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This page may serve as a sort of Q&A or message board for students and instructors.
Everyone, please feel free to add new questions or messages at the top of the page.


==Survey and Lab Summaries==
*Posting a message!-Alex
[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 19:20, 3 October 2007 (EDT): Two notes:
*Looking forward to this semester! -Kirstin
# Here is a link to the mid-semester survey I sent out via email: [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=4fWbXys4vPmFcwmiFl5mgw_3d_3d click here for the survey]
*I forgot what message to post! -Richard
# The first graded lab summary is due before you start the next lab next week.  Please send me an email or somehow alert me when you are done. Here is some [[Physics307L:People/Koch/Balmer incomplete guidance for lab summaries]].
*It took me 30 minutes to figure out how to edit this page. I am not very good at this yet. Why isn't there an edit link right next to it? How would I go about adding a contents box to the top of my Course Page? - [[User:Roberto Sebastian Rosales|Roberto Sebastian Rosales]]
== Some resources for magnetic calculations ==
** [[User:Steven J. Koch|Steve Koch]] 15:29, 1 September 2010 (EDT): If you add a few headings, using equals signs (e.g., <nowiki>==heading==</nowiki>), after a few, the contents will automatically appear. To turn off the table of contents, add the text <nowiki>__NOTOC</nowiki> to the top of the page.  Sorry it took half an hour, but you'll get the hang of it!
[http://www.lakeshore.com/mag/mg.html Lakeshore is a company that sells magnetics stuff].  And [http://www.lakeshore.com/mag/units.html this page] is a great resource for converting between units.--[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 19:00, 1 October 2007 (EDT)
*What constitutes a post relevant enough for the assignment?  I'll post another should this not suffice.- [[User:Matthew Cordova|Matthew Cordova]]
*Let's all write at the top of the page! I really like not keeping paper lab notebooks. -[[User:Ginevra Cochran|Ginny Cochran]]
==Welcome to Junior Lab!==
[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steve Koch]] says: Welcome to Junior Lab, it was great meeting you on Monday!  As I mentioned during lecture, there is an assignment due before Monday August 30.  The purpose of the assignment is to get you accustomed to the wiki so you can focus on the labs the remaining weeks.  See this page for the assignment:


== OWW brainstorming session ==
[[Physics307L:Assignments/Wiki assignment 1]]
--[[User:Anne Ozaksut|Anne Ozaksut]] 13:25, 28 September 2007 (EDT): i'd probably forget to wake up for a meeting, so i'm not signing up to participate, but my suggestions are: 1) stop logging us out when we have a page open that we are editing and want to save.  that's a pain in the ass.  or have an auto save thing like gmail does. 2) some data processing utility would be greeeat-- they let you make a table, but it would be cool if they could process that data into graphs, calculate best fit curves, put in error bars etc...  3) also, i don't know how bradley knockel does it, but he puts equations into his lab notebook... does he just cut and paste from microsoft word symbols, or from already written out equations on wikipedia?  or is it magic?  some sort of thing that lets you write equations easily would be cool--either open a list of symbols and click on one to insert it like microsoft word, or have some kind of code that you can type and then when it saves the page, it becomes a good looking equation- that would be even better.  or maybe this exists already and i just haven't found it...
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*--[[User:Tomas A. Mondragon|Tomas A. Mondragon]] 17:01, 28 September 2007 (EDT):Koch put a link in the Help page that's been useful for when I am putting in equations. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_Math Wikipedia guide to Tex editing in a Wiki]. I don't know of a way to automagiclly do that stuff. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_Wikipedia_article_on_Mathematics#Typesetting_of_mathematical_formulas Wiki typesetting of mathematical formulas] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Editor_handbook wiki's editor handbook] may also be helpful.
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--[[User:Tomas A. Mondragon|Tomas A. Mondragon]] 17:01, 28 September 2007 (EDT):The table editor is wonky. It keeps on eating a cell every time I save a table. I almost lost an entire row before I figured out what it was doing. I also really dislike the code it spits out. Wiki's code for tables is pretty easy to figure out but the code the table editor spits out, while it still works, takes a while to interpret and makes editing (by hand, I guess) difficult.
:[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 18:08, 3 October 2007 (EDT):Anne says that if you press "enter" after typing in a value, then you won't lose the data when saving.  If so, then this is a potential workaround until the bug is fixed.


==Some photos for lab summarys and formal reports==
Katie (the TA) and I will be in lab again on Wednesday and even if you're in the Monday section, please feel free to come by lab on Wednesday this week if you want extra wiki help.  Additionally, you can contact me to setup another time to meet during the week if you'd like help with the wiki editing or to discuss anything.
[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 01:31, 22 September 2007 (EDT): Hey all, I took some photos of some of the experiments and put them here: [[Physics307L:Labs/Photos]]
==Opportunity to purchase new experiments==
[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 02:22, 11 September 2007 (EDT):As I mentioned in class, there is an opportunity to obtain funding to purchase another experiment for the lab.  My deadline to submit proposals is Thursday, September 13, so I think perhaps we could obtain the experiment before the end of the semester.  So, I am soliciting ideas from students.  If I think your idea would fit well into the course, I will then submit the idea up the bureaucratic chain.  If not, your suggestion may be appropriate for another lab.  Here are some places to look (links courtesy of Professor Bill Miller, the professor helping out a ton in the lab):
* [http://www.pasco.com/ PASCO]
* [http://www.klingereducational.com/ Klinger Educational Products]
* [http://www.teachspin.com/ Teachspin]
The funding is for equipment > $1,000 but not too crazy expensive.  I think this is the correct range for most "canned" experiments.


