Physics Laboratory Works (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Studend are able to
- make controlled measurements
- make plans of measurements
- evaluate reliability of measurements
- evaluate importance of measurements

Content (course unit)

Measurements of students own technical area
Reporting of laboraratory works made
Project learning applications

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Participation to all measurement classes and presentattions is compulsory.
Reports have been done,methods and results have been presented, structure and analyses may have some shortages and can be partly erroneous.Discussion contains very few, simple conclusions.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Participation to all measurement classes and presentations is compulsory.
Measurements and reports done in a normal way. Results and analyses are correct.
Reports have been done correctly according to the reporting standards of TAMK. Discussion contains some comments relevant comments relating to the results and applications.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Participation to all measurement classes and presentations is compulsory.
Measurements and reports done with comprehensive, active, collaborative working. Results and analyses are correct. Structured, fluent, especially transparent text, vision of limitations and improvements, broad mature discussion and own conclusions related to the topics

Exam schedules

no exams

Assessment methods and criteria

Grading is based on reports written about the laboratory measurements. A total of 4 reports are written as group work. Each report is graded on a a scale of 0-5. If the grade is 0 you will have to revise your report. The final grade is the average of all reports.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Laboratory work, independent report writing, guidance for reporting

Learning materials

Lab and reporting instructions in Moodle

Student workload

Laboratory class 4 x 3h
Theory class about 10 h
Independent work on reports ~40 h

Content scheduling

Laboratory class biweekly on dates: 16.1., 30.1., 13.2., 5.3.
Reports are due 2 weeks from the laboratory measurement.