..NCSTATE Physics..

PY 209 lab

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Ø Link to Lab schedule (What experiment you will do each week; When do you meet; Who is your TA)

Ø Link to TA Email Addresses

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WebAssign: A WebAssign account is REQUIRED for every student in Physics lab. Go to www.webassign.net/ncsu . The WebAssign license for lab assignments should be purchased from WebAssign at https://www.webassign.net/ncsu. In addition to lab assignments, this license includes the lab eManual, so a separate lab manual does not need to be purchased.

Where’s the lab manual? The lab manual is available from the “My ebooks” link to the left of the top center on your lab WebAssign page.

Adding a lab section after the 'Last day to add a course without permission of instructor' is NOT allowed. Adding or switching a lab section for any reason after the University's Drop/Add Deadline it must be approved by the Assistant Department Head: Keith Warren, in Riddick 421.

Cancelled Labs: Labs are cancelled ONLY if classes are officially cancelled by the University. If classes are not officially cancelled, labs will meet as usual. Students do not have to make up cancelled labs. Cancelled labs are not rescheduled, all other labs will meet as originally scheduled.

Where is the lab schedule? The lab schedule is linked from the webpage for each lab. Start at www.physics.ncsu.edu/classes/pylabs.php and click on your course from the menu at the top of the page.

Missing a lab: You are expected to attend all labs. There are no make-up labs for ANY reason. In certain circumstance you may be excused from ONE lab.

If you will miss a lab due to being a participant in a scheduled official University event you can present your Lab Instructor with a copy of the official letter stating your participation and will be excused from that lab.

For ALL other requests for lab exemptions, you must download and fill out the
Lab Exemption Request Form, and submit it to the Director of Undergraduate Labs, Keith Heyward in Riddick 309 (keith_heyward@ncsu.edu) within 2 days of the missed lab.

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Expectations of All Lab Students:

· You must arrive on time. Students more than 10 minutes late will not be allowed to complete the lab.

· You must bring a writing utensil and a calculator.

· 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.

Plagiarism and Working Together: Please complete all WebAssign free response questions in your own words. Data collected from previous semesters (even if it was collected by YOU) or data that is collected by your group members while you were not present, or an answer with wording essentially identical to someone else in your lab group is not acceptable. All suspected plagiarism will be evaluated and action will be taken to punish the violators. Supporting Fellow

Students in Distress: As members of the NC State Wolfpack community, we each share a personal responsibility to express concern for one another and to ensure that this classroom and the campus as a whole remains a safe environment for learning. Occasionally, you may come across a fellow classmate whose personal behavior concerns or worries you. When this is the case, we encourage you to report this behavior to the NC State Students of Concern website: studentsofconcern.ncsu.edu/. Although you can report anonymously, it is preferred that you share your contact information so they can follow-up with you personally.

Accommodations for students with disabilities: Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities, registered with NC State Disability Services for Students, room 1900 Student Health Center. The University policy on Working with Students with Disabilities is available on-line at:

http://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-02-20-01

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Grades:

Your TA will post your grades on WebAssign. It is YOUR responsibility to email your TA if you have any problems, or if your grade has been recorded incorrectly.

ALL LAB GRADES ARE CONSIDERED FINAL at 11:59 PM two days after the last day that classes meet. ALL discrepancies in grades should be brought to your Lab Instructor’s attention BEFORE that time.

Each lab is equally weighted. All inlab work will account for 90% of the final lab grade, and all PostLab assignments will account for 10% of the final lab grade.

Final lab scores will be rounded to the nearest whole number, such that fractions equal to or greater than 0.5 will be rounded up to the next whole number, and fractions less than 0.5 will be rounded down to the next whole number. For example, 79.5 rounds to 80, which is a B-, and 79.4 rounds to 79, which is a C+. The grading scale is as follows:

A+ = 98 and up A = 92 to 97 A- = 90 to 91
B+ = 88 to 89 B = 82 to 87 B- = 80 to 81
C+ = 78 to 79 C = 72 to 77 C- = 70 to 71
D+ = 68 to 69 D = 62 to 67 D- = 60 to 61
F = < 60

While PY 209 typically accompanies PY 208, PY 209 is a separate one credit course, and the lab grade in PY 209 does not affect the course grade in PY 208.

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Link to Capstone and V-Python files: HERE