Physics 209 - Winter 2008/09
Introduction to the Second TermThe second term offers you a chance to select from a wide range of possible experiments. All of these are limited in the number of experimental set-ups that are available, so we ask that students work in pairs. Sign-up sheets will be posted in the lab so that you can select the experiments that you want to perform and you can browse through the lab descriptions to help you decide on your choices. When you sign up, you have a block of 2 weeks to perform the experiment, but depending on the lab you may be able to complete all of the measurements in one lab period. More commonly you will need to come back the next week for more measurements (if required) or to get advice on the analysis and writeup. If you do finish the lab work completely in the first week let us know so that someone else can have access to the equipment the following week. You are expected to complete a total of FOUR experiments. The lab books are due exactly two weeks from the time you begin an experiment. (at 5 pm). A formal report is due one week after the end of classes and more instructions for the formal report will be given later in the term. In each experiment's description there are questions under
a heading Prelab Questions. These are designed to help prepare
you for the experiment and must be completed
before you start an experiment. Additional Notes 1. The lab manual is being continuously updated, so some details
and procedures may continue to change from the versions available
at the beginning of term. Try to stay up to date on the latest
versions of the experiments that you are doing and help us out
with any suggestions that you might have after you have done
an experiment. |