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. 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 George Bruhn Office: Bloomberg 450 Phone: (410) 516-4084 email: gbruhn@pha.jhu.edu Office Hours: Tuesday 4-5 PM Course Materials "Laboratory Experiments in Physics II", Spring 2006 edition. Available from Printing Services in basement of Wyman Park Building "Laboratory Report Notebook for Physics II", Spring 2006 edition. Also available from Printing Services "An Introduction to Error Analysis", 2nd edition, by John R. Taylor. Recommended (Bookstore) 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 9 of 11 labs. It will be possible to make-up any 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.