Requirements:
You will need a basic scientific calculator
that can use scientific notation and a quad-ruled notebook. The 225 laboratory manual is also required.
Lab Policies
General Information:
Your laboratory session meets once a week. All lab assignments and
readings will be announced either in your lecture or in the previous
week's lab. It is your responsibility to be aware of the lab assignment
for each week. The lab will consist of a number of experiments or
demonstrations. You will work in groups taking data, calculating
quantities or observing the experiment. You will be expected to have
read the lab manual section for a given week’s lab before coming
to class.
Grading:
For each lab you will turn in a homework assignment or a formal lab
report. All homework assignments should be neat and legible. You
will be penalized for sloppy work. Make sure you clearly show all
your work on homework problems. No credit will be given if no work
is shown. The guidelines for writing a formal lab report are in the laboratory manual. Your lab reports are expected to
be well organized and grammatically correct. You will be penalized
for spelling and grammar errors.
Attendance:
Attendance is mandatory. In the case of prolonged illness or other
situation requiring multiple lab absences you are responsible for
making arrangements with your instructor for alternative methods
of completing the lab portion of the course.
Academic Misconduct:
Remember that while you will work together in the laboratory the lab
report you turn in must be your own work. If you have any questions
about what constitutes cheating or plagiarism in this course please
ask your instructor. The policies involving academic misconduct are
the same as those in the lecture and are outlined in the lecture
handout.
Schedule:
The lab schedule will be announced in class. A tentative schedule
is given below
Laboratory 1: Introduction to Laboratory
Laboratory 2: Error Analysis I
Laboratory 3: Error Analysis II
Laboratory 4: Quantum Statistics
Laboratory 5: Diode Circuits
Laboratory 6: Transistor Circuits
Laboratory 7: Operational Amplifiers
Laboratory 8: Introduction to Digital Circuits
Laboratory 9: Investigating Superconductivity
Laboratory 10: Measuring Radiation
Laboratory 11: Neutron Activation
Laboratory 12: Gamma-ray spectra
Laboratory 13: TBA
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