Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
- read optical characteristics
- recognise physical possibilities and limitations
- use measuring equipment
- do suitable measuring arrangement for a problem and complete the measurements
- estimate uncertainty of measurements and determine uncertainty for the results in simple cases
- make and analyse graphical presentations
- keep a laboratory notebook
- report results orally and in writing
- work safely at a laboratory
- work safely with different kinds of radioactive radiation
- handle waste developed in laboratory

Content

- optics
- safety at laboratory work
- physical modeling
- radioactive radiation
- measuring, evaluating errors of measurements, processing and analyzing results
- graphical presentations and reporting
- handling laboratory waste

Materials

Inkinen, Manninen, Tuohi, Momentti 2, Otava
Openstax books https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-2 ja https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-3
MATLAB

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises and laboratory work

International connections

Active teaching methods, individual and group tasks

Completion alternatives

No alternatives

Student workload

Laboratory work 50%
Exercises 50%

Content scheduling

- optics
- safety at laboratory work
- physical modeling
- radioactive radiation
- measuring, evaluating errors of measurements, processing and analyzing results
- graphical presentations and reporting
- handling laboratory waste

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Activity during exercises and laboratories, laboratory reports

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Less than 50% of the scores or partly done course.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

50 - 70%

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

70- 90%

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

> 90%