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Introductory Mechanics Laboratory

Physics 1105

Fall 2017

Teaching Laboratory Manager: Mr. Richard Guarino
Office hours: Tuesday 1:00pm to 2:00pm and by appointment in room 26A Fondren Science (see also lab 32 or 26 any afternoon until 5:00pm)
Contact:
- Call or leave a message at 214-768-4961, or
- Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 102 Fondren Science, or
- send e-mail to: <rguarino@smu.edu>
Laboratory Room: 32 Fondren Science

Laboratory sections:

10 - T  12:30pm-3:20pm
11 - T   3:30am-6:20pm 
12 - W  12:00pm-2:50pm
13 - W   3:00pm-5:50pm
14 - R  12:30pm-3:20pm
15 - R   3:30am-6:20pm
16 - F  12:00pm-2:50pm
17 - F   3:00pm-5:50pm

Goals/Objectives
Laboratory Rules
Mathematica tutorial PostScript 4 pages, 537511 bytes; PDF 4 pages, 32563 bytes
Mechanics Laboratory Manual
Lab format
- First hour of selected lab periods will be used for group problem solving exercises.
- Remaining 2 hours will be used for a labratory exercise.
Required items
- Laptop/Notebook with Excel or LibreOffice Calc and capable of running Jupyter Notebooks (Anaconda).
- An Introduction to Error Analysis by John R. Taylor, $35 new, $27 used, and on reserve. ISBN: 093570275X
- Any scientific calculator, $8.00
Pre-Lab Exercises & Reading Quizzes: due BEFORE the lab.
Make-up Labs: You must present me with a verifiable excuse in writing. Students with a valid excuse will be permitted to make up one lab during the make-up week before the final.
Grading:
- Lab write-ups - 60% (drop lowest)
- Co-op Exercises - 10% (drop lowest)
- Prelabs & Reading Quizzes - 10% (drop lowest)
- Final Practicum - 20%

Letter grade break points:

91.5 < A  < 100
87.5 < A- < 91.5
83.5 < B+ < 87.5
79.0 < B  < 83.5
75.0 < B- < 79.0
71.0 < C+ < 75.0
62.5 < C  < 71.0
50.0 < D  < 62.5
 0.0 < F  < 50.0

Grade Summary - All the individual grades arranged by four-digit code number

University Holidays:

Labor Day    - M,          4 September 2017 
Fall Break   - M - T,   9-10 October   2017 
Thanksgiving - Th - F, 23-24 November  2017

Syllabus
Disability Accommodations, Religious and Excused Absences
Calendar
Official University Calendar
Anonymous Feedback
Extracurricular Activities
- SPS - The Society of Physics Students
- REU - Research Experiences for Undergraduates
- Undergraduate Research at SMU
Relevant Web Sites:
- Nobel Laureates in Physics
- Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
- Physicists on the Money
- Images of Famous Physicists (from UCSB)
- Pictures of Famous Physicists
- Contributions of Women to Physics
- Physics Unit Conversion Page
- Virtual Laboratory at the University of Oregon
- Fourmilab by John Walker
- JAVA Physics Simulation Library
- Physics demonstration video clips
- Virtual Labs
- The Physics Gearbag
- Explorit! Science Center
- The Exploratorium
  - The Exploratorium Science Snackbook
- Franklin Institute Science Museum
- Frank Potter's Science Gems
- Usenet Physics FAQ
- The Mad Scientist Network
- Physics Classroom

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