COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VIBRATIONS AND WAVES LABORATORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FIZ 2109 VIBRATIONS AND WAVES LABORATORY COMPULSORY 0 2 0 1

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP KAYA ŞENGÖREN

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to provide students making experiments about some
properties of the vibration and waves in various media.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   students will be able to use water waves to explain the some properties of light
2   students will be able to explain wave events observed in daily life.
3   students will be able to display the main properties of waves in various media such as spring,air and water by experiments
4   students will be be able to compare between the experimental and theoretical results
5   students will be able to write reports about data gathered from the experiments

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Theoretical lecture: Presentation about laboratory
2 Theoretical lecture: Types of error, graphing exercises
3 simple pendulum
4 physical pendulum
5 spring pendulum
6 Experiments with spiral springs
7 report presentations
8 midterm exam
9 Measurement of the sound velocity
10 Longitudinal and transverse waves
11 Measurement of the transverse waves' propagation velocity
12 Experiments with water waves
13 Experiments with water waves
14 report presentations
15 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Optic Laboratory Handbook by Physics Education Department of DEU.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

doing experiment, group working, ask and answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Success in Written-Oral and Practical Exams; Experimenting and Reporting Performances

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is very important.
The course cannot be entered without a lab sheet.
It is not allowed to enter the laboratory without preparation for the experiment.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serap.kaya@deu.edu.tr
Ofis tel: 0 232 301 24 24

Office Hours

Between 09:00-17:00 on weekdays, outside class hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Labratory 13 2 26
Preparing the laboratory notebook 6 1 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 34

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.144
LO.2533
LO.3333
LO.453
LO.5333