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For much of the semester, students will be performing a new lab experiment each week. During each student’s scheduled lab section, they will be expected to attend in person and demonstrate the operation and theory behind a functioning circuit based on the corresponding lecture material from Mastering Electronics 1. The student will be graded based on their functioning circuit, their experimental results, and their demonstration of its operation during their scheduled laboratory period. Each lab will have a prelab component to prepare students for practical applications as well as a supplemental lesson to begin each lab. Students will work in pairs on circuit development but are asked questions and graded individually. Each lab assignment contains a series of ``checkoffs." These are tasks, questions, circuits, and data collections throughout the lab. Completion of a checkoff entails demonstrating successful operation and answering a set of verbal questions administered by the Lab Instructor or TA. Students are encouraged to collaborate with their classmates both in the lab and with instructors during their office hours.