MARIA
OFFICE: KOKI’O 209 C SPRING
2008
TEL: 734-9265
EMAIL: mariab@hawaii.edu
CONSULTATION HOURS: M W F 10:00 – 11:00
COURSE COMPETENCIES: Upon successful completion of the
course, the student should be able to:
1. demonstrate knowledge of and experiences with some scientific
concepts and principles
2. develop insights into the interaction
between theory and experiments
3. design procedures for acquiring information
from experimentation
4. use laboratory instruments and write a
technical report
5. record, analyze and extract information from
data acquired
OPEN LABORATORY: Information on what an open lab
setting is and what is required of students registered
in
these labs can be obtained from http://www2.hawaii.edu/~pseng/labs/info/index.html.
The Assumption of Risk
and
Release Form (Waiver) must be downloaded from http://www2.hawaii.edu/~pseng/labs/index.html,
printed,
signed,
and brought to the first week of lab class. The lab projects are tobe downloaded from
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~pseng/labs/phys152/index.html.
ATTENDANCE: Laboratory courses
require hands-on experiences. Students should allot at most 3 hours per week to
work on the
exercise
for the week. Students should sign-in before working on the experiment and
sign-out when he/she is done. Failure to do
so
means that you did not come for the week’s exercise and therefore one cannot
turn in a lab report. Open lab is Monday to Thursday
(1:45pm
– 6:00pm) – entry to the Koki’o 209 lab is from 1:45 – 4:00. After 4pm,
you will be not be allowed into the lab room to complete the
exercise
for the week as you will not have enough time. I will be in the lab room on
Mondays and Wednesdays (1:45 – 4:45). I encourage you
to
choose your group (2 – 3 max) and set your schedule so that you can come
to lab on these days and times otherwise, another instructor
will be
around to help you out and answer your questions.
Four lab
reports must conform with the REQUIREMENTS AND
GUIDELINES FOR REPORTING (below). More information
on what
is required for each report will be sent out to your hawaii.edu address.
Project reports can only be submitted for projects performed.
Reports
must be submitted on time. The time line for submission of reports is addressed
in the info website (above). Late lab reports
are
going to be penalized (see below)
TESTS: A mid-term exam and a final exam
will be scheduled. The exams will cover all the experimental procedures
employed and
the physical principles involved in the different projects. The mid-term exam
will cover all exercises performed during the
first half of the course and the final exam will cover all exercises performed
during the last half of the course.
GRADES: The grading scheme is as follows:
Full Reports - 40 % of the final grade
Reports are 15 points each. Reports are deducted 5 points
per lab meeting for late submission.
Other Reports - 30 % of the final grade
Reports are 10 points each. Reports are deducted 5 points
per lab meeting for late submission
Exams - 30 % of the final grade
Letter grades will be assigned as follows:
100 % - 89 % A
88 % - 76 %
B
75 % - 63 % C
62 % - 50 %
D
Below 50 % F
Student’s
current class standing will be available at any time.
MATH/SCIENCE DEPARTMENT POLICY ON
WITHDRAWAL (W GRADE) AND INCOMPLETE
(I GRADE):
1.
WITHDRAWAL (W GRADE) - After the “last day for all withdrawals”, MARCH
20, 2008, the
instructor will sign
withdrawals only in
cases of extreme or unusual circumstances. Grade related excuses are
unacceptable. Examples of
extreme or unusual
circumstances are:
(a) a certified medical reason
(b) a death in the immediate family
2. INCOMPLETE (I
GRADE) - Students must present the “Request
for Incomplete” form prior to the last day of instruction.
“I” grades will be given only to students who
are achieving a passing grade and are very close to completing the course.
In addition, the student must have a very good
reason for not being able to complete all the work on time. Examples of
good reasons are the same as those listed under
the withdrawal policy above.
KCC POLICY:
1.
Kapi’olani Community College is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.
2.
If you have a disability and have not
voluntarily disclosed the nature of your disability and support you need,
it
is the student’s responsibility to contact the Special Student Service
Office, 734-9552 (V/TTY), Ilima 105,
for
assistance.
3.
Students are expected to attend all
classes for which they are registered. If a student is unable to attend class,
he
or she should contact the instructor in advance to give notification of the
absence and make the necessary
arrangements.
4.
For those students who receive financial aid and fail
to attend the first week of classes without making arrangements
with the
instructor, the instructor will submit the student’s name to the
Financial Aid Office. The student will be
denied
financial aid for the class that he/she is not attending. In addition, it is
solely the student’s responsibility to
withdraw from the class
or attend the class and pay tuition.
These devices are not allowed in the classroom. Please see to it that these
devices are turned off while in class.
GUIDELINES
FOR THE PREPARATION OF REPORTS:
1. Reports shall be complete and clearly written for readers who are not
familiar with the project.
2. Reports should be neat, brief, concise, well
organized and technological.
3. The information included should be in the form that
is easy to understand.
4. Tabular information and graphs shall conform to
common standards.
5. Reports shall be stapled and submitted without
cover or folder.
OBJECTIVES
OF THE REPORT:
1. to provide knowledge of scientific and technical
reporting
2. to acquire
experience in the preparation of technical reports and information
3. to assist in the
learning of the subject material of the projects
FORMAT
OF LAB REPORTS:
·
COVER
PAGE must include NAME, DATE (when the project was performed), OBJECTIVE
(statement of the purpose of the project)
·
TEXT
must include:
RESULTS
(statement of results obtained, tabulated data, graphs (if needed), sample
calculation))
DISCUSSION
(explanation of the results; discussion of any limitations, difficulties and/or
factors
affecting
the results of the projects; suggestions on how to improve the experiment;
other items as specified
in the project
assignment; and answer to questions at the end of the exercise);
CONCLUSION
(statement of the conclusion that can be drawn from your lab results and how
the well lab results achieved
the objective of the exercise)
·
REFERENCES
(if any).