CTEC1544:Final Assignment – worth 20% of your mark.
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Assignment: Formal Lab Report on the Michelson Interferometer.
This assignment will incorporate Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point.
Please refer to these websites on how to prepare a formal report – only hard copy of the report will be
accepted – either bound or secured in a report holder.
http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/courses/phtn1300/NotesOnLabReports.html
http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/courses/phtn1300/NotesOnLabReports-2.html
This report should include a cover page, an abstract, a background, a procedure, observations, a conclusion
and references. This report should be no less than 15 – 20 pages, all sources cited, diagrams referred to in
report, with no excessively large diagrams.
There will be an accompanying Power point presentation on the Michelson Interferometer – use your
discretion on length of the presentation but it must include a background, pictures, excel plots,
observations and a conclusion.
Excel charts of the data, including a procedure must be included in the report.
What to hand in:
1. A hard copy of the report.
2. A soft copy of the excel data and charts
3. A soft copy of the power point presentation