Physics 110 Lab Information
Knox College Physics - Fall 2023

Lab Times: Wednesdays in room D105 SMC.

Lab Instructor: Nathalie Haurberg, D115 SMC, email nhaurber@knox.edu

Lab Text: A Physics 110 lab manual will be distributed to you in class. 

Lab Reports:  You are encouraged to work together on lab reports and consult any book, tutors, other students, or professors. Lab partners may exchange data freely however they may only do so if they collected the data together. Whether or not you work with a partner(s) your final write-up must, of course, be your own unique product. In particular, duplicate reports, even from lab partners, are not acceptable and are a violation of the Honor Code.

Click the link to see specific instructions for Preparing Lab Reports .

Experimental Errors and Significant Digits:  Click the links for instructions on how to treat experimental uncertainty and how to report numerical results in your lab report: Error Analysis and Significant digits .

Introduction to Creating Graphs in Excel:  If you are new to graphing data in Excel, here is a step-by step introduction : Excel Spreadsheet Basics .

Lab Report Due Dates:
Pre-labs: Before the start of your lab section on Wednesday.
Reports: Saturday 12:00 PM, following the lab on Wednesday.
Pre-labs and reports should be submitted to the Physics 110 Lab Google Classroom.

Late Policy: Late labs get a 10% deduction per(business) day.
Pre-labs submitted within 24 hours of the due date will be accepted with a 50% penalty.