PHY151H1F Fall 2014 Practicals Welcome!  The Practicals are mandatory weekly 3-hour sessions in which you will get together in teams of 2 or 4 to work on hands-on activities, experimental measurements and error analysis and computer simulations.

What you do in Practicals will be directly related to what is going on in class, and is designed to help you succeed on the tests and exam.  Practicals are sometimes called "labratorials", as they combine traditional aspects of both laboratories and tutorials.

All PHY151 Practicals are held in MP126A.  (This is room 126 in the west-half of the room near the windows.)

Contacts:

Jason Harlow, Practicals Coordinator. Office: MP121-B, Phone 416-946-4071,
Daniel James, Course Professor.  Office: MP1014, Phone 416-946-3736

April Seeley, Course Administrator. Office: MP129, Phone 416-946-0531,

Phil Scolieri, Practicals Technologist. Office: MP127.

There are seven Practicals sections with a maximum of 32 students per section:

Section	Time	Group Code	TA1 (marks lab notebooks)	TA2 (marks problem sets)	Drop Box
P0102	T9am-12noon	T1	Todd van Mechelen	Ray Goerke	14
P0101	T1-4pm	T2	Chris Farfan	Ken Nurse	15
P0202	W2-5pm	W2	Rhys Anderson	Xin Song	9
P5203	W5-8pm	W3	Saeed Oghbaey	Jesse Cresswell	10
P0301	R9am-12noon	R1	Arun Vellat Sadashivan	Darrell Tse	11
P0302	R1-4pm	R2	Chen Zhang	Russell Blackport	12
P0401	F9am-12noon	F1	Maria Tibbo	Paul Godin	13

Here is the Practicals Marking Rubric .
Here is the Problem Set Policy .
Here is the PHY151 Drop-in Centre Hours
Here is the Midterm Test, and the Solutions

Practical Schedule (Subject to Change)
Practical	Date	Topics, Activities
	Sep 9-12	NO PRACTICALS Summary of Precourse Diagnostic Test
1	Sep 16-19	To Prepare: Look at the department Introduction to Python page, in particular please read Tutorial 1.  You can also watch the 20 minute Intro Video to today's uncertainty module Problem Set 1 on Ch.2 due Sep.22 Solutions Practical Activities and Practice Problems Link to Uncertainty Module 1 Link to Mechanics Module 1 - we will be doing Activities 11 and 12 (and Activity 13 if you have time)
2	Sep 23-26	To Prepare: Read Chapter 6 plus Sections 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.5 and 14.6 of Mazur Problem Set 2 on Chs.6 and 14 due Sep.29  Solutions Slides Shown in Practicals today Practice Problem Set 2 - to be done in Practical not for marks Practical Activities: Mechanics Module 2, Activities 5, 7, 8 (and Activity 6 if you have time) Relativity Module, Activities 15 and 3
3	Sep 30 - Oct 3	To Prepare: Practice at home with the "Physics with VPython" tutorial online - Learn how to make a ball and a floor. Problem Set 3 on Ch.14 due Oct.6  Solutions Practice Problem Set 3 - to be done in Practical not for marks Splitting into pairs for Practical Activities: Python Programming and Freefall Kinematics
4	Oct 7-10	To Prepare: Read Chapter 3 of Mazur "Principles" book Problem Set 4 on Ch.3 due Oct.14  Solutions Practice Problem Set 4 - to be done in Practical not for marks Practical Activities: Uncertainty Module 2, Mechanics Module 2 Activity 14 (and 15 If you Have Time) Technical Specifications for Digital Caliper
5	Oct 14-17	To Prepare: Read Chapter 4 of Mazur "Principles" book Problem Set 5 on Ch.4 due Oct.20 Solutions Practice Problem Set 5 - to be done in Practical not for marks Practical Activities: Mechanics Module 4 Activities 1-4 (and 5 If You Have Time)
		NO PRACTICALS - Mid-term test Oct. 22 evening
6	Oct 28-31	Scrambling Teams! New pods are assigned by your TA today! To Prepare: Read Chapter 5 of Mazur "Principles" book.  In particular, Sections 5.5 and 5.6, and work through Example 5.5. Problem Set 6 on Chs.6 and 14 due Nov.3 Solutions Practice Problem Set 6 - to be done in Practicals not for marks Splitting into pairs for Practicals Activities: Python Collisions Starter python code (not complete): lab6exA.py
7	Nov 4-7	To Prepare: Take a ride on one of the elevators in the 14-storey tower of the Physics building.  Observe the spring scale and fill out the Elevator Data Form.  Please bring the form to Practicals. Problem Set 7 on Ch.7 due Nov.10 Solutions Practice Problem Set 7 - to be done in Practicals not for marks Practical Activities: Mechanics Module 3 Activities 2, 5, 15, 16 (and 4 If You Have Time) Uncertainty Propagation Aid Sheet
8	Nov 11-14	Problem Set 8 on Chs. 8 and 9 due Nov.19 Solutions Practice Problem Set 8 - to be done in Practicals not for marks Practical Activities: Uncertainty Module 3, Mechanics Module 5 Activities 14, 15, 16, 17 (and 6 & 11 If You Have Time)
9	Nov 19-25	To Prepare: Read Chapter 10 of Mazur "Principles" book.  In particular, Section 10.7, and work through Example 10.6.  Also have a look at the Wikipedia page on the Drag Equation. Problem Set 9 on Ch. 10 due Nov.26 Solutions Practice Problem Set 9 - to be done in Practicals not for marks Splitting into pairs for Practicals Activities: Python Projectiles Vacuum Projectile python code (with one bug): lab9exA.py
10	Nov 26 - Dec 2	To Prepare: Read Chapters 11 and 12 of Mazur "Principles" book. Problem Set 10 on Chs. 11 and 12 due Dec. 3 Solutions Practice Problem Set 10 - to be done in Practicals not for marks Practicals Activities - Mechanics Activities 3.17, 6.6 and 6.8 (Fall 2013 Exam Q.3 if you have time)