The IPLS physics recitation and labs use biological examples to teach the same – or more – physics that you would have learned in the “traditional” or “modern” flavors of intro physics. We expect it to be more interesting, more relevant and (we hope) more fun for life-sciences people. Fair warning: it may also be more chaotic!
- General information (course policies, logistics, jokes, etc.)
- Technical and scientific information (software, hardware, actual biology and physics)
Week-by-week specifics will be posted in the table below as the semester progresses. Quizzes and Recitations are posted on T-Square.
| Date | Pre-reading | Lab Instructions | Writeup due | Notes |
| Week 1 M, Jan 8 |
none | none | ||
| Week 2 M, Jan 15 |
none | none | ||
| Week 3 M, Jan 22 |
none | Coin flip statistics spreadsheet Lab 6: Hagen-Poiseuille flow |
see below | |
| Week 4 M, Jan 29 |
none | (continued from previous week) | by end of class | |
| Week 5 M, Feb. 5 |
Viscosity | Lab 7: Electrophoresis and charge screening | ||
| Week 6 M, Feb. 12 |
Zeta potential and screening | (continued from previous week) | by end of class | |
| Week 7 M, Feb. 19 |
none | Quiz and recitation only | ||
| Week 8 M, Feb. 26 |
none | Lab 8a: Circuits | by end of class | |
| Week 9 M, Mar. 5 |
none | Lab 8b: Nerve Transmission | by end of class | |
| Week 10 M, Mar. 12 |
none | Lab 9: Lenses | ||
| Week xx M, Mar. 19 |
– | Spring break | – | – |
| Week 11 M, Mar. 26 |
Light, lenses and the thin lens equation | (continued from previous week) | ||
| Week 12 M, Apr. 2 |
Using our spectrometer | Lab 10: Spectroscopy | ||
| Week 13 M, Apr. 9 |
none | Quiz Recitation |
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| Week 14 M, Apr. 16 |
Photon energy Bohr atom Fluorescence |
Recitation Finish Lab 10 |
by end of class | |
| Week 15 M, Apr. 23 |
none | Recitation Makeup lab if necessary: Lab X2 |
by end of class |