==Dark labs and taking notes on wiki==
Also as a reminder, we will not have class during the Labor Day week.   
Two labs in particular, the e/m ratio and electron diffraction labs, are very hard to conduct even with only the light from the Balmer series and Plank's constant experiments going on in the room. Unfortunately, the Dark room is the same room where all the shiny new computers are at as well. I remember even using tiny flashlights to take down written notes was annoying for the dark labs, since it took some time to readjust to the darkness. Editing the wiki during the experiments will be even more of a pain if done improperly. What will be the procedure for taking down notes during dark labs?--[[User:Tomas A. Mondragon|Tomas A. Mondragon]] 17:12, 10 September 2007 (EDT)
* That's a great question and thanks for thinking of problems ahead of time...unfortunately, my quick answer is: I don't know!  Do you have ideas?  My opinion with the e/m ratio is that it can be done while using the computer (maybe they improved it by adding a light to see the scale?).  And so far the electron diffraction lab isn't working.  So maybe it won't be too much of a problem?  Here are a couple ideas: (1) Since the monitors are LCDs, it's possible they can be turned down.  (2) we could purchase some kind of dark plastic to make the monitors dark.  Does anyone else have ideas?  Well, these first two weeks will go a long ways towards figuring these kinds of things out, and I appreciate everyone's creativity, patience, and hard work!--[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 02:13, 11 September 2007 (EDT)


==A site for the operations of the oscilloscope==
In addition to the above wiki assignment, you should click around on the other parts of the wiki.  It would be good if you take a look at the [[Physics307L:Grading#Course_Goals|course goals]]. If you have opinions about the goals, post a message about it on the talk page! Or on this "interactions" page.
here is a link to a website where the expected value of the RC constant for our osicilloscopes is most likley located [http://courses.washington.edu/phys334/datasheets/Tek2kUserManual.pdf users manual].
* Thanks, Kyle!--[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 00:52, 5 September 2007 (EDT)


==Evenly matched==
Best wishes for a great semester and welcome!
I reorganized the [[Physics307L:People|People]] page by Mondays and Wednesdays, and couldn't help noticing that if we split me and Devon up, we can play some kind of game with 9 people on a side.  I feel like we should play softball or something.--[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 00:22, 29 August 2007 (EDT)
* Or, we could recruit students from my biophysics lab and have 22 total people for football: one offensive squad and one defensive squad.  Then we could play Michigan and beat them 34-32.  Ha ha ha ha ha ha.  Yes, I went to Michigan: tease me about this at your own peril.--[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 00:52, 5 September 2007 (EDT)


== I forgot ==
==Some possibly useful posts from last year==
Hey Steven. After all that I ran out of lab without having you sign my yellow card. How about I catch you at the end of Wednesdays lab, so I can get that taken care of? --Brian Ritter
===Excel sheets for the weighted mean / random number generation lecture===
*That should be fine.  Or anytime during Wednesday lab is OK to come by.--[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 15:09, 28 August 2007 (EDT)
[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steve Koch]] 19:01, 17 November 2008 (EST): I've uploaded the excel sheet for today's class.  You can find them here: [[Physics307L:Schedule/Week_13_agenda#Supporting_Excel_sheets]]
===Summer Research Opportunities===
[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steve Koch]] 10:37, 8 November 2008 (EST): Among an amazing array of very cool physics education things I am learning about, I learned of a good resource for finding summer research opportunities for undergraduates: [http://www.compadre.org/student/research/browse.cfm COMPADRE summer research].
*[[User:Manuel Franco Jr.|Manuel]] 12:38 am, 15 Nov 2008 (EDT): Hey yeah, this is a pretty cool site!  There are some pretty good summer research opportunities. How competitive are they?
:[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steve Koch]] 13:58, 15 November 2008 (EST): They are somewhat competitive, but I think you would have a good shot.  It would be important to find one where you'd enjoy spending the summer.  You can email the adminstrators of programs you are interested in to ask for more info.  I'm happy to answer more questions too!  Summer research can be a lot of fun and is a great way to get experience, build your resume, and figure out whether you'd enjoy a research career.


== i can switch ==
===Fitting a line===
But, the wednesday class is full in loboweb.  maybe we can both drop our classes monday and add the ones we want right after class?--[[User:Anne Ozaksut|Anne Ozaksut]] 14:36, 27 August 2007 (EDT)
[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steve Koch]] 01:21, 4 November 2008 (EST): I uploaded the excel sheet from today's class, and you can find it on [[Physics307L:Help/Fitting_a_line#Example_Excel_Sheet|this page]].  I am very interested in hearing if you find this excel sheet or today's lecture helpful.  Please post comments here, or email me!


