Introductory Physics Lab - 2012/13

CONTENTS

CURRENT NEWS

About the Course
What the course is about, what we expect from you

Learning Goals
What you will learn in the course.

Course Schedule
Week-by-week schedule and deadlines.

Lab Manual

Useful Notes

Academic Dishonesty Policy

Marking scheme

Useful Links



Monday, Mar. 10
Your second experiment on circuits is posted here.

You should also download Notes on Least Squares Fitting.

Monday, Mar. 3

Your first experiment on circuits is posted here.

Friday, Feb. 3

No classes the week of Fe. 10. Please contact bonn@phas.ubc.ca if you need to do a make-up lab or if you would like to attend an extra tutorial on uncertainty and data analysis, on Tuesday morning or afternoon. Links to the pencasts on slope and slope uncertainty are now posted below and in the course schedule.

Best fit slope

Slope Uncertainty

Propagation of Uncertainty


Monday, Feb. 3

Your third experiment can be found here.


Monday, Jan. 27

Your third experiment can be found here.

Monday, Jan. 20

Your second experiment can be found here.


Monday, Jan. 13

Welcome to the 109 lab! Your first experiment can be found here.

Things To Do BEFORE the First Laboratory.

Buy one of the yellow lab notebooks available in the UBC Bookstore. You can use one from last term if you have space. YOU WON'T BE ALLOWED TO START THE LAB WITHOUT ONE.

Read the advice on how to maintain a set of laboratory notes.

Read the Academic Dishonesty Policy.

Get a Physics and Astronomy Computer Account