
| 11/30-12/04 | N/A | No Lab-Thanksgiving Week |
| 12/07-12/11 | Pastore 151 | Lab 11: Presentation |
| 12/14-12/15 | Pastore 150 | Makeup Lab: Simple Pendulum |
For the summer semester schedule, please visit the Summer Physics Lab Schedule page