Introduction

• The lab manual [ December 13, 2011 ]
• Short version of this year's lab manual (This one skips all of the background information, appendices, etc.) [ December 10, 2014 ]
• New! Results from this year's lab evaluations [ April 12, 2012 ]
• Plagiarism alert [ December 20, 2017 ]
• Instructional Assistants' (ie. lab demonstrators') contact information [ May 12, 2017 ]

Course Material

Week of ...	Lab/Exercise	Resource Material [ this background indicates required resource this background indicates optional resource this background indicates important items this background indicates weekly topics this foreground indicates updated items this foreground indicates unrevised items ]
	Introduction Standing Waves on a String [even] Exercise: Linearizing Equations [odd]
Jan. 2	Safety - Emergency Numbers   [ April 29, 2015 ] Laboratory Safety Standing Waves on a String [even] Linearizing Equations [odd] lab exercise
		Spreadsheet for Standing Waves on a String lab [ January 8, 2014 ] Spreadsheet with generic template tables [OPTIONAL] [ September 26, 2013 ] Standing Waves on a String Demonstration
	Off week
Jan. 9	You can't do the post-lab questions and tasks from last week yet Pre-lab questions and tasks (if any) for next week
	Standing Waves on a String [odd] Exercise: Linearizing Equations [even]
Jan. 16	Standing Waves on a String [odd] Linearizing Equations [even] lab exercise
		Standing waves on a string on Hyperphysics Presentation on linearizing equations [ December 12, 2014 ] Screencast of Linearizing Equations presentation
	Off week
Jan. 23	Pre-lab questions and tasks (if any) for next week
	Exercise: Graphing and Least Squares Fitting
Jan. 30	Graphing and Least Squares Fitting in Excel   lab exercise Make an appointment with the Writing Centre The window for appointments is March 7 to March 19 if your lab is Tuesday; the window for appointments is March 8 to March 20 if your lab is Wednesday.
		Spreadsheet for Graphing and Least Squares Fitting in Excel lab exercise [ March 16, 2016 ] Here's a tutorial using Excel for graphing on a Mac Presentation on graphing [ December 12, 2014 ] Screencast of Graphing presentation XY graph with X error bars and Y error bars in LibreOffice Presentation on least squares fitting [ December 12, 2014 ] Screencast of Least Squares Fitting presentation Here's a neat Java applet where you can try fitting by eye and compare it to a least squares fit. Cool demonstration of least squares fitting (Click on "watch web preview".) Presentation on how to determine uncertainties in graphical quantities [ December 12, 2014 ] Screencast of Graphical Uncertainties presentation Presentation on maximum and minimum slopes [ December 12, 2014 ] Screencast of Maximum and Minimum Slopes presentation Clemson University Graphing tutorial in Excel (You may find this useful.)
	Off week
Feb. 6	Post-lab stuff from last week Prepare draft lab report for "Standing Waves on a String" Lab checklist
		New! Sample lab report [ January 28, 2011 ]
	Exercise: Library Research
Feb. 13	Library Research   lab exercise in room L314 Hand in draft lab report for "Standing Waves on a String" Be sure to attach a checklist!
		Library presentation from 2008 Alternatives to Wikipedia from the library presentation 2008
	READING WEEK
Feb. 20	READING WEEK - No labs
	Off week
Feb. 27	Post-lab questions and tasks (if any) from last week Pre-lab questions and tasks (if any) for next week
	Exercise: Plotting Curves Using a Spreadsheet Can be done independently.
March 5	Plotting Curves Using a Spreadsheet   lab exercise Get back marked draft report for "Standing Waves on a String"	Presentation on curve plotting using a spreadsheet [ January 30, 2014 ] Screencast of Curve Plotting presentation
		Spreadsheet for Plotting Curves Using a Spreadsheet lab exercise [ March 16, 2016 ]
	Off week
March 12	Revise lab report for "Standing Waves on a String" Prepare for lab test
	Lab Test and Lab Evaluation
March 19	Hand in revised lab report for Standing Waves on a String Be sure to attach the draft! Lab test and evaluation Test writing instructions [ March 20, 2012 ]
		Summary of questions from previous PC131 lab tests which were answered incorrectly by more than half of the class. [ March 17, 2011 ]
	Off week
March 26