Physics 119 and 123 Labs, Autumn 2009

Prof. Toby Burnett, tburnett@u.washington.edu 206 543 8963, PAB B201

123 / 119  Schedule( updated 11/09/2009 20:08)
Time\Day Tuesday Thursday Friday
10:30
 
C: Dan		  
12:30 AM: Christina
 		 AQ: Christina
 		  
2:30PM AN: Jennie
A: Christina
 		 AR: Tom
D: Mike		 AU: Christina
4:30PM AO: Rachel
 		 AS: Rachel
 		  
6:30PM AP: Tom
B:  Jennie		 AT: Dan  

TA list

Name E-mail 119 123
Dan Blackburn danielrb@u.washington.edu 1: C 1: T
Yi Chen (Jennie) chenyi@u.washington.edu 1:B 1: N
Tom Noel noelt@u.washington.edu   2: R,P
Rachel Rosten rcyooper@u.washington.edu   2: O,S
Christina Polwarth polwarth@u.washington.edu 2:A 3: M,Q,U
Mike Farmulare famulare@u.washington.edu 1: D  

Lab schedule: 119 meets in B125, 123 in B123

Week

 Lab#

 LAB: click to open the prelab discussion document

 

  - [No labs]
Oct 5 1 Simple Pendulum
Oct 12 2 Waves, Phase Difference, Speed of Sound
Otc 19 3 Standing Waves and Resonance
Oct 26 4 Reflection and Refraction of Light
Nov 2 5 Curved (Spherical) Mirrors
Nov 9 6 Image Formation by Thin Lenses
Nov 16 7 Diffraction, Interference and Thin Films
Nov 23 - [partial make-up]
Nov 30 8 Spectra and Planck's constant
Dec 17   [make-up all labs]

Lecture Sections

116A General Physics Alejandro Garcia 1:30-2:20 MTThF PAA A118  
123A Waves John Cramer 1:30-2:20 MWF PAA A102

 

WebAssign setup

  1. Go to UW Bookstore and buy a copy of the "Physics 123 Laboratory Manual Autumn 2009" (for 123) or "Physics 119 Laboratory Manual Autumn 2009" (for 119).  Then read the front matter.  It explains the course structure, grades and policies.

  2. Get a WebAssign account.  You will need this for the labs as well as the lectures, and there are separate charges for each.  Depending on your course, there may be different ways to pay for WebAssign access: 

    1. Online with credit card.  This method always works, and it works for all courses that use WebAssign.  The charge is $12.85/qtr for labs, $17.00/qtr for 123 lecture (Tipler & Mosca Text), $15.95/qtr for 116 lecture (Walker Text)
    2. With text access code.  This method only works for 123 labs, and only if you have a UW edition, Tipler & Mosca 6th ed. text bought new at the UW bookstore.  There is no access code included for 119 labs in the 116 text--the access code there is for lecture only.
    3. If you have problems, please check with http://webassign.net/user_support/student/.
  3. Do the pre-lab on WebAssign for the first lab.  The due date is midnight the day before your section meets.  Note: "due date" means the *latest* time you may submit your response.  The system will close you out if you are even one second past!  So, do not wait until the last hour to submit your work, or you may find the network bogged down. Note that prelabs will generally be available on Friday evening for the following week.

    There are two parts to the pre-lab: (1) A PDF of instructions and discussion and.  (2) a set of WebAssign problems to work and submit answers to.  The PDF may have versions of these questions, and you may want to read through them to get your thinking in order, but the ones that count are on WebAssign. Note that this is not a test, but it is required that you finish it before the lab.

 

The login for WebAssign is https://www.webassign.net/washington/login.html

 

Click the "login" button and log in with your UW Net ID.  The classes that you are registered for should appear when you get onto the site.  You have a grace period of 2 weeks past the start of term to use WebAssign without paying.

 

There is a brief tutorial on how to get started with WebAssign here (PDF):

 

 

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