In such courses, students may quite rationally choose to skip class when they are busy. But for this class, in order to participate in the experiments and to discuss the results, you must attend lectures, and you must show up on time . Lab Reports You will be required to complete and hand in lab reports analyzing the results of the in-class experiments. Lab reports must be turned in on time in order for you to receive credit. The data for your lab report will come from the experiment you participated in and will be made available to you on the class web page, usually by the next day.
Partnerships can turn in a single lab report, signed by all members.
You can save yourself quite a bit of time in doing your lab reports by using a computer spreadsheet like Microsoft Excel, which is installed on all of the university's public-access computers and is widely available on home computers. We will make the data from your experiment group available in the form of an Excel file as well as in the form of a text file. If you have never used a spreadsheet before, this is a good time to learn a skill that you are likely to find useful for many years. If you already know how to use a spreadsheet, you can probably afford to miss this lecture. If you insist on not using a spreadsheet, the next best thing is a calculator.