GNSC 181 LAB SCHEDULE Spring 2004
NOTE!!! ALL SECTIONS MEET IN GROTE 315
Instructors: Dr. L. J. Wang , Office: Grote 346, Office Phone:423 425 5248
eMail:LingJun-Wang@utc.edu
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Lab sections and meeting times
GNSC181 004 GENERAL SCIENCE LAB Thursday
8:40-10:30
GNSC181 005 GENERAL SCIENCE LAB Thursday
3:05-4:55
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List Of
Experiments
Week
Date
Experiment Title
1
Jan 8
Introduction to Lab
2 Jan
15 Human
Response Time
3 Jan
22 *Picket
Fence
4 Jan
29 Projectile
Motion
5 Feb
5 Simple
Pendulum
6 Feb
12
Spring Constant
7 Feb
19 Lenses
8 Feb
26 * Ohm' Law
9 Mar
4 Freezing Of Ocean Water
10 March 8-12 Spring Break No
GNSC Labs
11 Mar
18 *Sea
Floor Spreading
12 Mar 25 Parallax
Lab
13 April 1 Final
Exam
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Note: This is a tentative schedule and is subject to
modification at the discretion of
the instructor, the University, or the availability of
equipment. The order in which the experiments will be performed is not
necessarily the order that they are listed in your lab manual. * DENOTES COMPUTER ASSISTED LAB.
REQUIRED ITEMS YOU MUST BRING TO CLASS:
Lab notebook, lab manual, pen, mechanical pencil (HB 0.05mm
lead),
clear plastic cm ruler, protractor, 10 mm to the cm graph
paper, and a Scientific
Calculator. You
must have the required items with you each time.
Attendance
Attendance is required. Come to the lab ON TIME.
Lab Reports
Follow the format shown in this syllabus as to how to write
a lab report. Finish the report turn it before
you leave the lab.
Absences
If you miss a lab you must bring a note from the Doctor,
Police, or equivalent
to ask for a make-up. You must bring in the signed note to
me no later than next lab
session you attend, or the first day you return to school.
Failure to do this will result in a grade of zero for that missing lab. All
missed labs must be made up before the final exam.
ATTENTION: If you are a student with a disability (e.g.
physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) and think that you
might need special assistance or a special accommodations in this class or any
other class, call the Office for Students with Disabilities/College Access
Program at 425-4006 or come by the office - 110 Frist Hall.
To
enhance student services, the University will use your UTC email address
(firstname-lastname@utc.edu) for communications. (See http://onenet.utc.edu for your exact address.) Please check your UTC email on a regular
basis. If you have problems with
accessing your email account, contact the Help Desk at 423/425-2676.
COURSE EVALUATION
Ten reports 90%
Final exam 10%
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Total 100%
How to Write a
Lab Report
The parts of the report are as follows. (Total of 100
points)
1. Objective: State the purpose of the experiment
briefly in your own language.
Do not copy the manual. (5 points)
2. Apparatus: Give a brief, clear description of the
apparatus used. A sketch my be
preferable if the apparatus is complicated.(5 points)
3. Theory: State briefly the theory involved in the
experiment for the design and calculation.
Do not copy the lab manual. Use
your own language. (10 points)
4. Procedure: Describe briefly the procedure to carry out the experiment. Include a sketch of the set-up whenever
appropriate. (10 points)
5. Data Analysis:
(50 points)
This part includes
your data table( 10 points),
calculation (10 points), graphs and charts (10 points) and the error analysis. (10 points) Pay
attention to units.
6. Conclusions: (20 points) Report your results. You need to give both the average value and
the overall experimental error. The
result is the answer to the objective. Draw conclusion from your results. If
the objective was to prove a law using our experimental results, state whether
that data supports this law within error limits. This is also the section to
put any answers to questions asked about the lab.
Note: Each section of the report is to be labeled as such
and set apart from
every other section so as to make it clear where one
section of the report
ends and the next section begins.