PHYS 10164 - General Physics II with Lab (Laboratory Course) Summer 2012
Instructor: Dr. Yuri M. Strzhemechny
Office: SWR 373
Phone: 817-257-5793
Email: Y.Strzhemechny@tcu.edu
Web: http://personal.tcu.edu/ystrzhemechn/
Office Hours: WF 9:00-9:50 AM & by appointment
Before you begin: Before you begin with PHYS 10164 Laboratory Course, you should read and understand the Safety Guidelines that must be followed in this course. Take time out now to look over these guidelines and even print them out and keep them with you.
Lab instructions: Distributed via the Internet.
Course Description: This is part two of a two-semester algebra-based physics course. We will cover material dealing with electricity and magnetism, light and optics, as well as modern physics. This laboratory course will provide students with “hands-on” experiences that will anchor and reinforce the content of their corresponding lecture-based course.
Course Administration: Instructions and other materials are distributed via the Internet (eCollege and my website). To access the online materials, begin by browsing http://tcuglobal.edu and by following the instructions provided in class and/or from the eCollege web pages. Students will find the following course features available online:
Some of these materials will be also available from my website:
http://personal.tcu.edu/ystrzhemechn/Classes/2012/Summer/Summer2012.html
Course Design: This course is designed to encourage students’
maximum access to and hands-on experience with the range of physics phenomena
being studied. A strong emphasis is
placed on fundamental concept and skill development. The structure and intent of all course
elements should be understandable and functional. The course is constructed with the following
main components:
a) are to be turned in to your TA as specified by the TA or the course supervisor;
b) should be clearly identified with the student’s name and the lab section number;
c) will be considered late if not turned by the specified deadline (see above); late lab reports forfeit 10 points immediately and 10 points for each additional day after the deadline.
Lab report praparation
1. Type your name, date, the day of the week you did the lab, and the name of the instructor. (5 points)
2. Introduction: (15 points)
To write the introduction you may select one of the two options. (i) You may focus on answering questions posted in the last section of the manual called “Report” or (ii) write a standard introduction. If you select the latter option briefly give a general overview of the experiment, your expectations, and theory behind it. Summarize the whole point of doing the lab. Most key points to writing your introduction can be found in the Introduction section of the manual. Your introduction should be about one page long.
3. Results: (20 points)
Present the data in the form of a table or a graph. Usually you will give details of what you observed in the lab. Only important information pertinent to the lab should be presented. Show any calculations carried out, etc. Remember to add units.
4. Conclusion: (40 points)
Discuss in your own words and from your point of view your results. Example: Looking at your results, tables or graph, can you see any general trend? What is the behavior of the graph/line? What was the aim of the experiment? Have we achieved anything? If not, how large is the error? Does your result make sense? Can you compare your result to those from the books? What does the book say? Is your observation justified by the relevant equations from the test? Have you answered any question asked?
Grading: The final grade a student earns for this course will be determined by their completion of the assignments on or before the scheduled deadlines. The TAs will maintain a record of students’ points. The course grades will be determined as follows: A: 100 – 90.1 pts., B: 90 – 80.1 pts., C: 80 – 70.1 pts., D: 70 – 55.1 pts., F: 55 and below. For each lab grade, the credit breakdown is: Pre-lab quizzes – 20 %; Lab reports – 80 %. Overall lab course grade will be determined as an average of all the lab grades. Even though the lab portion of the course is only worth 20% of your overall grade, you must attend all 10 lab classes and hand in a report for each lab. If you fail to complete 10 different lab assignments, you will lose one letter grade from your overall course grade per lab you are missing. Thus, if you have a "A" average in the lecture and miss one lab, your grade will drop to a "B". If you have a "C" average and miss two labs, your grade will drop to an "F". It is recommended that you keep all of your graded lab reports so that if there is a discrepancy later in the semester about a "lost" lab, you will be able to provide documentation to prove that you did indeed attend the lab section and turn in a report. In the absence of such evidence, we must assume that you didn't turn in a report, so please keep your lab reports for your own benefit!
If you have an excused absence for a lab that makes it impossible for you to attend on that day you must present documentation to Dr. Strzhemechny. After that, to make up a missing lab, you will have to arrange this matter with your TA with the permission of Dr. Strzhemechny.
Lab attendance and participation: Students should attend the lab section they are enrolled in and they should make full and constructive use of the entire assigned lab time. A student who has not attended a lab cannot obtain any credit for the corresponding Pre-lab quiz and report – an automatic total forfeit of 100 % per lab. If a student has not actively and fully participated in the collection of a valid set of experimental measurements, observations, in-lab data analysis, and follow-up, then the student may not obtain any credit for the corresponding lab report – a potential total forfeit of up to 85 % per lab (level of participation judged by the supervising TA).
Class calendar: We will follow the schedule given below.
|
Dates |
Lab numbers |
Topics |
|
7/11 |
8 |
Electric field mapping |
|
7/13 |
1 |
Electric measurements |
|
7/16 |
27 |
Current and Resistance |
|
7/18 |
17 |
Temperature coefficient of resistivity |
|
7/20 |
9 |
Measurements of the mass of electron |
|
7/23 |
4 |
Magnetic force on a current |
|
7/25 |
10 |
Transformer |
|
7/27 |
19 |
Microwave optics |
|
7/30 |
22 |
Stefan-Boltzmann Law |
|
8/1 |
21 |
Spectrum of hydrogen |
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