PHYSICS 280: EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
Fall 2004
Professor:
Howard Brooks 241 Julian 658-4653 hlbrooks@depauw.edu
Meeting Times: 1
– 3:50 T Room: 242 Julian
Office Hours: 9-10:30 MWRF
Text: EXPERIMENTATION:
An Introduction to Measurement Theory and Experiment Design,
3rd Edition
by D.C. Beard
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the semester each student should be
able to:
1 _ Design and construct simple experimental
apparatus.
2 _ Conduct an open ended experiment in a small
group setting.
3 _ Use appropriate data processing and analysis
tools
4 _ Present results of the experimentation both
in oral and visual formats
EXPECTATIONS:
CLASS ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION: Students in
the course will be expected to attend every class session. IT IS EXPECTED THAT YOU WILL COMPLETE AT
LEAST SIX HOURS OF WORK PER WEEK OUTSIDE OF THE CLASS MEETING TIME. (10% of the semester grade)
HOMEWORK:
Students will complete a set of homework assignments from the text. (10% of the semester grade)
JOURNALS:
Each of the experiments will have a journal that stays with the
experiment. Each research team will
record all of their work in the experiment journal. (30% of the semester grade) Each student will maintain their own journal
which must contain a weekly reflection on the work completed,
an outline of the experiment plan for the next week, and any questions that
need to be asked of the previous researchers or of the instructions. (30% of
the semester grade)
FINAL PRESENTATIONS: Each research team will make a final oral
presentation, open to the public during the final exam session. (10% of the semester grade) Additionally, each team will make a final
poster and set of web pages that summarize the efforts on the project during
the semester. (10 % of the semester grade)
From the University 2004-05 catalog (p. 198)
grades will be assigned according to the following definitions:
A, A- Achievement
of exceptionally high merit
B+, B, B- Achievement
at a level superior to the basic level
C+, C, C- Basic
achievement
D+, D, D- Minimum
achievement that warrants credit
F Failure:
the achievement fails to meet course requirements.
The
student receives no credit.
DETAILED COURSE
OUTLINE WITH ASSIGNED READINGS
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DATE |
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HOMEWORK |
OTHER ACTION |
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8/31 INTRODUCTION |
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9/7 |
CHS 1 & 2 |
Ch. 2 – 3, 6, 9, 10, 12 |
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9/14 |
CH 3 |
Ch. 3 – 1 through 14 |
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9/21 |
CHS 4 & 5 |
Ch. 5 – 6, 7, 10, 13, 22, 23 |
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9/28 |
CH 6 |
Ch. 6 – 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 |
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10/5 |
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ROTATE PROJECTS!! |
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10/12 |
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Submit personal journals before leaving for FALL BREAK
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10/19 FALL BREAK |
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10/26 |
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11/2 |
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11/9 |
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ROTATE PROJECTS!! |
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11/16 |
CH 7 |
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11/23 |
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11/30 |
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12/7 |
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Thursday, December 16 – 1:00 PM – FINAL ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND WRITTEN
SUMMARIES SUBMITTED and PERSONAL JOURNALS DUE |
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