Heat, Light & Sound

Activity Instructions

            You will be required to maintain an activity book.  This book will contain the write up for any experiments you do.  (There will usually be five of these during the semester.)  It should also contain a record of any demonstrations I do in the activity period.  Keep these in two different sections of the activity book.  Number the pages and put in an index so that I can find the write ups for the experiments and your records of the demonstrations.

Instructions for Writing Up Experiments

1.     Put your name and the names of any partners on your report.  (Make your name more prominent.) 

2.     Always indicate the units of quantities.

3.     Be NEAT

4.     Use Tables when appropriate.  (Be sure to label quantities and units.)

5.     When making a graph, spread it out to cover at least one half of the graph paper.  Give the graph a descriptive title, label the axes and indicate the units of quantities.

6.     Answer the Questions.  Yes or no is usually not an adequate answer. 

7.     If you encounter problems or your results do not make sense, indicate that.

8.     If you calculate something, show your work.  If you calculate the same quantities for different data sets, show at least one sample calculation. 

Instructions for Recording Demonstrations

            I will be doing a number of demonstrations in the activity sessions.  When you record these demonstrations you should include the following.

1.      State what the demonstration illustrates.

2.      Tell how the demonstration illustrates this.

3.      Explain how the demonstration was done, including a description of what actually happened.  (Drawings often help.)