General Physics Laboratory Guidelines for Students

General Physics Lab Coordination Team

Last Modified: October 4, 2022

General Information
Laboratory for general physics will start on October 10, 2022 with the zeroth experiment.

Students in each lab section will attend the experiments in a bi-weekly basis at the same place and the same time interval
designated for each section. Each student is obligated to attend the same lab section assigned to them.

Grading
General physics laboratory has a total of six experiments (Experiment-0, Experiment-1,..., Experiment-5). All of the
experiments are mandatory to attend, and if a student miss any of these six experiments, they will fail the course and the
laboratory regardless of their exam grades.

Each experiment is graded out of 100 points, the pre-lab quiz will be counts 15 points and the lab reports counts 85
points.

Your laboratory grade will be the arithmetic average of your last five experiments (i.e. Experiment-0 will not be included).

To pass the laboratory and obtain credit in the course, students must complete all the assigned experiments and have
their average laboratory grade 50 or above, which is necessary but not sufficient to pass the course.

Section Change
During the zeroth experiment (October 10-21), if there is a schedule conflict, students can apply for a section change.
Once this period is over, students are not allowed to arrange with the laboratory TA to perform the experiments in any
other laboratory section. This is strictly forbidden, and if happens no credit will be given to the student.

To apply for a makeup fill the form found in https://forms.gle/2HFvWRjrqwiYJoXz9 between the dates given above.

Communication
For problems/questions related to the experiments performed e.g., grading, objections etc. you are expected to contact
your laboratory TA(s) directly, whose email addresses are available on ODTUClass.

Problems/questions concerning the general physics laboratory coordinator e.g., section change, makeup request, etc. must
be directed to the coordinator by sending an email to the physlab@metu.edu.tr.

Keep in mind that, generally, emails are checked once a day, so please send your emails in a timely manner so that you
can get a response in time.

ODTUClass
Throughout the semester ODTUClass webpage for the general physics laboratory will be used for the following purposes:

ˆ Checking your grades and seeing the grading schemes for quizzes and laboratory reports.

ˆ Using the discussion groups for communicating with your TA(s).

ˆ Finding your laboratory time and places.

ˆ Checking out all announcements about the laboratories.

Students who are not added to ODTUClass must send an email to physlab@metu.edu.tr with the following specifications:

1. Subject must be: ODTUClass

2. Body must include:
a. Your name, surname, ID number, and department.
b. Section you are registered to (week first or second, day, time, and laboratory.) e.g. “Week 1, Monday, 8:40,
Lab 16”

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Laboratory Conduct
Starting with the Experiment-1 there will be a pre-lab quiz in the first 15 minutes of each experiment. Therefore students
must come to each experiment on time, and be prepared.

After the quiz TA(s) will explain what will be done in each experiment.

No food or drink (except water) is allowed to be consumed in the laboratory.

Before coming to lab:

ˆ You should buy your laboratory manual from the physics copy center. (In the basement next to P7 classroom)
ˆ You are expected to read the manual carefully. Because it contains crucial information about the procedure
and theory of the experiment you are going to perform.
ˆ Assistants will give a general overview of both the procedure and the theory after the quiz, however you are
expected to know the details.
ˆ Quiz questions will be about these preliminary readings.
ˆ You can also watch the recorded videos on METU open courseware (https://ocw.metu.edu.tr) before
coming to the lab.

Before performing the experiment:

ˆ Check that all apparatus are present and have no obvious defects or malfunctioning.
ˆ Any damaged or missing equipment must be immediately reported to TA(s).

During the experiment the students should notify TA(s):

ˆ any equipment that does not seem to be functioning properly.
ˆ any accidents and breakages that may occur.
ˆ NEVER borrow equipment from another bench without permission.

Before leaving the laboratory:

ˆ Switch off all power supplies and remove all AC/DC power plugs.
ˆ Disconnect electrical circuits and collect the leads in a neat bundle.
ˆ Ensure that the apparatus has been left tidily.
ˆ All You must not forget any personal belonging in the laboratory.

Makeup
You may apply for a makeup starting from October 24, 2022 until January 4, 2023 at 17:00. Between these dates, students

that need to apply for a makeup must fill in the form found in https://forms.gle/HXW4cZEdSbDFM61P7.

Missing a quiz is NOT a legitimate reason to apply for makeup.

Future Announcements
Students are required to check their emails regularly as well as monitoring ODTUClass page for the laboratory for any
future announcements. None of the things related to students ignorance can be accepted as a valid excuse
for asking any form of privileges.

Students should constantly strive to have themselves updated about the laboratory related posts, notifications etc.

Please check out the following links to connect your email address to your mobile device:
https://faq.cc.metu.edu.tr/groups/e-mail-programs
https://faq.cc.metu.edu.tr/tr/groups/e-posta-programlari

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 Laboratory Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

03/10/2022 04/10/2022 05/10/2022 06/10/2022 07/10/2022
Week 1
No Lab

10/10/2022 11/10/2022 12/10/2022 13/10/2022 14/10/2022

Week 2
Experiment-0 Week 1 Groups

15/10/2022 16/10/2022 17/10/2022 20/10/2022 21/10/2022

Week 3
Experiment-0 Week 2 Groups

24/10/2022 25/10/2022 26/10/2022 27/10/2022 28/10/2022

Week 4
Experiment-1 Week 1 Groups No Labs after 11:40

31/10/2022 01/11/2022 02/11/2022 03/11/2022 04/11/2022

Week 5
Experiment-1 Week 2 Groups

06/11/2022 08/11/2022 09/11/2022 10/11/2022 11/11/2022

Week 6
Experiment-2 Week 1 Groups

14/11/2022 15/11/2022 16/11/2022 17/11/2022 18/11/2022

Week 7
Experiment-2 Week 2 Groups

21/11/2022 22/11/2022 23/11/2022 24/11/2022 25/11/2022

Week 8
Experiment-3 Week 1 Groups

28/11/2022 29/11/2022 30/11/2022 01/12/2022 02/12/2022

Week 9
Experiment-3 Week 2 Groups

05/12/2022 06/12/2022 07/12/2022 08/12/2022 09/12/2022

Week 10
Experiment-4 Week 1 Groups

12/12/2022 13/12/2022 14/12/2022 15/12/2022 16/12/2022

Week 11
Experiment-4 Week 2 Groups

19/12/2022 20/12/2022 21/12/2022 22/12/2022 23/12/2022

Week 12
Experiment-5 Week 1 Groups

26/12/2022 27/12/2022 28/12/2022 29/12/2022 30/12/2022

Week 13
Experiment-5 Week 2 Groups
02/01/2023 03/01/2023 04/01/2023 05/01/2023 06/01/2023

Week 14 Last Day for Makeup

No Lab No Lab
Applications
09/01/2023 10/01/2023 11/01/2023 12/01/2023 13/01/2023
Week 15 Makeup for
Makeup Labs
28/10/2022 Labs