Page 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5Page 6Page 7Page 8Page 9UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKYDEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMYPHYSICS 213 LABORATORYCOURSE SYLLABUSSpring 2004 1. PURPOSE: This document supplements your lecture syllabus and provides detailedinformation regarding the laboratory portion of this course. This laboratory will providean experimental environment where student research teams will be give the opportunityto explore the theory, concepts and physical phenomena covered in lecture and recitation,in a hands on, small group environment.2. OBJECTIVES:a. Develop an understanding of selected physical phenomena explored in alaboratory setting. b. Develop an understanding of precision and accuracy in experimental work andhow uncertainties in measurement effect the uncertainties in experimental results.c. Enhance capabilities in creating and analyzing graphical information.d. Exercise and enhance technical writing skills.e. Exercise and enhance leadership and management skills in a small research teammodel.3. SCOPE:a. The lab exercises, in general, follow the same subject development as the lecture.b. At certain points the subjects may be introduced in lab before they are covered inlecture. Students should be prepared to read ahead. 4. MISSION: The PHY 213 Instructional team will ensure that every student is given theopportunity to master the course objectives and achieve their full potential while seekingto improve the course pedagogy to better meet the needs of all students, both present andfuture. 5. EXECUTION:a. The Instructional team is composed of the following members, each with specificduties and responsibilities with respect to the conduct of the laboratory.i. Lecturer(1) Synchronize Lab activities with lecture presentation(2) Emphasize connectivity between Lecture and Lab.ii. Instructional Lab Specialist(1) Provide long term vision for Instructional Lab Program.(2) Provide and coordinate resources including budget, space,personnel and dollars.(3) Train and supervise teaching assistants(4) Supervise and coordinate weekly meetings/seminars.(5) Supervise Lab grading practices.(6) Mediate student to TA and student to student disputes.(7) Develop and Publish Lab manuals and materials(8) Develop new experiments and test new equipmentiii. Senior Lab Teaching Assistant:(1) Setup and test all lab equipment for each Lab(2) Check and reconfigure Lab set ups daily(3) Coordinate equipment needs for Make up Labs(4) Provide weekly summaries of equipment use and trouble shooting.iv. Lab Teaching assistants:(1) Provide a brief introduction to each Lab.(2) Serve as an advisor to the student research teams in each section.(3) Emphasize connectivity with lecture topics(4) Grade all written work IAW weekly Lab seminars/ meetings andthis Syllabus.(5) Assist in the development of new Labs.(6) Provide input to the Lectures regarding Lab questions on exams(7) Provide feedback on course development issues.(8) Mediate intra team disputes(9) Maintain a daily journal of Lab activities ( experimental note book)v. Students:(1) Prepare Pre Labs and quizzes individually.(2) Be familiar with your assigned role and associated duties.(Principle Investigator, Researcher, and Skeptic.)(3) Fully participate in each lab and the report development process.(4) The responsibility for learning is yours alone.(5) Use the combined power of your research group efficiently.b. Other means of Assistance i. TA , Lecturer, Office Hours and appointmentsii. Email and Phone conversations. iii. Physics Resource Roomiv. Private Tutors,( Ask at the Main office (CP 177) see Joanna. Plan aheadthey book early.)6. ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS:a. Lab Manual, “Laboratory Manual for General Physics, Spring 2004", Ellis.Available at Johnny Print . 22 Apr 2004b. TI 82 83 or 83 plus Calculator is required , TI 85/86 or 92 will work with TI sonic Ranger, but not all experiments.Each team must have at least one of therequired series calculators. The TI 83 + Silver is the best all around choice, and ishighly recommended. Each student must have their own calculator.c. Lab Computers: Each Lab is equipped with 8 Laptop and two to four desk topcomputers.i. All laptops are networked and have MS Office Suite XP installed.ii. Programs and data can be transferred to and from your TI Graphingcalculator, in lab where the cable is provided.iii. When not in use by you these computers are analyzing data collected byseveral radio telescopes as part of a distributed processing program(SETI).iv. Modifying these systems in any way is forbidden and could result in lossof credit for the current lab, for your lab group.v. You are encourage to begin writing you report when appropriate duringyour Lab time and then emailing your work to another location for furtheraction.vi. Leave the Lab computers open, on and facing the lab entrance when youdepart the lab.vii. Use caution when moving the computer around on the bench top and donot leave them under a the water faucet on benches so equipt.d. Lab ScheduleWeek Dates Experiment Title1 26 - 30 Jan 1 Electric Charge2 2 - 6 Feb 2 Electric Fields3 9 - 13 Feb 3 the Oscilloscope4 16 -20 Feb 4 Basic Circuits parts I&II4 16-20 Feb 5 Bonus Basic Circuits Part III 5 23 - 27 Feb 6 The RC Circuit6 1 - 5 Mar 7 Mapping MagneticFields 7 8 - 12 MarMid Term8 the Magnetic fieldproduced by anElectric Current SPRING BREAK 13 - 21 Mar Study Study8 22 - 26 Mar 9 Electricity andMotion: InducedEMF9 29 Mar - 2 Apr 10 The Current Balance10 5 - 9 Apr 13 Reflection andRefractionWeek Dates Experiment Title11 12 - 16 Apr 12 Part 1 Lab FinalDiffraction GratingPart I14 19 -23 Apr 12 Part 2 Lab FinalDiffraction GratingPart II e. Research Team Roles:i. Principle Investigator(1) Responsible for everything the Team does or fails to do.(2) Coordinates Team activities in Lab and during the out of lab reportcompletion process.(3) Ensues that all team members contribute fairly.(4) The PI develops and writes the “Results and Conclusions”paragraph of the lab report(5) Responsible for the integration of the report in both style andcontent. ii. Researcher(1) Focuses on the in-class execution of the experiment. (2) Team’s expert on the systems used and methods of data collectionand recording. (3) Develops and writes the “ Introduction” and “Data andCalculations” paragraphs and the raw data appendix.iii. Skeptic(1) Analyses uncertainties associated with measurements andprocedures(2) Propagates uncertainties through the