General

Labs for Physics 1111K, 1112K meet in rooms 210, 222, and 226 in the New Science Building. Physics 2211K
and 2212K labs usually meet in room 210. Physics 3500/8800 labs meet in room 232.

The Physics labs are located in the Natural Sciences Building on the 2nd floor. There you will find the labs as well as the Physics lab coordinator, Carola Butler's office in room 214. Her phone number is (404) 651-1995. There is an answering machine. Bring her your problems or concerns with the labs.

Directions

Take a look at the campus maps or street directions.
On the maps look for buildings #17 and #22 to find us.

Starting dates

Labs will start meeting from the 2nd week--August 26th of the semester. Monday labs will meet on Monday of the 2nd week.  Tuesday labs will meet for the first time on Tuesday, the 2nd week and so forth. There will be no labs the week of Labor Day or the week of Thanksgiving.

Required supplies

Manuals for Physics 1111K, 1112K, 2211K, 2212K, 3500, and 8800 are only available at the printshop, which
is located at 6 Decatur Street. The phone number is (404) 523-2679. The manuals are required. 1111K, 1112K,
2211K, and 2212K students also need a clear plastic metric ruler and a calculator.

2211K, 2212K, 3500, and 8800 students must also have a bound quadrille ruled notebook. Composition ruled
notebooks are not acceptable. The Park Place Bookstore is a good source for notebooks.

Lab Procedures

Labs for Physics 1111K, 1112K, 2211K, and 2212K begin with a fifteen minute quiz covering the required
readings for the current experiment and review questions from previous experiments. Yes, there is a quiz on the
first day. Students who arrive late will not be given extra time to finish the quiz. You must take the quiz and do the
experiment in the same period.
 

Lab attendance

When you registered for a course you also registered for a specific lab section. You must attend that section.
You may not permanently change lab sections without the lab supervisor's permission.

Physics 1111K, 1112K, 2211K, 2212K labs consist of thirteen experiments. At the end of the semester the top
twelve grades are averaged. The average lab grade makes up 25% of the final grade for the course. If you miss
more than one experiment the missing grade is averaged in as a zero.

If you miss your lab

If you miss your regular lab section you may attend another section if space is available. Before the quiz ask the
instructor if you may attend his or her lab. Please note on the quiz and the experiment that you are a visitor and
write down your usual day, time, and room. This is the only way you can make up missed work.

Please note that each experiment runs from Monday to Thursday. Once the week is over there is no chance of
making up the experiment. No special make up sessions are available, ever. If you miss more than one
experiment due to illness, military service, or some other hardship, discuss the problem with your course
professor.

Make up labs

No make up labs for this semester.

If you miss a lab,  you have two options:

One: Go to another section that meets during the same week. Be sure to write on the quiz and experiment that you are a visitor and write down your usual lab day, time, room number and your regular instructor's name.

Two: You may use this as your drop grade. And we do not recommend this

Lab Schedule

Sometimes a lab section has to be cancelled. Cancellations will be posted here. If your lab section is cancelled
you may go to any other section. If you have a problem, consult the lab coordinator.
 

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