Physics 203A-001, Earth in Space Lab

Lab Schedule (Fall 2009)

Th. 8:30 AM - 10:40 AM (T408)

Dr. Slawomir Piatek

Office hour: W.5:00 PM – 6:00 PM & F. 9:00 AM – 10 AM

Office: Tiernan 423F

Phone: (973) 596-3551

e-mail: piatek@physics.rutgers.edu

Website: http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~piatek

Text: Earth Science Laboratory Manual

Class website: http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~piatek/class/Phys203A/F09/Outline.htm

Grading: Each lab is worth 10 points. I will drop one lowest grade, which may be a lab grade or 0 for absence (excused or not ). I do not allow making up missed labs. Your final grade will be based on the grade schedule shown below.

90% -100% A

85% - 90% B+

75% - 85% B

70% - 75% C+

60% - 70% C

50% - 60% D

0% - 50% F

Lab Calendar:

Lab 1 (Th. 9/3) Introduction

Lab 2 (Th. 9/10) Earth’s Geography I (EGI)

Lab 3 (Th. 9/17) Earth’s Geography II (EGII)

Lab 4 (Th. 9/24) Rock identification (RI)

Lab 5 (Th. 10/1) Heat of fusion of ice (HF)

Lab 6 (Th. 10/8) Locating epicenter of an earthquake (E)

Lab 7 (Th. 10/15) Understanding density (D)

Lab 8 (Th. 10/22) Archimedes’ principle (AP)

Lab 9 (Th. 10/29) Measuring Earth’s “g” (G)

Lab 10 (Th. 11/5) Heat capacity of water (HC)

Lab 11 (Th. 11/12) Dissolved oxygen in water (DO)

Lab 12 (Th. 11/19) Salinity of water (S)

Lab 13 (T. [Th.] 11/24) Determination of absolute zero of temperature (AZ)

Lab 14 (Th. 4/28) TBA