LAB	DESCRIPTION	INSTRUCTOR(S) & TA
1	Speed of Light with a T.V Receiver Day Lab	You’ll learn about television transmission, antennas, and the principles of picture-tube scanning while engaging in a new approach to a cornerstone physics experiment: Measuring the Speed of Light	Randy Landsberg & Ashley Garrison
2	Polarized Light Day Lab	Through the analysis of the plane of polarization of polarizing filters and photoelastic stress activities, you will explore the effect of polarization of electromagnetic radiation, specifically light. You will find out that transverse waves can be sent through a filter which blocks all waves all waves except those that are parallel to the plane of polarization.	Charles Brass & Antoinio Wood
3	Surfin’ the Waves Day Lab	A thorough investigation of the physics of waves. Concrete examples of basic wave theory. The Doppler Shift Principle will also be explored.	Richard Dreiser, April Whitt, & Wardell Minor
4	Spiral Galaxies Day Lab/Night Lab	You will observe galaxies through the 10 inch telescope. Images of the observed galaxies will be captured with a charged-coupled device (CCD) image. You will compare both observations .Finally, you will use Hands On Universe software to do an analysis of the objects observed. You will find out how astronomer’s developed a density wave theory of the appearance of spiral arms.	Vivian Hoette, Rich Kron, & Ashley McCann (and Judith Whitcomb)
5	Water Waves Explorations Day Lab	You will explore characteristics of waves (diffraction, reflection, refraction, interference, wavelength, and amplitude) by examining ordinary water waves as well as some special cases like storms, rocks, and tidal waves. You’ll discover that there are certain behaviors common to all kinds of waves.	Craig Tyler & Diane Love
6	Waves of Light and Sound Day Lab	You will use a PASCO motion probe to collect data on distance and velocity. They will use the Light sensor, also. Challenged to figure out how the sensors works in relation to waves, you will further develop the concept of the difference and similarities of the behavior of mechanical waves versus electromagnetic waves.	Judith Whitcomb & Angela Stover
7	Observations of the Night Sky Night Lab	See the night sky through the world’s largest refracting telescope, Yerkes 40 inch telescope.	Kyle Cudworth
8	Turn Left at Orion Night Lab	You will review the celestial coordinate system, using star maps. You will locate the positions of deep sky objects and decide the order in which to observe them. With a partner, you will then use "starhopping" and the MAS telescopes to locate each object in the current evening sky.	April Whitt

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