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Lab Sessions

Lab sessions are interactive athletic activities in 8.01S. Each lab session will focus on the physics ingrained in athletics. Wednesday lab sections (1-3 PM) will teach the sporting activity of the week and Friday's morning lab (9-11 AM) will be for completing related lab tasks. Labs will be due one week from when it is assigned.

Friday Lab Date

Topic

Meeting Place
Lab

9/8

Experimental method, data collection, and errors
Dupont Gym
lab1.pdf
9/15
Climbing, ropes, and vectors
Dupont Gym
lab2.pdf
9/22
Statics muscles, stress and straining
Z Center Weight Room
lab3.pdf
9/29
Fast starts and acceleration
Track
lab4.pdf
10/6
Dynamics (Gymnastics)
Dupont Gym
lab5.pdf
10/13
Hammer throw and Newton
Track
lab6.pdf
10/20
Work and a working heart (Gymnastics)
Dupont Gym
lab7.pdf
10/27
Harmonics and trampolines

Dupont Gym

lab8.pdf
11/3
Momentum and diving
Z Center Pool
lab9.pdf
11/17
Angular momentum and spins
Dupont Gym
lab10.pdf
12/1
SCUBA lab
Z Center Pool
lab11.pdf
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