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--- equipment [2023/04/18 20:34] – astroadmin
+++ equipment [2023/08/31 14:34] (current) – astroadmin
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   - Blue Painter's Tape
-**NOTE** - Before this lab, the lab manager should check to insure the lamps and LED flashlights are working / don't need new batteries.
+**NOTE** - Before this lab, the lab manager / TA should check to insure the lamps and LED flashlights are working / don't need new batteries.
 **NOTE** - The white globes can come off of the stick. Some students will do this to better measure the lines. This is fine - just do know that it is rather hard to put the spheres back onto the stand if you have not done this before. As always ask for help if needed!
 **Teaching Notes** - The main issue with this lab tend be the size of the room and other lamps affecting the 'terminator' line making it hard for students to measure the 'exact' line. This can lead to possible weird numbers in the lab report.
+**Set-up procedures**
+You will need one station per lab group. A "station" consists of the following:
+  - Tilted Globe with string
+  - Meter stick
+  - Lamp
+  - Blue painter's tape
+To set up this station. I find a table near-ish to a plug (note, if you have a class with 7+ groups you will need to use some extension cords!). I plug in the lamp (and test to make sure it works! But do not leave them on as they generate a bit of heat!). I put the globe ~1.5 meters away (note, the students should measure to make sure this is exact). I place the meter stick and painter's tape in-between the globe and lamp.
+Near the station on an adjacent table, I place one of the Surface Area Apparatus (I personally do not place it in-between the lamp and globe as this tends to clutter the desk / confuse students.
+The pink binder should be kept up at the front of the room. Once a group is at the section that requires the image, they can come up and grab one image and a ruler (though, they'll probably benefit from having a ruler earlier on in the lab, so I suspect they might already have rulers by this point! Please make sure these images get returned to the pink binder!
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   - **NOTE** - The new version of this lab requires students to bring their own tech.
-**Teaching Notes** - Previously this lab was taught in BX113 (Zach has the only key to that room). However, that room and the computers in that room presented quite a few problems. First that room is rather small and has no ventilation. This creates issues during hotter days and during COVID (it is impossible to social distance in that room). Second, the computers in those rooms are very old and were repurposed. As of 2021, when Zach turned them on, all of the computer prompted a internal motherboard battery issue. This lab was originally designed around an older Kepler's Law software that needs a very specific configuration of Windows (in fact - if we update these computer it will most likely break them!). During the COVID lockdown we swapped over to using the UNL NAAP online labs to supplement this lab. However, those labs were programmed in flash. Once flash was no longer a thing, it became much more of an issue to require lab students to download the non-flash package. Zach designed the lab using a variety of different online resources. This requires students to bring their own tech to class. **NOTE** - NAAP now has web browser versions and we have now gone back to the NAAP UNL version. Still requires students bringing their own devices.
+**Teaching Notes** - Previously this lab was taught in BX113 (<del>Zach</del> Riah has the only key to that room). However, that room and the computers in that room presented quite a few problems. First that room is rather small and has no ventilation. This creates issues during hotter days and during COVID (it is impossible to social distance in that room). Second, the computers in those rooms are very old and were repurposed. As of 2021, when Zach turned them on, all of the computer prompted a internal motherboard battery issue. This lab was originally designed around an older Kepler's Law software that needs a very specific configuration of Windows (in fact - if we update these computer it will most likely break them!). During the COVID lockdown we swapped over to using the UNL NAAP online labs to supplement this lab. However, those labs were programmed in flash. Once flash was no longer a thing, it became much more of an issue to require lab students to download the non-flash package. Zach designed the lab using a variety of different online resources. This requires students to bring their own tech to class. **NOTE** - NAAP now has web browser versions and we have now gone back to the NAAP UNL version. Still requires students bringing their own devices.
-NMSU has several on campus programs that allow students to rent / borrow devices. Please ask Zach / the lab manager about these resources! These are usually good resources to promote in your syllabus and in general as well. These sources are:
+NMSU has several on campus programs that allow students to rent / borrow devices. Please ask Zach / the lab manager about these resources! These are usually good resources to promote in your syllabus and in general as well. These resources are:
 [[https://launchpad.nmsu.edu/|Aggie Launch Pad Program]]
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 **Teaching Notes** - The light sources should not be kept on for an extended period of time. While it is fine to keep the lamps on for 10-15 minutes, keeping them on for much longer can run out the samples rather fast or make the lamp too hot.
-**NOTE** - like many things, these element tubes can break or stop working. If the Mercury one breaks, we are to call NMSU PD to inform them of a Mercury Spill while evacuating everyone who isn't contaminated (https://safety.nmsu.edu/chemical-waste-management/chem-waste-sub-folder/mercury-spill.html). If all else fails, contact Zach and they can start the procedures for clean-up if needed.
+**NOTE** - like many things, these element tubes can break or stop working. If the Mercury one breaks, we are to call NMSU PD to inform them of a Mercury Spill while evacuating everyone who isn't contaminated ([[https://safety.nmsu.edu/chemical-waste-management/chem-waste-sub-folder/mercury-spill.html|NMSU EHS]]). If all else fails, contact Zach and they can start the procedures for clean-up if needed.
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   - Stopwatches (though most TAs have just used phones).
-**Teaching Notes** - This lab benefits from having multiple "instructors" (usually the TA plus the lab manager). Note - the current lab requires access to the roof. We were grandfathered in to use the roof, however we are going to be attempting to revise the lab in such a way that avoids using the roof.
+**Teaching Notes** - This lab benefits from having multiple "instructors" (usually the TA plus the lab manager). Do note that the current lab requires access to the roof (TAs will have to get the roof key from Riah). We were grandfathered in for use of the roof for instructional purposes, however we are going to be attempting to revise the lab in such a way that avoids using the roof.
+**NOTE** - Some TAs love going up to the roof while other TAs are not comfortable with this. Check with the TA ahead of time about their level of comfortably and accommodated as needed.
-**NOTE** - Some TAs love going up to the roof while other TAs are not comfortable with this. We are grandfathered into using the roof for this lab. However, alternative rocket methods are being looked at. In the meantime, if a TA does not want to go on the roof, Zach or another person can do this part while the TA instructs form the ground.
+Potential alternative rocket methods are being looked at.
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   - Technically a binder lab, but just requires the Hubble Deep Field image
-**Teaching Notes ** - Usually the make-up lab for students.
+**Teaching Notes ** - Usually the make-up lab for students. This lab is rather simple. Though it still use the old Hubble Deep Field. Might be worth it to update it to include talk about the observations JWST made.
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