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Lab 1 — Introduction to Experiment (01/31/2025)
[1] Announcements
Discussion with entire class.
[2] Lab Manuals
At the START of every lab:
- Make a Google Doc, share it with everyone in your group and myself ([email protected]) with editing permissions.
- At the top of the doc:
- Write everyone's names
- Take a picture of your lab desk/equipment and paste it in.
- Lab 1 Manual (also in Canvas > Files) — do NOT copy this entire thing into your lab report!!!
- For page 1-7, please take notes on the most important ideas and show me before moving on (notes shouldn't take more than half or a full page, ~10 bullet points).
- For pages 7-9, do the procedure & answer the questions, then show me before moving on.
- For page 10, same as previous.
- You will find the
practice.cmblfiles on the Mac computer inDesktop/Course Folders/205/Intro to Experiment/. - If you need help opening/loading the Logger Pro files, feel free to ask me.
- You will find the
- For page 11, same as previous.
Here's a useful online calculate for various calculations: Desmos (Scientific)
At the END of every lab:
Clean up your lab desk/equipment, take a picture, and paste it into your lab report. This is 10% of your lab report grade — if you lose the points one week, you can gain them back by cleaning up all the tables next week :)
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