Winter Quarter 2007

• Course Syllabus   
  
• Four things to download the first week!
  1. Format Details and Scoring Guide for Laboratory Reports
  

  Detailed specifications on the format that I request you use for lab reports, my criteria in evaluating your reports, and the meaning of cryptic marks that I make on your reports.

  2. Sample Lab Writeup
  

  An example illustrating the format described in the "Format Details and Scoring Guide"

  3. Lab Report Self Evaluation
  

  A cover sheet for your lab reports

  4. "Quiz 0"
  

  A simple quiz on error analysis to see if you "get it." Complete and bring with you to the second class meeting.

• Excellent Resources on handling uncertainties and graphing from Professor Vern Lindberg at Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  Uncertainies Manual Graphing Manual

• Linefit Application
  

  A java applet written by Cal Poly Pomona students for use in finding best linear fits to experimental data

• Physics 131 Lab Manual Appendices on Numbers, Units, Uncertainty, Tables, Graphs, and Equipment
  

  Appendix A-Numbers Appendix B-Units Appendix C-Analysis of Uncertainty Appendix D-Data Tables Appendix E-Graphs Appendix F-Equipment Notes

• College of Science Emergency Procedures
  All students are responsible for being aware of these Emergency Procedures.
  Please take the time to familiarize yourself with them.