Measurements in Physics (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

• 9/2021: Safety and laboratory rules
• 9/2021 - 11/2021: Laboratory exercises (12 piece)
• 11/2021: Shift for undone exercise
• 12/2021: Final 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

Location and time

syyskuu – joulukuu 2018
ICT-city

Materials

Material constructed by teacher in ItsLearning.
Almost any Physics book for Engineers.

Teaching methods

Teacher-led classroom activities, problem based, independent studies, team work

Exam schedules

Final exam at Wednesday 1. December.
The re-exam could be done within the exam of next course.
Other complementary work to the course must be agreed with the teacher.

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

During the course, you will learn the basic skills of measuring physics and analyzing the results, which are the basis of the engineering work. Tasks include sectoral application examples. The course uses international physics notation and terminology, which enables students to understand international engineering literature, standards, etc. Students are encouraged to work in teamwork. The course uses a digital learning environment.

Student workload

Partification in classroom activities: 30 h.
Independent study, preparing to the exercise, reporting and preparing to the final exam: 100 h.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Supervised exercises (2 pieces) are evaluated on a scale (0 when the exercise is not done at all, 0.5 when only the measurements have been made and 1-2 when the report has also been approved).
Making and reporting of other exercises (10 pieces) are evaluated on a scale of 0-5 (0 when the exercise is not done at all).
There are 12 laboratory exercises and 2 of these are evaluated on a scale of 0-2 and 10 of these on a scale of 0-5, so maximum points are 54 (2 x 2 + 10 x 5 points) from laboratory exercises.
Maximum points are 26 from the final exam.
So total maximum is 80 points.

Failed (0)

Total points less than 32.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Total points at least 32 and less than 50.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Total points at least 50 and less than 68.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Total points at least 68.