University Versatile Eclectic Introductory Laboratory

本课程的目的是通过引导学生在物理实验室中自主发现物理，从而揭开物理的面纱。 大学多功能折衷实验室入门（UNVEIL）课程将几种最有效的当前实验室教学方法结合到一门课程中， (1)满足医学预科学生和科学/工程学生的需要，他们在实验室的各个部分混合在一起;（2）使用技术来教授物理学，并向学生介绍专业水平的设备;（3）采用成功的教学法，以最大限度地提高物理学的理解。 计算机和自我发现教学法允许一个多功能的实验室，在同一个房间的学生可以进行不同的实验。 UNVEIL结合了苏格拉底式的指导，自我发现，计算机技术和建模方法，以创造一个更有效的实验室环境。 设备和软件已被选定，可以在很大程度上使用的两组学生，每个组进行一些专门定制的实验。 使用新开发的多功能物理实验室设备，沿着Power Mac、LabVIEW数据采集软件、Mathematica和其他软件。 实验室课程是一个学生，与实验手册武装，可以选择适当的设备和设计一个实验（从教师和助教苏格拉底的指导）来检查的主题。 通过计算机，学生可以获取数据或输入手动获取的数据，绘制图表，并查看物理现象的计算机建模。

This course is designed to unveil physics to students in introductory physics laboratory by teaching them to discover it on their own. The University Versatile Eclectic Introductory Laboratory (UNVEIL) course combines several of the most effective current laboratory teaching methods into one course designed to (1) meet the needs of both premedical students and science/engineering students who are mixed together in sections of lab; (2) use technology both to teach physics and to introduce students to professional-level equipment; (3) employ successful pedagogy to maximize physics understanding. Computers and self-discovery pedagogy allow for a versatile laboratory where students in the same room can perform different experiments. UNVEIL combines Socratic guidance, self-discovery, computer technology, and modeling methods to create a more effective lab environment. Equipment and software have been selected that can largely be used by both groups of students, with each group performing some specifically tailored experiments. Newly developed, versatile physics laboratory equipment, along with Power Macs, LabVIEW data acquisition software, Mathematica, and other software are used. The laboratory course is one in which students, armed with the laboratory manual, can select appropriate equipment and design an experiment (with Socratic guidance from the instructor and TAs) to examine the subject. With the computer, students acquire data or enter data acquired manually, plot graphs, and look at computer modeling of physical phenomena.