• Here is a guide to Specialized Equipmentfor particular experiments.
• Here is a guide to General Equipmentfor many experiments.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy of Stony Brook University introductory physics lab courses use Vernier brand Lab Pro interfaces for data collection. Each experiment has an associated LoggerPro program to specify which sensors are used at which input and to collect the data. The same files are used in PHY 121 and PHY 133.

• Acceleration
• Projectile Motion
• Atwoods Machine
• Conservation of Energy
• Conservation of Momentum
• Angular Momentum
• Simple Harmonic Motion, Period
• Simple Harmonic Motion, Velocity
• Standing Waves
• Tarball of All Loggerpro Files

If an experiment is not listed above, then you do not need a specific "dot cmbl" file. Just open LoggerPro and the program will display the information you need. This is true with pressure sensors and temperature sensors used in the Ideal Gas Law and Absolute Zero experiments.

Here are some documents you may find helpful:

120's Lab Report Expectations

Guide to Lab Reports for 130's

Guide to Uncertainty and Error Analysis (Quick Reference)

Introduction to Google Sheets (and Advanced Techniques in Google Sheets)

How to Use Google Sheets in This Class

Guide to Making and Using Plots, 120's

Guide to Making and Using Plots, 130's

Text book references in the manuals are to these books, used by Stony Brook Department of Physics and Astronomy introductory classes:

• PHY 131/132, Online version
  Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections by Debora M. Katz, Cengage Learning 2015.
• PHY 131/132, PHY 125/126/127 In class and Studio versions
  Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Douglas Giancoli, 5th Edition Pearson/Prentice Hall 2022.
• PHY 121/122, In class and Studio versions
  College Physics: A Strategic Approach by Knight, Jones and Field. Pearson 2010.
  College Physics by Etkina, Gentile and Van Heuvelen. Pearson 2014.