This is the organizational page for the Physics Introductory Labs portion of PHY 122 for Summer 2018.

Instructors	Director of UG Laboratory	Teaching Assistants
E. Pascuzzi	B. Nielsen	Aaron Dunbrack    aaron.dunbrack@stonybrook.edu Daniel Gift    daniel.gift@stonybrook.edu

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 1 hr 50 min time to perform each experiment. Each experiment will come with a manual that you can access from this webpage.
Your perfomance in the lab session will be evaluated by your teaching assistant. The evaluation is based on the final written report that will be submitted following the lab experiment: Monday's labs will be due on Thursday, and Wednesday's labs the following Monday. Please refer also to Lab Reports.

Your performance/report will count 100%, of which the introduction is worth up to 10%, 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:

Title sheet

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

Introduction                [15 pts]

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

Discuss both the methods of the experiment and the goals of the experiment

Procedure                   [10 pts]

Describe briefly what you have done during the session

In the process, make sure to mention all measurements taken.

Data sheet                   [20 pts]

Submit a physical copy with your report, fit to one page

Also electronically submit a link to access your Google Sheets

Analysis/Discussion  [40 pts]

Graphs, calculations, uncertainty estimates, questions

Conclusion                  [15 pts]

Brief summary of results: physics implied by the data

Discussion of systemic errors

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     Total                           [100 pts]

IMPORTANT: You have to submit your first lab report 48 hours after your lab experiment finished. Please refer to your Teaching Assistant for details. For and after your second experiment 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 the deadline will not be considered and receive zero points for the lab experiment.

Your final grade will be an average from your single lab grades scaled by a factor that will be determined at the end of the semester. This final grade will be part of your overall grade for PHY122 weighted at ~20%..

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. You have to arrange with your teaching assistant for a make-up session.
If you are absent for a non-excusable reason your lab grade for that particular experiment will be Zero (0) points!

A few documents you may find it convenient to reference across all the labs:
Guide to Uncertainty Propagation & Error Analysis
Guide to Using Google Sheets for Data Tables
Guide to Oscilloscope
Guide to Function Generators

A link to the plotting tool, which is how you will make your plots throughout this course: Plotting Tool

The first lab sessions will take place in the week starting from Monday, July 16, 2018.

For grading policy and methods please see above.

The sequence of Labs in PHY 122 is the following:

Lab 1: July 16 (due July 19) The Oscilloscope (Data Sheet)

Lab 2: July 18 (due July 23) The Electric Field (Data Sheet)

Lab 3: July 23 (due July 30) DC Circuits (Data Sheet)

Lab 4: July 25 (due July 30) Magnetic Force 1 (Data Sheet)

Lab 5: July 30 (due Aug 2) Charge-to-Mass Ratio (e/m) of the Electron (Data Sheet)

Lab 6: Aug 1 (due Aug 6) Magnetic Field/Induction (Data Sheet)

Lab 7: Aug 6 (due Aug 9) Atomic Spectra (Data Sheet)

Lab 8: Aug 8 (due Aug 13) Geometric Optics (Data Sheet)

Link To All Data Sheets

LABORATORY SCHEDULE & TEACHING ASSISTANTS:

Updated July 2018

Section	When	Where	Teaching Assistant
PHY122 L01	MW 12:00pm - 1:50pm	A-121	Aaron Dunbrack
PHY122 L02	MW 12:00pm - 1:50pm	A-119	Daniel Gift

Please report any problem to your corresponding lab TA.