This includes a computer disk for the storage of data collected for the different experiments. Emphasis will be on the interactive-discovery approach to experimental work in physics. The purpose of this is to give the student a more realistic laboratory experi ence. For example, this will entail the use of a lab note book to keep a detailed record of weekly experi mental work. Students will be expected to perform in the laboratory setting all the work necessary to write a complete lab report.
Students are to familiarize themselves with the experiment before coming to the laboratory.
A five-minute quiz on the material for the experiment may be given at the beginning of the lab. As mentioned above students will keep a weekly record of their experi mental work in a loose-leaf binder. At the conclusion of each lab, a short summary of the results of that lab is to be entered at the end of that section in the lab notebook. The lab notebook is to be a personal, precise and concise record of your experimental work. All calculations and graphical analyses are to be entered into this lab notebook.