Introductory Experimental Physics
Course Goals:
After completion of this course, students' should be able to:
1) Empirically construct knowledge about physical phenomena that are significant for real-life experiences & career aspirations by
- Posing a question that can be experimentally probed,
- Constructing a methodology for testing the question, ideally by changing only one variable at a time,
- Recognizing the importance of these laboratory activities to your career aspirations and everyday life.
2) Critically examine the data and draw conclusions about how well the data supports hypotheses and models by
- Identifying whether a hypothesis is testable,
- Making a prediction based on a model,
- Explaining the meaning of quoted uncertainties on data points.
3) Meaningfully interpret and create different types of scientific communication, including graphs and cogent written and verbal evaluation of findings by
- Creating a graph,
- Interpreting a graph,
- Explaining what you did to gather data that address your questions, explain how you conducted the investigation, and what your decision making process was.