Physics I Labs

Failing to attend labs will negatively affect your course grade and evaluation. Labs are an important (and I hope fun) part of the course. We will learn skills here that you won't get a chance to practice in homework or discuss much in class.
The lab participation portion of your evaluation will be based almost exclusively on the degree with which you engage the material and the level of cooperation with your lab partners. I'm not that interested in "right" answers.
Typical labs will be around two hours, but some may be longer.
Be prepared to go outdoors. We won't go out if it's really really yucky, but we might go out in drizzle and cold.
Lab work will not spawn a significant amount of work beyond the two to three hours we spend together. There will be no lab reports. I usually will ask you to complete a worksheet as part of the lab. I will also conduct a very informal "exit interview" after you complete the lab exercises to make sure that your group has a grasp for the ideas covered.

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