Sessions: Fri 1:00-2:50 pm, 3:00-4:50 pm in 60 Fondren Science.
Before each lab you should read through the linked manual listed below. Unless otherwise stated, you should write (before the lab) and then submit (at the beginning of the lab) one-sentence answers to each the questions:
WHY is the lab being done (context)?
WHAT will be measured and calculated (procedure)?
HOW will the measurements be made (apparatus)?
Here is a WHY/WHAT/HOW example
During the lab you will be writing your results. Example lab report format.
The manuals:
See Syllabus
for schedule of labs.
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Numbers Do not write a WHY/WHAT/HOW. Just read
Chapter 1.1
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Magnetic Particle
Accelerator
·
Introduction to Special Relativity
· More with Special Relativity
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Probability (this lab will be done in
the Wednesday lecture class)
· Copenhagen film. Before the lab, view only the introduction from 1:00 to 10:30 min and, instead of WHY/WHAT/HOW, write responses to this quiz and submit at the start of the lab. Questions to answer after watching the movie in the lab.
· Particle Identification. Before the lab, read the parts of the web pages on Introduction and on Detector. Instead of WHY/WHAT/HOW, write responses to this quiz and submit it at the start of the lab.