Lab Information
Course Evaluation links
At the beginning of Lab 20, you will fill out the following two Evaluation forms:Lab Practicum Info and Materials
The second Practicum will be during regular lab section hours the week of 27 to 30 April.General Lab Handouts
These are printable PDF documents.- Schedule of Labs by Week (Note: Labs start the second week of classes.)
- General Lab Information
- Core Elements of Lab Notebooks
Individual Lab Descriptions
These are printable PDF documents describing the individual lab activities we are conducting this semester.- Lab 11: DC Circuits (1/26 - 1/29)
- Lab 12: Motors and Generators (2/2 - 2/5)
- Lab 13: Charged Particles in Fields (2/9 - 2/12)
- Lab 14: Interference of Light (2/16 - 2/19)
- Lab 15: Polarization of Light (2/23 - 2/26)
- Lab 16: Wave-Particle Duality (3/16 - 3/19 [Group A], 3/23 - 3/26 [Group B])
- Lab 17: Emission Spectra (3/16 - 3/19 [Group B], 3/23 - 3/26 [Group A)
- Lab 18: Refraction of Light and Lenses (3/30 - 4/2)
- Lab 19: Numerical Determination of Energy Levels (4/6 - 4/9)
- Lab 20: Radioactive Decay (4/13 - 4/16)
Useful Reference Materials
In case you need to look up something lab-related:- Fundamental Constants and Miscellaneous Physical Data
- Appendix A: Notes on Propagation of Uncertainties and Statistics
- Appendix B: Example of a Laboratory Notebook Entry
- Appendix C: Using Excel
Lab Office Hours
- Mon, 10:00-11:00am - Tom Solomon, Olin 188
- Mon, 1:00-2:00pm - Ibrahim Sulai, Olin 174
- Mon, 2:00-3:00pm - Bekele Gurmessa, Olin 167
- Tue, 2:00-3:00pm - Michele Thornley, Olin 169
- Tue, 4:15-5:15pm - Jack Gallimore, OBSV 103
- Wed, 10:00-11:00am - Cheslee Hibler, Olin 166A
Labs and instructors by day of the week:
Monday
- Lab 60 8am Cheslee Hibler
- Lab 61 1pm Michele Thornley
- Lab 62 7pm Ibrahim Sulai
Tuesday
- Lab 63 8am Jack Gallimore
- Lab 64 1pm Jack Gallimore
Wednesday
- Lab 65 8am Michele Thornley
- Lab 66 1pm Bekele Gurmessa
- Lab 67 7pm Tom Solomon [SECTION FULL]
Thursday
- Lab 68 8am Ibrahim Sulai