General Physics I Lab

This lab is offered as an addition to our online General Physics I course. Complete at-home lab experiments along with lab-based questions to meet your General Physics I lab requirements.

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General Physics I Lab

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$69

Plus membership

1 Credit

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

General Physics I Lab

$69

Plus membership

1 Credit

About This Course

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ACE Approved 2022

Complete at-home laboratory experiments, track and record results, answer lab-based questions reflected in graded lab reports, and complete lab-based assessments to meet your General Chemistry I lab requirement.

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What You'll Learn

Discuss uncertainty in measurement and significant digits

Solve problems involving linear, projectile, and circular motion

Explain Newton’s laws and how they apply to free body diagrams

Discuss the difference between static and kinetic friction

Compare and contrast types of energy

Describe how momentum is conserved in elastic collisions

Apply Archimedes’ by measuring buoyant force and displaced water weight

Differentiate between specific and latent heat

Distinguish between work done by systems and work done on systems

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Course Details

PHY250L

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General Physics I Lab

General Physics I Lab is offered as an addition to our online General Physics I course. Gain a solid foundation for further study into laboratory sciences with labs provided by eScience Labs, a leading provider of at-home lab kits and online lab instructional materials and resources.

General Physics I Lab

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Lab Objectives
Measurements and Uncertainty
  • Demonstrate the use of a Vernier scale and explain different reasons for error when reading scales
  • Determine the uncertainty for a ruler, caliper, spring force scale, and stopwatch
  • Determine the density of the material of the mass set
  • Explain the reasons for error in calculations
Kinematics
  • Distinguish between scalar and vector quantities
  • Use kinematic equations to describe 1-D motion
  • Interpret 1-D motion graphs
  • Graph position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time
  • Calculate average and instantaneous velocity or acceleration
  • Relate vectors to projectile motion
  • Determine the independent x and y components of a vector
  • Use 1-D kinematics to describe projectile motion
  • Determine which launch angle results in the greatest projectile range
Newton’s Laws
  • Formulate the law of inertia
  • Relate force and acceleration
  • Describe forces as action-reaction pairs
  • Draw and explain free body diagrams
Friction
  • Explain the difference between static and kinetic friction
  • Determine the dependence of the force of friction on the normal force
  • Describe how the force of friction acts on objects on an incline
Circular MotionI
  • Use Newton’s Laws of Motion to describe the forces on an object in uniform circular motion
  • Relate velocity, radius, and time period to uniform circular motion
  • Explain the direction of acceleration during uniform circular motion
  • Use Newton’s Law of Gravity to explain the motion of objects in orbit
  • Compare the rates at which objects fall toward Earth
  • Explain the relationship between the force of gravity and distance between two objects
  • Determine the value of the gravitational constant “G”
Conservation of Energy
  • Relate energy to work
  • Determine the amount of work done by a force
  • Compare and contrast types of energy
  • Use the Law of Conservation of Energy to solve for potential and kinetic energy
Conservation of Momentum
  • Use conservation of momentum to describe elastic collisions
  • Explain how the rate of change of momentum is related to force and time
  • Interpret graphs for elastic, inelastic, and completely inelastic collisions and “explosions”
Buoyant Force and Archimedes Principle
  • Predict the behavior of fluids based on their viscosity and density
  • Explain why objects sink or float
  • Measure buoyant force in terms of the weight of water displaced
  • Apply Archimedes’ Principle to calculate the density of a material
Ideal Gas Law
  • Determine the relationship between pressure and volume
  • Determine the relationship between pressure and temperature
  • Explain the value of absolute zero
Thermodynamics
  • Use the First Law of Thermodynamics to confirm the Law of Conservation of Energy
  • Distinguish between work done by systems and work done on systems
  • Identify the different processes of heat transfer including conduction, convection, and radiation
  • Explain why the disorder of an isolated system must increase
  • Mathematically describe the entropy of states for a simple system
  • Determine the statistical probability of states

Your score provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.

Assignments for this course include 10 Lab Exams and 10 Lab Worksheets.


This course does not require a textbook.


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