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Introduction to Laboratory Report Format - Lab | PHYS 231, Lab Reports of Physics

The University of Tennessee (UT)Physics

Material Type: Lab; Class: Fund Phys: Electric/Magnetism; Subject: Physics; University: University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Term: Fall 2007;

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Laboratory Syllabus
Physics 231, Section 012, Fall 2007
Instructor: Matthew Musgrave
Email: [email protected]
Office: Nielsen 609-5
Office Hours: Monday 11:15-12:15, Nielsen 201, or by appointment in Nielsen 609-5.
Lab: Neilsen 510 from 8:00-9:55 on Thursday.
Lab Manual: Selected Introductory Physics Experiments by James E. Parks
Grading: Your lab grade will be determined from the lab reports you will write for each
lab. Remember that the grade for this lab counts for 25% of your grade for Phys 231.
Laboratory: Read the experiment before you come to the lab. It will make the labs
quicker and easier. You will work in pairs on the labs, but you will write lab reports
individually for each experiment. The TA needs to check and sign your data before you
leave the lab. Lab reports are graded out of 100 points. Lab reports are due at the
beginning of the following week’s lab. After the due date, lab reports will be accepted up
to four days late (through Monday) but with a deduction of 10 points per day it is late.
Email late lab reports to me with a copy of your data.
Missed Labs: If you are unable to attend a lab, inform me as soon as possible, preferably
before the lab. If possible arrangements will be made for you to make up the lab with
another section; otherwise, you will make up the lab at the end of the semester during the
week designated for lab make-ups. Only one lab can be made up during the designated
make-up week. Other labs that are missed will receive zero credit.
Laboratory Schedule
Dates Experiment
30-Aug Electric Fields
6-Sep Ohm's Law I
13-Sep Ohm's Law II
20-Sep Wheatstone Bridge
27-Sep Resistance vs. Temperature
4-Oct Electrical Energy
11-Oct No Labs -- Fall Break Oct 11 & 12
18-Oct e/m Ratio
25-Oct Ampere's Law
1-Nov Oscilloscope
8-Nov RC & RL Circuits
15-Nov AC Circuits I
22-Nov No Labs - Thanksgiving Holidays Nov 22 & 23
29-Nov AC Circuits II
4-Dec Lab Final/Makeup
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Laboratory Syllabus

Physics 231, Section 012, Fall 2007

Instructor: Matthew Musgrave Email: [email protected] Office: Nielsen 609- Office Hours: Monday 11:15-12:15, Nielsen 201, or by appointment in Nielsen 609-5.

Lab: Neilsen 510 from 8:00-9:55 on Thursday. Lab Manual: Selected Introductory Physics Experiments by James E. Parks

Grading: Your lab grade will be determined from the lab reports you will write for each lab. Remember that the grade for this lab counts for 25% of your grade for Phys 231.

Laboratory: Read the experiment before you come to the lab. It will make the labs quicker and easier. You will work in pairs on the labs, but you will write lab reports individually for each experiment. The TA needs to check and sign your data before you leave the lab. Lab reports are graded out of 100 points. Lab reports are due at the beginning of the following week’s lab. After the due date, lab reports will be accepted up to four days late (through Monday) but with a deduction of 10 points per day it is late. Email late lab reports to me with a copy of your data.

Missed Labs: If you are unable to attend a lab, inform me as soon as possible, preferably before the lab. If possible arrangements will be made for you to make up the lab with another section; otherwise, you will make up the lab at the end of the semester during the week designated for lab make-ups. Only one lab can be made up during the designated make-up week. Other labs that are missed will receive zero credit.

Laboratory Schedule

Dates Experiment 30-Aug Electric Fields 6-Sep Ohm's Law I 13-Sep Ohm's Law II 20-Sep Wheatstone Bridge 27-Sep Resistance vs. Temperature 4-Oct Electrical Energy 11-Oct No Labs -- Fall Break Oct 11 & 12 18-Oct e/m Ratio 25-Oct Ampere's Law 1-Nov Oscilloscope 8-Nov RC & RL Circuits 15-Nov AC Circuits I 22-Nov No Labs - Thanksgiving Holidays Nov 22 & 23 29-Nov AC Circuits II 4-Dec Lab Final/Makeup

Lab Report Format

Lab reports should be single spaced, Times New Roman 12 point font, and at least one page long. Write lab reports in the narrative form (no I’s, we’s, he’s, or she’s) with the exception of the “What I learned” section.

Heading (10pts) Include the title of the lab, your name, your partner’s name, and the date the lab was performed.

Objective (10pts) Explain the purpose of the lab and what you are trying to understand by completing it.

Results (20pts) In this section you need to analyze and discuss your data. Discuss trends in your data and any interesting results. Try to answer the question “Why did the data behave this way?” Do not simply restate the information on your data sheet.

Conclusions (20pts) Make conclusions from your data. Your conclusions should concern what would happen if you varied the parameters of the experiment. Your conclusions should show an understanding of the experiment and the data’s trends. Your conclusions should be supported by your data.

Error Analysis (20pts) Discuss any possible sources of error. You should explain sources of error that may actually have contributed to your percent difference, and focus on sources of error specific to the lab. You need to discuss multiple sources of error, and explain how they would affect your data.

What I learned? (10pts) Explain what you learned by completing this lab. You always learn something when you try something new.

Data (10pts) Your data needs to be signed by the TA and turned in with the lab report.

Do to the brevity of your lab reports (one page), you should not write about the procedure or the theory. Your lab reports will focus instead on analyzing your data and the experiment. Limit your discussion of the computer programs Excel and Datastudio and focus on the experiment. Use Equation Editor or neatly write out any equations you need to put in the lab report. Do not copy from the lab book or any other source. Write your own original lab report.