Instructor: Hiro Arima <arima@hawaii.edu>

Office Hours: PSB 114, Friday 11:00 to 2:30
Main Office: WAT 426 (New office since Sept 20, 2004)
Cell Phone (808)349-0135

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General Information
Because physics is an experimental science, laboratories are an integral part of the learning experience. Students are required to learn working in a laboratory setting with skill and professionalism. For further information regarding policies and syllabus, refer to the laboratory manual which could be purchased at the bookstore. The syllabus is contained in Chapter 1. Enrollment in Phys 151L requires concurrent registration in Phys 151 lecture.

Section 02(Group II) Time & Place:
PSB Room108/110, Monday 2:30 to 5:30
All lab notebooks are due the following lab session. There is no
longer extra credit for submitting lab notebooks early; therefore, two lab notebooks
are required.
Section 06(Group II) Time & Place:
PSB Room108/110, Wednesday 11:30 to 2:30
All lab notebooks must be turned in the following lab session. There is no
longer extra credit for submitting lab notebooks early; therefore, two lab notebooks
are required.

Laboratory & Quiz Schedule

Week of Aug 23: Section 02(Group I) --PSB Room108 Chapter 1 Course Description, Quiz - none Section 06(Group II) --PSB Room108 Chapter 1 Course Description, Quiz - none Week of Aug 30: Section 02(Group I) --PSB Room108 For Section 02 only, we will do two labs because of Labor Day holiday on Sept 06 Monday. Chapter 2 Experimental Analysis (Do this as homework, not in lab.) Chapter 3 Vectors: Do this in lab; however, I will shorten the lab because of the extra work load. No need to do Procedure 4,5(page23) and Question 5(page 25) Quiz - none Section 06(Group II) --PSB Room108 Chapter 2 Experimental Analysis, Quiz - none Week of Sept 06: Section 02(Group I) No lab, Labor Day weekend. Section 02(Group II) --PSB Room110 Chapter 3 Vectors, Quiz - Chapter 2 Week of Sept 13: Section 02(Group I) --PSB Room108 Chapter 4 Discussion, Error Analysis, Quiz on Chapters 2,3 Section 06(Group II) --PSB Room110 Chapter 4 Discussion, Error Analysis, Quiz on Chapter 3 Week of Sept 20: Section 02(Group I) --PSB Room110 Chapter 5 Darts -- Gaussian Distribution, Quiz - Chapter 4 Section 06(Group II) --PSB Room108 Chapter 5 Darts -- Gaussian Distribution, Quiz - Chapter 4 Week of Sept 27: Section 02(Group I) --PSB Room108 Chapter 6 Pendulum, Quiz on Pendulum Section 06(Group II) --PSB Room110 Chapter 6 Air Track, Quiz on Air Track Week of Oct 04: Section 02(Group I) --PSB Room110 Chapter 6 Air Track, Quiz on Air Track Section 06(Group II) --PSB Room108 Chapter 6 Pendulum, Quiz on Pendulum Week of Oct 11: PSB Room108 Chapter 7 Kinetic and Potential Energy Week of Oct 18: PSB Room110 Chapter 7 Energy Transfer in Collisions Week of Oct 25: PSB Room110 Chapter 9 Natural Oscillations Week of Nov 01: PSB Room108 Chapter 8 Rotational Motion Week of Nov 08: PSB Room110 Chapter 11 Spring of Air Week of Nov 15: PSB Room108 Chapter 9 Driven Oscillations Week of Nov 22: PSB Room110 Chapter 10 Liquid Drag

Announcements

• Announcement for Oct 04(Mon): There has been a major mistake in the schedule concerning Phys151L Section-02(Mon). The Physics Dept wrongly told me that Section-02 was Group I, but, in fact, Section-02 also belonged in Group II. I was teaching 2 different labs in one week, but, from now, both sections will be doing the same experiments. To see the correct lab scehdule, 1)see above or 2)page ix of the lab manual under the heading Group II. I apologize for the confusion. However, there will be a quiz and the lab on Air Track on Oct 04 Monday for Section-02 as scheduled.
  Concerning Section-06 (Wed), the 20-pt quiz was cancelled, because I asked the head TA and he told me that it was too hard. It will not be included in the scoring of your final grade. I will announce whether to have another quiz in class. Of course, that is if you want one. In additionn, the quiz for Oct 6(Wed) will be on Pendulum, not Air Track. It will be a 10-point quiz as usual and will cover materials from the lab manual. Also, information from the text will help you reinforce your knowledge on the subject. It will be quite hard, so please read the manual and related materials well and come to the lab prepared.
  
  
• Announcement for Sept 20(Mon): The schedule was updated and includes all the labs for the remaining semester. They will become more complex and time consuming, so come to the labs well prepared. Because the labs are much longer than those of earlier chapters, there will be no more quizzes after Chapter 6 (Pendulum & Air Track).
  
  
• Announcement for Sept 13(Mon): For Sections 02 and 06, all data must be entered in the lab manual and signed by the TA before leaving the laboratory. Early leave is permitted only after the notebook is signed by by TA. Unsigned notebooks will have reduced scores.
  In addition, it is patent that many students don't read the lab manual properly before coming to class. Assignments will become progressively harder and the TA will not have time to help every one of you.
  
  
• Announcement for Aug 30(Mon): For Section 02(Mon), we did 2 experiments in one lab session, so skip: Chapter 3: Procedure 4,5(page23) and Question 5(page 25). The lab reports for Chapters 2,3 are due Sept 13.
  For both Sections 02 & 06, there will definitely be quizes on Chapters 2 and 3, but I don't know about the other chapters. There may be a quiz on Chapter 4, but I haven't decided yet. I want to see how things go.
  
  
• Week of Aug 30: There has been a change in schedule for Section 02(Group I) Mon because of the Labor Day weekend. For the week of Aug 30, Section 02 will do Chapter 2 as homework and Chapter 3 in the lab. There will be no lab on the week of Sept 06, but there will be a quiz on the week of Sept 13 on Chapters 2 and 3. Sorry about that.
  For Section 06(Group II) Wed, things will run according to schedule.
  
  
• Week of Aug 23: This week is an introductory session and requires no preparation.
  For those who were not able to register and signed the sheet I passed around in the lab, I gave it to the dept secretary and she did input your names into the system. However, do not forget to register on MyUH Portal!!
  I told some of you that I will be emailing you individually but that takes too much time. So I'll post all the info over here.

Final Grades
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