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2300107/8: PHYS 107/108 – Physics Laboratory I/II Instructor: Dale Ross

Final Physics 2024-25: TBA/Various


Course Details
Topics and Content
Course Name: Physics Laboratory I/II
Course Code: 2300107 / 2300108 Physics 107
METU Course Credit: 2 units
ETCS Credit: 7 units • Introduction
Sections: Multiple • Transcription of observation and hands-on experimentation

Instructor: Dale Ross • Introduction to the computational reduction and


Email: [email protected] representation of data via MATLAB
• Analysis of Linear Motion with Constant Velocity and
Teaching Assistant: Constant Acceleration
Email: T.B.A. • Newton's Laws of Translational Motion
Office: — • Two-Dimensional Collisions: Conservation of Linear
Momentum In 2d, Impulse and Momentum Conservation
Laboratory: 218 of Linear Momentum
• Dynamics of Circular Motion
Assessment • Work Energy Theorem & Conservation of Energy
• Hooke’s Law and Periodic Motion
Pre-reports: 10%
Quizzes: 10%
Lab participation: 20% Physics 108
Lab Reports: 60%
Total: 100%/Experiment • Electrostatic potential and Triboelectric generation
• Electrostatic field lines and Potentials on resistive media
If Absence 𝑛absence > 3 • Direct Current Circuits and Ohm’s Law
𝐺rade = 𝐅𝐅
• RC Circuits
Final Exam is 25% of Grade. • Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
• Magnetic linearity around Helmholtz Coils
Grades are distributed on a curve.
• Alternating Current circuit, LC Circuit components.

Exam Dates

Midterm Exam: No midterms.


Textbook: No dedicated textbook in general, but using selected chapters from:
1. Cambridge, Dept of Physics – Keeping lab notes and Writing Formal Reports
2. Jerry D. Wilson & Cecilia A. Hernández-Hall, Physics Laboratory Experiments, 8th Ed., Chapters 1 & 2.

References

• Textbook: Jerry D. Wilson & Cecilia A. Hernández-Hall, Physics Laboratory Experiments, 8th Ed (2015, Cengage).
• Textbook: Douglas C. Giancoli, Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics, Person/Prentice Hall.
• David H. Loyd, Physics Laboratory Manual, 3rd ed., (Thomson, 2008).
• Yaakov Kraftmakher, Experiment and Demonstration in Physics, 2nd ed., (World Scientific, 2015).
Description and Aim of the Course

The Physics Laboratory course is an introduction to developing understanding the fundamentals of the physical world
through the most basic practices of knowledge: disciplined, analytic and hands-on observation of physical behavior.
Physics 107 and 108 is about learning to make sense of physical behavior by setting up the conditions, absent of
whatever outside and immediate influences that might muddle the physics you are trying to find. Physics 107 and 108
is, first and foremost, not about affirming or confirming physics you learn in other courses, though there is, in part, that
dimension. It is about the framework of setups and instrumentation one needs to isolate a property that may or may
not be a law.
Hence, the course goals:
• Building a link between theoretical physical concepts you learn in lectures and the real physical world by providing
an experimental/observational atmosphere where you can “see” and “feel” the physical concepts;
• Orienting the course mainly on discussions so that you can become an important subject as a contributor in the
course;
• Using the physical concepts and principles so that you understand why an object is designed the way it is; and
• Presenting the concepts so that you have the feeling how an object works. To achieve these goals the course will
have the following aspects:
• Experimental Design Meetings and Discussions:
Each week you meet with teaching assistants (TAs) to discuss your plans and progress on that week’s activity and
experiment.
• On using machine-assisted writing, a.k.a. artificial intelligence od AI:
While we acknowledge you will one day make as much use of AIs as you do of search engines, e.g. Google, AI are NOT
PERMITTED in Physics 107 nor 108 to help your writing! We use the Turnitin plagiarism detection tools which include
AI usage evaluation. The maximum tolerance is 7.5%; any more and you will receive a zero (0) on your reports/pre-
reports. Why are we torturing you like this? We know most of you are learning English as a second language; and the
best way to help you do so is to practice the language in writing (as well as speaking).
2300101/2: PHYS 101/102 – Physics for Non-scientists Instructor: Dale Ross

Course Details and Assessment

• Attendance
Attendance does influence the grade. Do NOTE: If you fail to attend 3 or more class (𝑁absences ≥3), you are
automatically assigned the grade FF for the course. This overrides all quiz and final scores.
• Pre-reports (10 points/lab)
Each week
• Quizzes (10 points/activity)
Quizzes are given at the beginning and end of each lecture. One week will introduce the data analysis system
Matlab; you will have a quiz on Matlab.
• Laboratory Participation (20 points / lab)
• Laboratory Reports (60 points/lab)
• Final exam (25 percent)
The final exam is worth 30 percentage points, and its content is derived from the material presented through the
entire semester.
¤ Content for all exams will be taken from prior experiments.

The final score is computed via the following conditional:


If 𝑁absences ≤ 3 Then
∑ Prereportℎ + ∑ 𝑄uiz𝑖 + ∑ Participation𝑗 + ∑ Participation𝑗 + ∑ Report𝑘 𝐹inal
Final Score = 75% ( ∑ Prereportmax + ∑ 𝑄uizmax 𝑖 + ∑ Participationmax + ∑ Rerportmax
) + 25%
ℎ
𝐹inalmax

Else
Final Score = 𝐅𝐅.
The final letter grade is produced via distribution on a curve.
You are required to attend full lectures. Attendance is taken both via quizzes (at the beginning of class), via
attendance sheets and randomly via ODTUClass.
Medical absences must be presented within 10 days of the absence. If presented after 10 days, they will not be
accepted.

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