Course Description Classical 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 Classical Physics. Students in 173.115/116 are expected to perform at a higher level than those in 173.111/112 and the syllabus may include a different selection of labs. The course has one 3-hour meeting per week on Monday evenings 6-8:50PM in Bloomberg 165A. 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 Teaching Assistant Craig Copeland Office: Bloomberg 349 Phone: (410) 516-8501 email: craigc1@.pha.jhu.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 12-1 PM Course Materials "Laboratory Experiments in Classical Physics I", Fall 2008 edition. Available from Printing Services in basement of Wyman Park Building "Laboratory Report Notebook for Classical Physics I", Fall 2008 edition. Also available from Printing Services "An Introduction to Error Analysis", 2nd edition, by John R. Taylor. Recommended (Bookstore) Course Schedule Week Labs Sep 8 Exp 1 Sep 15 Exp 2 Sep 22 Exp 3 Sep 29 Exp 4 Oct 6 Exp 5 Oct 13 Fall Break Day, No Labs Oct 20 Exp 6 Oct 27 Exp 7 Nov 3 Exp 8 Nov 10 Exp 9 Nov 17 Exp 12 Nov 24 Exp 10 Dec 1 Exp 11 Dec 8 Makeup Labs Rules and Regulations 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, 3:50 pm, or 8:50pm.) No food or drink in the Lab (State law) and no cell phone in the Lab. Remember your PC usernames and passwords. When you leave, sign off your PC, return all equipment to the way you started, and clean up anything you left behind. Grading Policy Grades will be based upon the best 10 of 12 labs. It will be possible to make-up ONE lab during the last week of class. Grading Scale Lab and Quiz grades will be reported on the following scale: 4.5 - work exceeds our expectations (you do extra stuff) 4.0 - work demonstrates mastery 3.0 - not perfect, but work demonstrates that you mostly understand what you are doing 2.0 - you do not understand some important things 1.0 - you demonstrate that you don't get it 0.0 - you did not show-up or you did not even try to do the work The final grade will involve some rescaling of these numbers.