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Physics 241 Lab – Matt Leone – Syllabus [email protected] (email preferred), PAS 376, o. 520-621-6819 Lab Webpage: http://bohr.physics.arizona.edu/~leone/fall_2008_phys_241_lab/phys241lab.html Office Hours: Wed 10:00-10:50 & Thu 2:30-3:20 in PAS 376. PLEASE NOTE: Policies for threatening behavior by students: http://policy.web.arizona.edu/~policy/threaten.shtml Also refer to Physics 241 Policies handout and Using TurnItIn.com handout. Students with special needs who are registered with the S.A.L.T. Center (http://www.salt.arizona.edu/ ) or the Disability Resource Center (http://drc.arizona.edu/ ) must submit appropriate documentation to the instructor if they are requesting special accommodations; Details in order of importance: • CHEATING is dealt with harshly in this department!! Depending on the intent and severity, students sometimes get zeros on assignments, fail the WHOLE COURSE, and get either temporary or permanent cheating marks written on their transcripts. This can keep you out of med school or prevent you from working for some government agencies. Leave the lab with your own set of data and work by yourself to write your report. Also, DON’T COPY TEXT FROM YOUR LAB MANUAL. Restate all ideas in your OWN WORDS. • Labs are due IN CLASS. I will not accept digital copies emailed to me! You lose 25-50% for handing your lab in late. Nothing is taken past 48 hours late. • Any valid excuse for missing lab or late work requires written documentation immediately given the next time we meet. An example of documentation is a photocopy of a hospital receipt with your private info blacked out, or a photocopy of a funeral service pamphlet. Talking to me in advance of difficulties is always in your best interest. NO MAKEUP LAB WILL BE GIVEN WITHOUT LEGITIMATE DOCUMENTATION. • You need 10 out of 12 lab reports handed in OR YOU AUTOMATICALLY FAIL THE WHOLE COURSE. So turn in something! • I don’t want you to write novels. Look to my guidelines carefully to see what I think is most important and what format will be easiest for that week. • Labs are full so you must come to the lab you registered for. • ADVICE: Set up D2L to forward to your gmail account (or other inferior webmail account). Go to preferences > email scroll to forwarding. In fact, all my email gets forwarded to my gmail account, [email protected] Guidelines for Writing Lab Reports: Lab reports are out of 25 points. 5 points come from in-class performance. Reports are broken down into different sections, and each section is worth a certain amount of points. Each week I will give instructions on writing the sections of your report that are unique to each lab. PLEASE USE MY SUGGESTED SECTION TITLES AND LABEL THEM. Here are the sections: • Title. Not worth points so make it fun! • Goals. Describe in 3 or more sentences what the BIG IDEA was for the lab. What was the heart of the matter? What basic principles were you studying experimentally? • Concepts & Equations. This is often the biggest section. Describe how the physics concepts studied in this lab fit together, and describe the mathematics used to model these concepts. You may need to write a derivation here to show where a formula you used comes from. If you use a formula to calculate something, you need to explain that formula here and show an example calculation. • Procedure. Here you tell what you did in general terms and provide labeled sketches of equipment/apparatus. You do not need to give every specific detail. If your procedure seems too long, it probably is. Make labeled sketches by hand and attach them to your report. • Results. This section is where you report what you found. Please DO NOT type in your raw data or use a computer to make your graphs. Attach these to the back of your report. This section will not be that long, and usually sounds robotic. Simply report what you found, but save the meaning of the results for the conclusion. For example, if you measured the same thing 10 times, you might report the average found. You should also report what was found in your graphs like “the voltage increased logarithmically with distance as show in graph 1”. Sometimes the results are included in in-class worksheets so you DON’T need to retype them. o Data tables must be neatly made. o Graphs must be neatly hand-drawn on an ENTIRE PAGE of graph paper and include: a descriptive title, labeled axes with units, and determine a line of best fit was found (if necessary). • Conclusion. Describe the meaning of your results. Describe how what you found experimentally relates to the BIG IDEA you described in your introduction. This section could be said to connect the Results section to the Goals and Theory sections. Please DO NOT write personal statements like “I enjoyed this lab” or “ this lab was beneficial to my understanding of…” Keep it concise and scientific! • Attachments. The above text goes to TurnItIn.com for checking. After that is done, print out your report and attach the following to your hard copy: o Any in-class worksheets. o Raw data recorded in lab. o Hand-drawn graphs usually required to be made DURING lab. o Any labeled sketches of equipment/apparatus. (5-points) In-Class Work. Did you arrive late? Did you complete all assigned tasks with proper diligence? Did you clean up your lab station? You may also be required to perform a task in lab for some of these points in order to prepare you for your lab practical (authentic


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