Algebra Based Mechanics - PY 211

**IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS**

    • All PY 211 Students are held responsible for the information on this webpage during their first lab.

Lab Syllabus

If you have any questions concerning any issue WITH LAB, please email your TA

Who is my TA? Find the TA for your section HERE.

A list of TA email addresses is HERE

The lab manual is an ebook available through your course WebAssign account, under the Resources tab.

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Physics Lab Homepage

Expectations of Lab Students:

    • You must bring a copy of the lab procedure to lab (see the “resources” tab in your WebAssign lecture section page). The worksheets will guide you during the lab and when completing your lab write-up for that week.
    • Bring a writing utensil and a calculator (not your cell phone).
    • You are expected to be a good group member: include all members of the group in lab activities, work effectively and efficiently as a group member, assist other group members when needed.
    • You must arrive on time.
    • Maintain a notebook with the worksheet for each lab properly filled out with relevant data and calculations. The procedure will guide you during the lab and help you when completing your lab report.
    • You must keep an electronic copy of your labs
    • You will be expected to submit the appropriate write-up independently.

Grading:

·        If you receive less than a 50% in lab you will receive an F in the lecture class, regardless of your other grades in lecture.

·        The labs will consist of 3 parts plus participation during the lab. The prelab MUST be completed before lab and turned in before you perform the lab.

·        During the lab you will complete data sheets at the end of the lab procedure. These data sheets will be initialed before you leave the lab room.

·        The final part of the lab is the postlab. You are required to turn in a your data sheets with your postlab within 1 week of your lab start time. These materials should be turned in to your TA's box on the first floor of Fox.


What should be turned in after completing the lab?

    • Coversheet - with the title of the lab, your name, TA's name, lab class, lab section and group members’ names.
    • Data Sheets- these should be the sheets after the procedure in the lab document, these should be filled out in lab and your TA should initial these before you leave.
    • Data Analysis - any graphs that you were asked to create while in the lab should be printed out.
    • PostLab - you must answer questions in complete sentences.



Your TA will give you points for your participation in the lab as follows:

    • Showing up on time (2 pt)
    • Being a good group member (4 pts)
      • Participate in collecting data or analyzing data
      • Assist others in your group when needed
    • Staying till all data is collected, calculations done, and graphs completed (2 pt)
    • Cleaning up all equipment (2 pt)


The labs will be worth 100 points:

    • PreLab- 20 points
    • Participation- 10 points
    • Data Sheets(w/calculations and TA initials)- 40 points
    • PostLab- 30 points

Late lab reports:  Late labs will lose 10 points if turned in during the first 7 days late, labs later than 7 days will get a zero.


Your grades will be kept on Wolfware. Click on your lab course then section number. Your TA will post your grades here when your Lab materials are handed back. It is YOUR responsibility to email your TA if you have any problems, or your grades were recorded incorrectly.

Plagiarism and Working Together:

Students may work together during lab and share data among group members while in lab, but each student's PreLab and PostLab MUST be written individually. Students may NOT work together in writing Pre or Post Labs. PreLabs or PostLabs that are identical OR substantially the same will receive a grade of zero, and the lab may not be made up. Any suspected plagiarism will be reported to the university and is subject to the university's plagiarism procedures.

Attendance:

You MUST arrive on time, if you are more than 10 minutes late for your scheduled lab, you will be asked to leave and will not be able to make up the lab.
If you miss a lab please consult the "Making up a Lab" section of this page.

Making Up a Lab:

If you miss a lab please fill out the making-up a lab form[PDF]. Notice that you need to get your lecture professor to sign the form. Without a form you will not be admitted to another lab. Please note that you can only make up a lab if you missed because of a family emergency, a university sponsored event or an illness (with a doctors note) (NOTE: For FALL 2009 and SPRING 2010 the requirement to provide a doctor’s note is waived to reduce the flow of students to Student Health due to possible flu outbreaks). If you missed for another reason you can not make up a lab.

Once you have the form signed you need to attend another scheduled section of the lab and turn in your make up form to the TA. However, if you wish to attend a section that already is full (24 students registered) than the students registered for that section have priority and you will be asked to leave if the lab is full. 24 students total can not be exceeded for someone to make up a lab.

If you miss a lab and are unable to make it up later in the week you MUST contact your TA immediately. If your missed lab is due to acceptable excused absence, YOU are responsible for contacting and scheduling a time with your TA to make up the lab within one week of the missed lab.

Fall 2009 Information

Lab Schedule click HERE:

 

In-Lab Resources:

Download Datastudio Files Here

Excel Tutorial[PDF]

Percent Error/Difference[PDF]

Stopwatch Web Application

 

WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF PY 211 LABS

 

SEMESTER:             Fall 2009

 

ROOM:                                  Fox 120(also shared with 131)

 

 

Time

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

805     

 

 

 

955

 

201/202

 

Sean Stuart

 

217/218

 

Rachel Brown

 

1015

 

 

 

1205

 

 

207/208

 

Bryan Zeck

 

223/224

 

Graham Medlin

1225

 

 

 

215

 

 

209/210

 

Bryan Zeck

 

225/226

 

Bryan Zeck

235

 

 

 

425

 

 

 

211/212

 

Graham Medlin

 

 

435

 

 

 

625

 

203/204

 

Rachel Brown

213/214

 

Graham Medlin

219/220

 

Som. Maity

 

640

 

 

 

830

 

205/206

 

Rachel Brown

215/216

 

Som. Maity

221/222

 

Som. Maity

 

 

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