Course Description General Physics Labs I and II are 1-credit courses that are designed to introduce students to quantitative experimental techniques and to help develop the "physical intuition" that is essential to learning General Physics. The course has one 3-hour meeting per week. All work is to be completed and submitted to the TA during each weekly class meeting. Course Instructor Professor Morris Swartz Department of Physics & Astronomy Office: Bloomberg 427 Phone: (410) 516-5159 email: morris@jhu.edu Web Page: http://physics.jhu.edu/people/faculty/morris.html Office Hours: Monday 10.00-12.00 Head TA Gary Johns Office: Bloomberg 341 Phone: (410) 516-7386 email: gjohns@pha.jhu.edu Office Hours: TAs and Sections Course Materials The laboratory manual is now online. Students are strongly encouraged to bring their laptops to class. Each lab pair is required to have a laptop. A few laboratory laptops are available if neither lab partner owns one. "An Introduction to Error Analysis", 2nd edition, by John R. Taylor. Recommended but optional Course Schedule Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Jan 30 No Labs No Labs No Labs No Labs Feb 6 Intro Intro Intro Intro Feb 13 Exp 1 Exp 1 Exp 1 Exp 1 Feb 20 Exp 2 Exp 2 Exp 2 Exp 2 Feb 27 Exp 3 Exp 3 Exp 3 Exp 3 Mar 5 Exp 5 Exp 5 Exp 5 Exp 5 Mar 12 Exp 4 Exp 4 Exp 4 Exp 4 Mar 19 Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Mar 26 Exp 6 Exp 6 Exp 6 Exp 6 Apr 2 Exp 8 Exp 8 Exp 8 Exp 8 Apr 9 Exp 9 Exp 9 Exp 9 Exp 9 Apr 16 Exp 10 Exp 10 Exp 10 Exp 10 Apr 23 Exp 11 Exp 11 Exp 11 Exp 11 Apr30 Makeups Makeups Makeups Makeups Registration, Add/Drop All registration and add/drops are handled via the registrars office. Note that the 24 student per section limit is strictly observed. It will not be exceeded under ANY circumstances. This means that the instructor will NOT sign ANY add/drop forms (TAs are forbidden to do so). Normally, there is some movement during the first two week of the semester and closed sections do become available. Rules and Regulations Please attend the section for which you are registered: failure to do so will result in a reduced grade Please review lab manual writeup before coming to class. Show up at the Lab promptly, and turn in your lab report before your Lab session is ended (11:50 am, 4:20 pm, or 8:50pm.) No food or drink in the Lab (State law) and no cell phone in the Lab. Grading Policy Grades will be based upon the best 9 of 10 labs. It will be possible to make-up ONE lab during the last week of class. More Course Information is available on Blackboard