Physics 4AL - Section 3. Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers:
Mechanics. TA: Andrew Forrester. 2009 Fall. Contact Information. Instructor. TA.
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Physics 4AL - Section 3 Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics TA: Andrew Forrester
2009 Fall
Contact Information Name: Office: Office Hour: Email: Website:
Instructor William Slater Knudsen 4-154B By appointment
[email protected] http://personnel.physics.ucla.edu/ directory/faculty/slater.htm
TA Andrew Forrester Knudsen 2-144 Thursdays 4-5pm
[email protected] http://aforrester.bol.ucla.edu
Preparation for the Lab • The lecture course Physics 1A is a prerequisite; you must have taken in already, despite what the online registration allows. You are assumed to be taking Physics 1B concurrently. Three experiments use material beyond Physics 1A. • You need to buy a lab manual. (Copymat, 925 Westwood Blvd., 310-824-5276) • You should get a notebook in order to record qualitative observations. Ordinary notebooks are fine for this class. • You need a USB flash drive to take data out of the classroom. If your flash drive does not work, please get a 3.5-inch floppy disk. • You are expected to read the lab description and procedure in the lab manual before the start of each lab session.
In the Lab • Be collaborative during the lab, but your lab reports will be your own work (own data?). • No food or drinks in the lab.
Lab Report • A lab report is required for every experiment except Experiment 0. See the Lab Report Guideline handout for format and content guidelines. • Lab reports are due at the start of the following lab session. You should turn in the lab reports on time; late lab reports without notifying me ahead of time are not acceptable. • Lab reports are extremely important (see Grading section below). In order to get a high grade for your lab report, please read the Lab Report Guideline handout carefully; please note that the Report Guidelines section in the lab manual is referred as Post-Lab Questions in this handout. • Your lab reports are expected to be your own work. • Be honest at all times. (For example, don’t claim your results support the theory when they don’t.) • Make-ups: basically NO make-ups. 1
Lab and Report Schedule Week Starts 2009 Sep 28 2009 Oct 05 2009 Oct 12 2009 Oct 19 2009 Oct 26 2009 Nov 02 2009 Nov 09 2009 Nov 16 2009 Nov 23 2009 Nov 30
Experiment 0 1 2 3 4 5, 6a holdiay 6b 7 short office hr
Report Due — — 1 2 3 4 holiday 5 6 7
Report Returned — — — 1 2 3 holiday 4 5 6
Students who want their report 7 returned to them can arrange with me to pick it up at a mutually agreeable time and place.
Grading • Make-ups: basically NO make-ups. • A letter grade system is applied to this course. However, the grading of lab reports is on a Pass+ (P+), Pass (P), Pass− (P−), and No Pass (NP) basis. The final grade will, in most cases, be based entirely on the grades of the lab reports. • The grades of the lab reports are based mostly on the reports themselves. However, your performance during the classes is sometimes also considered. • Regrades are permitted only for Experiment 1, if you get an NP grade. If you get an NP, you can rewrite this report and apply for regrading in the next week. For Experiments 2-7, regrading is not permitted. • Factors that reduce your grade include but are not limited to the following: – Being late for classes – Late reports – Copying – Vandalism – Missing required report sections – Missing/Incorrect units – Missing/Incorrect procedures – Missing/Incorrect answers to the post-lab questions – Missing/Incorrect required data/graphs – Incorrect statements in your lab report – Human mistakes (note: mistake 6= error) – ...
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