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Important Information

Please note that the files below are in portable document format and require Acrobat Reader, which is free from the Adobe site.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the physics laboratories, please address them to Dr. James E. Parks, Director of Undergraduate Physics Laboratories. He can be reached at (865) 974-8952, or jeparks@utk.edu. His office is located in Room 404 of the Nielsen Physics Building.

NOTE: The Laboratory Manual for Physics 137-138, Physics 221-222, and Physics 231-232 is Selected Introductory Physics Experiments by James E. Parks, Thomson Custom Publishing, ISBN 0-759-31021-1 and is available at the UT Book and Supply Store. The manual should be purchased BEFORE attending lab.

Experiments and Resources

• Electric Fields Graph Paper #1
• Electric Fields Graph Paper #2
• Ohm's Law I Experimental Write-Up
• Ohm's Law I Data Sheet
• Ohm's Law II Experimental Write-Up
• Ohm's Law II Data Sheet
• Ohm's Law III Experimental Write-Up
• Ohm's Law III Excel Spreadsheet

Spring 2008 Physics and Astronomy Lab Schedules

• Spring 2008 Schedule for Astronomy Laboratory Room 507
• Spring 2008 Schedule for Physics Laboratory Room 508
• Spring 2008 Schedule for Physics Laboratory Room 510
• Spring 2008 Composite Lab Schedule
• Astronomy 161 Schedule of Experiments
• Astronomy 162 Online Course Schedule of Experiments
• Astronomy 162 Schedule of Experments
• Physics 136 Schedule of Experiments
• Physics 138 Schedule of Experiments
• Physics 221 Schedule of Experiments
• Physics 222 Schedule of Experiments
• Physics 231 Schedule of Experiments
• Physics 232 Schedule of Experiments
• Physics 461: Modern Physics Laboratory

Physics Tutoral Center

Other Information

TA Schedule Form

Laboratory Policy Regarding Repeating a Course

TA Laboratory Set-Up Manual

Teaching Assistants' Manual

TA Summer Employment Policy (.pdf)

Physics Lecture Demonstrations [feature]