Introduction
There will be 2 labs a week on Monday and Thursday in SSC 115 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
PH 122L - Lab Syllabus
Labs
The lab is an important component of this course, and you must pass the lab in order to pass the course. You will work with lab partners, usually in groups of three, to carry out the experimental procedures. Each group of lab partners will have a separate lab station, which will be set up with the instruments and equipment you need. Because of social distancing requirements, each student will be assigned a specific role: experimenter, computer operator, or data collector. Duties will rotate from week to week. Each group will prepare a single lab report with equal contributions from all members. Additional information will be distributed during your lab section meeting.Students will not be admitted to any lab more than fifteen minutes late and extended absences are not permitted. You'll get instructions at the start of each lab. There are no makeup labs and any unexcused absence will result in loss of credit for that week. If you know of some serious conflict in advance, discuss with me the possibility of attending another section.
Tutorial
The first activity in every lab section is a tutorial session intended to hone your practical problem-solving skills. The instructor will work through a demonstration problem as the students observe. You should be attentive, follow carefully, and take thorough notes. In particular, you should pay attention to how the instructor monitors the work and continually assesses it. In the end, a transcript of the solution will be posted online, but this does not lessen the importance of taking good notes yourself! The path taken to solving a problem is what’s truly essential. The answer is only one detail.You will also be assigned a new problem to work on yourself. Your goal is to follow the general approach modeled by the instructor, not to simply reproduce the solution in a slightly different context. Interacting with your neighbors is encouraged!
Your complete solution will be due as follows, Monday tutorial is due Thursday by 11:59 pm and the Thursday tutorial is due Monday by 11:59. Use OneDrive or your preferred app to take pictures converting them to pdf to upload to the assignment link.
Presentation is a key aspect on which your work will be assessed. The purpose is not simply that the grader can understand your work. Rather, it’s that you learn to document your thoughts in a way that will actually facilitate solving problems. Accordingly, your work will be graded according to a rubric that takes into account presentation and communication, as well as mathematical manipulations. That grading rubric will be provided to guide you at the start of the session.
Finally, food and drinks are not permitted in the lab.
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