== Yeah I'll switch... ==
For an A!  Just kidding.  I went to one of the Consortium seminars for the first time this monday at 2 in the room next door to 184, and it was SO COOL.  I really want to start attending those.  I'm definitely interested in switching lab days with someone, but I need to clear it with my job first.  I'll let you know what happens this weekend.--[[User:Anne Ozaksut|Anne Ozaksut]] 00:43, 22 August 2007 (EDT)
*Thanks, Anne!  If it works out, that is great.  Everyone else in Monday lab, please let us know if you can switch, too, in case it doesn't work out for Anne.--[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 01:17, 22 August 2007 (EDT)
**PS: That is great that you enjoyed the Consortium seminar!


==Too many peeps in the Monday session==
==Link to previous years==
Hi Everyone: We have too much demand for the Monday lab session, and there is currently at least one student who cannot enroll.  Are there any students who are able and willing to switch to the Wednesday session?--[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 12:55, 21 August 2007 (EDT)
 
==The middleman==
What is the page reached by the link "____'s page" for if all it has is a link to our notebook?  Shouldn't the link "____'s page" become "My lab notebook" to cut out the middleman?  Or will we use the middleman for something else in the future?
--[[User:Bradley A. Knockel|Bradley A. Knockel]] 12:41, 21 August 2007 (EDT)
*Yeah, I hear you.  I put the middleman in there "for something else in the future," just like you said.  Not sure what, though.  Actually, now I remember: it will be a good place to link to your lab reports and / or presentations.--[[User:Steven J. Koch|Steven J. Koch]] 12:48, 21 August 2007 (EDT)


*[[Physics307L F08:Interactions|Old posts from Fall 2008]]
*[[Physics307L F07:Interactions|Old posts from Fall 2007]]


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Physics 307L, Fall 2010

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Winter Break Lab Fest       

Everyone, please feel free to add new questions or messages at the top of the page.

  • Posting a message!-Alex
  • Looking forward to this semester! -Kirstin
  • I forgot what message to post! -Richard
  • It took me 30 minutes to figure out how to edit this page. I am not very good at this yet. Why isn't there an edit link right next to it? How would I go about adding a contents box to the top of my Course Page? - Roberto Sebastian Rosales
    • Steve Koch 15:29, 1 September 2010 (EDT): If you add a few headings, using equals signs (e.g., ==heading==), after a few, the contents will automatically appear. To turn off the table of contents, add the text __NOTOC to the top of the page. Sorry it took half an hour, but you'll get the hang of it!
  • What constitutes a post relevant enough for the assignment? I'll post another should this not suffice.- Matthew Cordova
  • Let's all write at the top of the page! I really like not keeping paper lab notebooks. -Ginny Cochran

Welcome to Junior Lab!

Steve Koch says: Welcome to Junior Lab, it was great meeting you on Monday! As I mentioned during lecture, there is an assignment due before Monday August 30. The purpose of the assignment is to get you accustomed to the wiki so you can focus on the labs the remaining weeks. See this page for the assignment:

Physics307L:Assignments/Wiki assignment 1

Katie (the TA) and I will be in lab again on Wednesday and even if you're in the Monday section, please feel free to come by lab on Wednesday this week if you want extra wiki help. Additionally, you can contact me to setup another time to meet during the week if you'd like help with the wiki editing or to discuss anything.

Also as a reminder, we will not have class during the Labor Day week.

In addition to the above wiki assignment, you should click around on the other parts of the wiki. It would be good if you take a look at the course goals. If you have opinions about the goals, post a message about it on the talk page! Or on this "interactions" page.

Best wishes for a great semester and welcome!

Some possibly useful posts from last year

Excel sheets for the weighted mean / random number generation lecture

Steve Koch 19:01, 17 November 2008 (EST): I've uploaded the excel sheet for today's class. You can find them here: Physics307L:Schedule/Week_13_agenda#Supporting_Excel_sheets

Summer Research Opportunities

Steve Koch 10:37, 8 November 2008 (EST): Among an amazing array of very cool physics education things I am learning about, I learned of a good resource for finding summer research opportunities for undergraduates: COMPADRE summer research.

  • Manuel 12:38 am, 15 Nov 2008 (EDT): Hey yeah, this is a pretty cool site! There are some pretty good summer research opportunities. How competitive are they?
Steve Koch 13:58, 15 November 2008 (EST): They are somewhat competitive, but I think you would have a good shot. It would be important to find one where you'd enjoy spending the summer. You can email the adminstrators of programs you are interested in to ask for more info. I'm happy to answer more questions too! Summer research can be a lot of fun and is a great way to get experience, build your resume, and figure out whether you'd enjoy a research career.

Fitting a line

Steve Koch 01:21, 4 November 2008 (EST): I uploaded the excel sheet from today's class, and you can find it on this page. I am very interested in hearing if you find this excel sheet or today's lecture helpful. Please post comments here, or email me!


Link to previous years

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