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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.
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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.
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)
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
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
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
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