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=='''''Tentative Agenda'''''==
==2011==
# Introduction
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#* Instructors
 
#* Course overview--What are the main goals? What will be covered?  How will grading occur? Goals for Junior Lab from [http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-13-14Fall-2004-Spring-2005/Syllabus/index.htm MIT OpenCourseWare]: <blockquote>The purposes of Junior Lab are to give you hands-on experience with some of the experimental basis of modern physics and, in the process, to deepen your understanding of the relations between experiment and theory, mostly in atomic and nuclear physics. You will do experiments on phenomena whose discoveries led to major advances in physics. The data you obtain will have the inevitable systematic and random errors that obscure the relations between the macroscopic observables of our sensory experience and the ideal laws that govern the submicroscopic world of atoms and nuclei. You will be challenged to learn how each of the experimental setups works, to master its manipulation so that you obtain the best possible data, and then to interpret the data in light of theory and a quantitative assessment of the errors. We think you find satisfaction in observing, measuring and understanding phenomena many of which would have won you the Nobel Prize if you had discovered them.--MIT OpenCourseWare</blockquote>
==Agenda==
#* Purpose from last year's lab manual (Dr. Gold): "Physics is science, hence based on experiment. The majority of research physicists do experiments and make measurements. This course is meant as an introduction to modern experimental techniques. In this course you will:
# Important notes: No lecture or lab Labor Day week.
#** apply the theory you have learned in the real (experimental) world;
# [[/Introduction|Introduction to course]]
#** learn how to use various types of hardware, instrumentation, and software;
#** learn basic statistics, error analysis, and determination of statistical and systematic errors;
#** perform the best possible (i.e. the most precise and accurate) experiment within the constraints of the available resources (equipment, time, etc.) - just like in real research!"
# Straighten out registrations (everyone registers for Monday lecture, who is in Monday Lab, who is in Wednesday Lab)
# Take photos of everyone (for posting on wiki, and helping learn names)
# [http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:How_to_join Register everyone for OWW] (need name, preferred email)
# [http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:How_to_join Register everyone for OWW] (need name, preferred email)
# Week 1 wiki assignment
# Week 1 wiki assignment (graded)
#* You will be sent an email at the end of the week with details.  Assignment will be due before week 2.
#* Update OWW user page
#* Update OWW user page
#* Update "People" page for 307L
#* Update "People" page for 307L
#* Optional: Create e-lab notebook
#* Create e-lab notebook
 
# Straighten out registrations (everyone registers for Monday lecture, who is in Monday Lab, who is in Wednesday Lab)
==Koch to bring==
#* Continued during lab session
# Laptop
# Camera
# Example texts (Bevington, other)
# Ethernet cables and switch

Latest revision as of 11:28, 22 August 2011

2011

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Agenda

  1. Important notes: No lecture or lab Labor Day week.
  2. Introduction to course
  3. Register everyone for OWW (need name, preferred email)
  4. Week 1 wiki assignment (graded)
    • You will be sent an email at the end of the week with details. Assignment will be due before week 2.
    • Update OWW user page
    • Update "People" page for 307L
    • Create e-lab notebook
  5. Straighten out registrations (everyone registers for Monday lecture, who is in Monday Lab, who is in Wednesday Lab)
    • Continued during lab session
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