This is the organizational page for the Physics Introductory Labs PHY 133 for Fall 2015.

The scope of the introductory labs is to give an understanding of basic experimental methods applied in physical sciences. The experiments performed during the lab sessions are closely related to the topics covered in the lecture.

You will perform each week an experiment as indicated in the Calendar section. You have 2 hr 20 min time to perform each experiment.
Your perfomance in the lab session will be evaluated by your teaching assistant. The evaluation is based on an interview that will be verbally conducted during the session and your performance during the experiment that includes a lab report to be submitted as indicated in the Calendar section.
The interview will determine how well you are prepared for that particular experiment which is very important for the successful accomplishment of the experiment. The interview will count 20% toward your grade on the particular lab experiment.
Your performance/report will count 80% toward your grade on the particular lab experiment.
Your lab report should give the reader a chance to get a picture of the experiment and what you have done without having the lab manual in their hand. You should not copy excerpts from the manual or only refer to passages in the lab manual. The lab report has to have the following format:

1. Title sheet

Name, lab-section, TA name, partner name(s), name of experiment, date

2. Introduction                [10 pts]

In your own words: briefly describe the experiment, DO NOT copy the lab manual

Describe how to perform the experiment with a short sketch and text

3. Procedure                   [20 pts]

Describe briefly what you have done during the session

4. Data sheet                   [20 pts]

Include data taken which has been analyzed, clear and neat

Have your TA signed your data sheet before you leave the lab

5. Analysis/Discussion  [40 pts]

Graphs, calculations, uncertainty estimates

6. Conclusion                  [10 pts]

Brief summary of results: physics implied by the data

Any caveats or comments

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     Σ                    [100 pts]
IMPORTANT: You have to submit your lab report the latest at the beginning of the next lab session following the experiment performed.

Penalties for late submission
Any lab report submitted after will not be considered and recive zero points for the lab experiment.
Please refer also to Lab Reports.

You are required to perform each lab experiment by yourself, mostly together with a lab partner.
If you need to be absent for a lab experiment you will have to provide written documentation for a significant reason to be absent, e.g., a medical note from your doctor, a written document about jury duty, and similar. You will then have the opportunity to make up the lab experiment in the dedicated make-up week.
If you are absent for a non-excusable reason your lab grade for that particular experiment will be Zero (0) points!

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The first lab sessions will take place in the week starting from Monday, August 31.

DO IT YOURSELF: Read and understand Uncertainty, Error & Graphs

The sequence of Labs in PHY 133 is the following:

Lab 1: August 31 - September 3, 2015 The Pendulum

Holiday week (Labor Day), NO LAB: September 7 - 10, 2015

Lab 2: September 14 - 17, 2015 Acceleration

Lab 3: September 21 - 24, 2015 The Atwood Machine

Lab 4: September 28 - October 1, 2015 Projectile Motion

Midterm Exam week, NO LAB: October 5 - 8, 2015  Make-up labs 1 - 4.

Lab 5: October 12 - 15, 2015 Conservation of Energy

Lab 6: October 19 - 22, 2015 Conservation of Momentum

Lab 7: October 26 - 29, 2015 Angular Momentum

Midterm Exam week, NO LAB: November 2 - 5, 2015  Make-up labs 5 - 7.

Lab 8: November 9 - 12, 2015 Simple Harmonic Motion

Lab 9: November 16 - 19, 2015 Standing Waves

Holiday week (Thanksgiving), NO LAB: November 23-26, 2015

November 30 - December 3, 2015:  Make-up labs 8 - 9.

LABORATORY SCHEDULE & TEACHING ASSISTANTS:

Please read the following list carefully: days and times are not in order with lab sections!

Please report any problem to either, your corresponding lab instructor, Professor Deshpande, or Professor Dehmelt.