Physics Skills 2

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• After studying this course, students should have developed their experimental skills by performing and analysing a number of investigations in the laboratory.
• They should also be capable of keeping a record of laboratory work in a logbook, and have learnt the requirements for presenting the results of experimental work in a report.

For eight weeks, the class is divided into sub-groups which cycle through a series of experiments, each experiment exploring a particular subject. Each experiment runs over two weeks and involves preparation and exercises, experimental work, and data analysis. During the experiments a personal laboratory logbook is kept which includes a self-contained and complete record of the activity.

At the end of the course a longer extension project activity is scheduled, which consists of planning, experimental work, and report writing. During the extension project, small groups define original and unscripted activities, refining or exploring new aspects of the experiment. The outcomes of the extension project are reported in a concise scientific report.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.