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Welcome to the Physics Labs 6FND

Welcome to the Physics Labs 6FND. PHYS1002 Physics 1 Fundamentals. Session Supervisor: Richard Tarrant. Tutors: James Henderson Fatema Sayed Craig Anderson Nick Tothill. Lab Manual (green cover) available from the Co-op Bookshop less than $10.

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Welcome to the Physics Labs 6FND

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  1. Welcome to the Physics Labs6FND PHYS1002 Physics 1 Fundamentals

  2. Session Supervisor:Richard Tarrant Tutors: James Henderson Fatema Sayed Craig Anderson Nick Tothill

  3. Lab Manual(green cover)available from the Co-op Bookshopless than $10

  4. Save an electronic copy of the Certificate of Completion • Print out a copy to bring to the Week 3 Lab session in Week 3 • You only need to do it once; you can use the saved copy as xxxproof for other departments. • Attach a copy of the certificate to the inside back cover of your xxxLab Team Logbook. • Your supervisor will look at your Logbook at the end of Week 3, xxxinitial your certificate, and record a mark for it.

  5. Introduction to the FND lab. • Four main components: • Excel Exercise on Data Analysis (this session). • Seven Laboratory Experiments (Pressure, Buoyancy, Motion, Projectiles, Lenses, Collisions, Oscillations) • Laboratory Skills Test (Week 12)

  6. Session Schedule: (first 4 weeks) • Preparatory Work – handed in before the session starts (0, ½, 1 marks). • 3 check-points for each lab class (1 mark each).

  7. Each session requires some preparation before you come to the laboratory. (From Lab. Manual Intro.) 1.4.6 How to prepare for each session • Read the session notes in the Lab Manual. • Read the appropriate sections of your textbook, Young and Freedman. • Download the session preparatory exercises from eLearning/WebCT. • Do the session preparatory exercises BEFORE coming to the lab. • Place your exercises in the collection box AS YOU ENTER THE LAB. REMEMBER: If it’s not in the box in will not be marked!

  8. Typical Prework page: You MUST fill in: your NAME, your SESSION your TEAM

  9. Not in box at collection time (10:10 am or 2:10 pm) = 0 marks Marking scheme for preparatory work • Submitted, but without a reasonable attempt • at the questions = 0 marks • Reasonable attempt at questions = ½ mark. • Reasonable attempt, with most answers correct = 1 mark

  10. PHYS1002 Fundamentals Assessment Components

  11. Health and Safety, #1 • Closed-toe shoes MUST be worn(= no thongs or sandals). • You may NOT eat, drink or smoke in the laboratory. • Unauthorised tampering with computer hardware or software is not permitted. Do not download or execute (double click) *.exe files.

  12. Health and Safety #2 • Safe handling practices must be observed. • Liquid spills must be reported to laboratory staff immediately • Faulty equipment must be reported to Teaching or Laboratory staff immediately.

  13. Health and Safety, #3 • Mercury is contained in some equipment e.g. thermometers. • Lasers: Do not look directly into a laser beam or point lasers at other people. • Radioactive sources: Don’t use unprotected hands.

  14. Fire Safety • If there is a Fire in the Carslaw building a warning will sound ordering evacuation of the building. • Follow the Exit signs out of the lab and down the central stairwell (do not use the lifts), or the Fire Escape between Labs 401 and 402. • Go to the open area in front of the Madsen building, across the road (Eastern Avenue) from the Carslaw building.

  15. Today’s Lab • Lab Teams & LabRAT registration • Intro to FND Lab • Excel Exercise

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