This page contains a list of all lab kit items packaged for Summer 2006. Most kits were packed with all the listed items, but there were some kits that lacked certain items. Damage during shipping is not common but does occur. You should check your kit to be sure everything is there and that nothing has been damaged.
If any of these items is missing or damaged please send the instructor your mailing address and specify which items need to be sent.
Physics I Lab Kit List, Summer 06 Physics II Lab Kit List Summer 06
Large and small paper clips: About 50 each of small and large paper clips
Magnets: A pack of 2 ceramic magnets 3/8” x 7/8 “ x 1 7/8”
‘Strap’: Thin metal strap about 1 ¼ inch wide by 12 inches long
‘Pearl Pendulum’: 90 degree metal bracket with bead glued to one end, another free bead on a thread through the glued bead, small magnet holding thread
Graduated cylinder: A 250 ml graduated cylinder
Plastic tubing: Two short pieces of ¼” outer diameter tubing, two short pieces of 3/16” outer diameter tubing closed on one end, two pieces of open 1/8” outer diameter tubingPlywood rectangle: A piece of thin plywood about 10" x 12"
Foam rectangle: A piece of blue foam insulation about 10" x 10"
Knife: A utility knife.
Die: A single die (half of a pair of dice) with a hole drilled in the center of one side
Large glass marble
Small glass marble
Large steel ball about 25 cm diameter
Medium-sized steel ball about 19 cm diameter
Small steel ball about 12 cm diameter
8 nuts and bolts, bolts 1/4" diameter
About 20 thin rubber bands
About 100 thicker rubber bands
Threaded rod about 5" long with two nuts and washers
CDs or DVDs
Flat steel washer about 1.5 inches in diameter
10 dominoes
Copies of rulers (some copies full-sized, some reduced) and sheets of white paper (do not discard)
One piece of carbon paper about 3" by 8.5"
One drinking straw
'Tee': One short piece of 3/16" outer diameter tubing glued to a small square of plastic
Flashlight lamps: 1 each of 6.3 volt 150 milliamp, 6.3 volt 250 milliamp and 14 volt 200 milliamp screw-in bulbs, and 3 screw-in bases to hold the bulbs
Battery holder: A black plastic holder for 4 AA or 4 AAA batteries
Magnet wire: A spool of thin wire
Magnets: A pack of 2 ceramic magnets 3/8” x 7/8 “ x 1 7/8”
Knife: A utility knife.
Die: A single die (half of a pair of dice) with a hole drilled in the center of one side
Clay stick: A stick of non-drying clay, probably inserted in the hollow core of the wire spool
Lenses/mirrors: Three lenses and one mirror
Uninsulated wire segment: A segment of bare wire about 9 inches long
Aluminum strips: Several strips cut from aluminum foil
Candles: Two 'tea lights'
Copier grating: A piece of transparency with various configurations of lines, in various sizes
Diffraction grating: A piece of apparently clear plastic, an inch or two on a side, stapled inside a sheet of paper. Don't handle this plastic except by touching the sides. Don't touch the surface.
Plastic tubing: Various pieces of plastic tubing, including a piece about 6 ft long, shorter pieces about 10" long, 10 cm long, 6 cm, 4 cm and 2 cm long, all of 3/16" outer diameter; a number of pieces of 1/4" outer diameter tubing (the 3/16" outer diameter tubing will fit tightly into the 1/4" outer diameter tubing), at least 3 pieces of the thinner tubing with one end sealed by hot glue.
1-gallon empty container
rubber stopper with 3 tubes extending from both ends, sealed by acrylic caulk
About 100 each of rubber bands, small paper clips and large paper clips
A 250 ml graduated cylinder
4 plastic beads
10 dominoes
5 resistors (each is a roughly cylindrical piece of material with colored bands around it and wire sticking out both ends)
1 standard wall switch
Thermometer: A thermometer about a foot long.