Physics 195 – Lab  

* Significant Figures Tutorials:   #1 - sig figs      #2 - rules for addition & subtraction      #3- rules for mult and div

                                                 #4                     #5

Lab #4 - Newton's 2nd on an Law-Air Track

Lab #5 - Centripetal Force

Lab #1 - Metric System and Density    (this lab is already included in the bookstore lab packet.) 

Lab #2 - Straight-line Kinematics   (this lab is already included in the bookstore lab packet.)   

For Lab #6: I will provide you with a copy of the following "Vernier caliper" file in class: Vernier Caliper Worksheet  , you do NOT have to print this out.

            * Please visit these links for addition help in using the Vernier calipers.

   These java applets show you how to read a Vernier caliper:   ^GREAT!! 

   ^{Vernier 1}

    ^{Vernier 2}

  Link to a tutorial on how to use the Vernier caliper  

How to Make a Graph    (this is already included in the Kinematics Lab #1)

How to Graph on Log-Log paper  (this is already included in the Kinematics Lab #1)

Get Graph Paper here too!          

    Uncertainties and Error Propagation link  

How to use the Vernier calipers: 

   Our class hand-out on How to Read the Vernier Calipers (included in lab #6)

   Link to a tutorial on how to use the Vernier caliper

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