Laboratory Modernization: Stage 1, Wave Motion

该项目为所有理科专业学生和预科工程师(每年约80名学生)物理入门课程的后半部分实验室的重大重组提供支持。这继续对这些专业的入门实验室顺序进行重组。四个新的实验模块，即波动运动、电磁场、光学和现代物理，每个模块都需要3到4周的时间才能完成。本项目涉及模块1，波动运动。波动学中新的激动人心的实验已经被形式化，引入了简谐运动、叠加、干涉、共振和傅立叶分析的概念，这种方式鼓励了创造性的好奇心，并在很大程度上依赖于计算机使分析技术成为可能。之所以选择模块1进行这个项目，是因为它将为实验、软件和手动开发提供足够的时间和资金。该模块代表了一个比传统方法更松散的实验室，在传统方法中，每个人都在同一时间进行相同的实验。在结构较差的环境中，学生参与彼此的讨论和提高创造性的好奇心应该更容易发生。

This project provides support for a major reorganization of the laboratories for the second half of the introductory physics sequence for all science majors and pre-engineers (approximately 80 students per year). This continues the restructuring of the introductory laboratory sequence for these majors. Four new laboratory modules, Wave Motion, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, and Modern Physics, each require 3 or 4 weeks to complete. This project addresses module 1, Wave Motion. New and exciting experiments in wave motion have been formalized to introduce the concepts of simple harmonic motion, superposition, interference, resonance, and Fourier analysis in a way that encourages creative curiosity and relies heavily on the use of analytical techniques made possible by computers. Module 1 was selected for this project in that it will provide for sufficient time and funding for experiment, software, and manual development. The module represents a more loosely structured laboratory than the conventional approach in which everyone does the same experiment at the same time. The involvement of students in discussions with one another and the enhancement of creative curiosity should occur more readily in a less structured environment.