There will be no labs in the first week of the semester. The labs will start on August 31, 2020.

• The labs are conducted fully online. Here is what to expect:
  • Every week, one worksheet will be assigned. This worksheet relates to one (sometimes two) chapters of the laboratory manual. The questions on the worksheet ask about the theory, experimental setup and procedures, and data analysis.
  • To answer the worksheets, it is expected that the students read the laboratory manual. In addition, videos explaining the theoretical background and the experimental procedure will be uploaded to this website.
  • The students will also be provided with the data recorded in the experimental video.
  • For most weeks, the worksheet will also contain a component with instructions for running a virtual experiment in the web browser, followed by questions.
  • Each student has to submit solutions to the worksheets for all experiments. Please see the rules for late submissions below.
  Details can also be found in the syllabus for your section. Please see below.
• You have to be enrolled concurrently with the lecture. For example, if you plan to take the PHYS 151L lab, you have to be enrolled in the PHYS 151 lecture. If you are currently waitlisted for the lecture, you cannot enroll in the lab.
• As a strict prerequisite, the corresponding lecture has to be taken concurrently or before. It is also not possible to take the mechanics and E&M labs concurrently (even if you have taken both lectures before). No exceptions will be made.
• Not all lab sections are full. Please enroll in the available sections first before requesting to be waitlisted for another section.
• If you did not get into the lab or if you can only make it to a specific section, please email the TA of the section that you would like to attend before class starts. If availability allows, the TA might be able to give you an override. This decision is within the discretion of the TA and should be seen as an exception.
• The TA assignments to the different sections will be posted on this website during the first week of the semester.
• If you would like to change to a different section, you will have to contact both TAs and see if the section that you want to change to still has availability. The TA of the original section should be kept informed of this change. The change of the section will require the processing of an override form. You cannot just attend a different section. You have to change into another section officially.
• If you cannot register for the lab and are under the assumption that you fulfill all prerequisites (e.g., this can happen when you are transferring from another school), please contact our department secretary Karen Mertz: physics@hawaii.edu.

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