Measurements in Physics (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

First couple of weeks: Introduction to the course and lab safety, SI system and report basics, Graphical presentations, fitting a graph, calculating the slope.
Then: 8 laboratory sessions and 1 extensive pre-assignment
End of the course: missing labs session and lab exam

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
- model physical phenomena and apply the model in engineering
- 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

•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

Study material provided by the teacher in ITSlearning.

In addition for self study on physics theory: OpenStax College Physics AP (free online)

Teaching methods

Contact teaching, self-study and lab preparations, team working, hands-on lab work.

Exam schedules

Exam is at the end of the course according to group specific schedule.
Re-exam can be taken with the next implementation of the course.
Note that the reports must be returned on time.

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Course emphasizes hands-on lab work that relies on flipped learning. This means that the students must prepare in advance for the upcoming labs by studying the assignment and related theory themselves.

Student workload

28 h of contact lessons - including theory, labs and the exam.
100 h of independent study, preparation for the assignments and writing the lab reports.

Evaluation methods and criteria

First assignment is evaluated 0-2p.
Seven other assignments are evaluated 0-5p.
The extensive pre-assignment for electronics is evaluted 0-3p
Exam is evaluted 0-20p.
Total max. amount of points is 60.

Note that you cannot receive points for the report if you have not participated in the lab session. Being late or having not done the pre-assignment before the lab session affects the grading.

Failed (0)

Less than 28 points

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

At least 28 and less than 40 points

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

At least 40 and less than 52 points

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

At least 52 points

Further information

Course communication and information about the course is in ITSlearning platform which you can see after enrolling to the course.