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Advanced Lab Topical Conference 2009

Explore the historical context of advanced lab courses and discover what can be done to enhance the curriculum. Delve into early American Journal of Physics articles and their goals. Bridge the gap between introductory labs and research, learn experimental techniques, and become acquainted with recent discoveries.

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Advanced Lab Topical Conference 2009

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  1. Advanced Lab Topical Conference 2009 Session III: Curricular Roles for Advanced Labs What are we doing? What should we do? Introduction: some historical context Elizabeth George, Wittenberg Univ.

  2. In what year was the first paper on an “advanced lab” course published in the American Journal of Physics? • 1934 (vol. 2) • 1944 (vol. 12) • 1955 (vol. 23) • 1962 (vol. 30)

  3. A Laboratory Course in Atomic PhysicsO. Oldenberg, FF Rieke, Harvard AJP* 2, 163 (1934) “theoretical ideas are most satisfactorily established only when the student… succeeds in deriving the fundamental atomic constants by various independent methods” Including Ratio of specific heats cp/cv Millikan oil drop determination of e Photoelectric effect Balmer series of the H atom Zeeman effect Raman effect *actually The American Physics Teacher

  4. Other early “advanced lab course” AJP articles (1) • “Laboratory course for seniors in physics,” KE Fitzsimmons (Wash. St.), AJP 23, 169 (1955) • Millikan oil-drop, Thermionic emission, Franck-Hertz, Alpha particle range, Construction of rf oscillators, … • students also “invited to make original contributions in connection with research projects … in the department” • Goals: re-establish interest in lab work, establish “inspirational contact” between staff and student, train in lab techniques and instrumentation

  5. Other early “advanced lab course” AJP articles (2) • “The Senior Physics Lab Course at Dartmouth College,” WP Davis, Jr, AJP 30, 565 (1962) • Magnetized top, Color centers, Driven pendulum, Mass spectrometer, NMR, Millikan oil-drop, Zeeman effect, Gamma-ray interactions, Optical pumping, Exploding water jet, … • Goals: Pick up modern experimental techniques; stimulate interest in research

  6. Other early “advanced lab course” AJP articles (3) • “Advanced Physics Lab Course at Cornell,” PL Hartman, AJP 33, 776 (1965) • Photoelectric effect, Electron lens, RF transmission line, Optical pyrometry, Muon lifetime, Thick lens, Michelson interferometer, Optical activity, Zeeman effect, Thermoluminescence, Polarization of x-rays, Ultrasonics, Millikan oil-drop,… • Goals: bridge between introductory labs and research; learn experimental techniques; do classic experiments; become acquainted with recent discoveries

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