The course provides an individual experience of physical phenomena and the basic principles of experiments. By carrying out simple physical experiments the students learn the proper use measuring instruments, the correct evaluation of report of the measured data and how to interpret the final results.
Learning objective
This laboratory course aims to provide basic knowledge of - the setup of a physics experiment, - the use of measurement instruments, - various measuring techniques, - the analysis or measurement errors, - and the interpretations of the measured quantities.
Content
The students select 6 out of 18 experiments which they like to conduct. For each of these experiments the students will analyze the data they measure estimate the error of there measurements and compare these with the physical theory.
Lecture notes
Manuals for the experiments are provided online on the Moodle pages of the course.
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
Performance assessment as a semester course