Catalog Description: Physics 1401 and 1402 are designed to meet the needs of students who need one year of algebra/trigonometry - based physics. An introduction to the concepts and problems of classical mechanics and heat and thermodynamics, enriched with modern physics conce
Semester Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours per Week: Lab Hours per Week: Contact Hours per Semester: 96 State Approval Code: 4008015339
Course Subject/Catalog Number:
PHYS 1401
Course Title: College Physics I: Mechanics And Heat
Core Curriculum: State Criteria
Basic Intellectual Competencies (Those marked with a √ reflect the state-mandated
competencies taught in this course.)
Perspectives (Those marked with a √ reflect the state-mandated perspectives
taught in this course.)
Establish broad and multiple perspectives
on the individual in relationship to the larger society and world in which
he/she lives, and to understand the responsibilities of living in a culturally
and ethnically diversified world.
Stimulate a capacity to discuss and
reflect upon individual, political, economic, and social aspects of life in
order to understand ways in which to be a responsible member of society.
Recognize the importance
of maintaining health and wellness.
Develop a capacity to use knowledge
of how technology and science affect their lives.
Develop personal values for ethical
behavior.
Develop the ability to make
aesthetic judgments.
Use logical reasoning in problem solving.
Integrate knowledge and understand
the interrelationships of the scholarly disciplines.
Exemplary Objectives (Those marked with a √ reflect state-mandated exemplary
objectives taught in this course.)
Natural Sciences: The objective of the study of
a natural sciences component of a core curriculum is to enable the student
to understand, construct, and evaluate relationships in the natural sciences,
and to enable the student to understand the bases for building and testing
theories.
To understand and apply method and appropriate technology to the study
of natural sciences.
To recognize scientific and quantitative methods and the differences
between these approaches and other methods of inquiry and to communicate
findings, analyses, and interpretation both orally and in writing.
To identify and recognize the differences among competing scientific
theories.
To demonstrate knowledge of the major issues and problems facing modern
science, including issues that touch upon ethics, values and public
policies.
To demonstrate knowledge of the interdependence of science and technology
and their influence on, and contribution to, modern culture.
Instructional Goals and Purposes:
Lee College's instructional goals include 1) creating an academic atmosphere
in which students may develop their intellects and skills and 2) providing
courses so students may receive a certificate/an associate degree or transfer
to a senior institution that offers baccalaureate degrees.
General Course Objectives:
Successful completion of this course will promote the general student learning
outcomes listed below. The student will be able
To
become acquainted with the basic fundamental physical laws and principles
which govern and give meaning to our universe.
To develop an understanding of scientific methods and the evolution
of scientific thought.
To explain physical phenomena in proper, clear, technical terms.
To correctly identify basic physical principles and specify the
procedural knowledge to arrive at a solution for some desired unknown,
when presented with problem situations.
To demonstrate mathematical skills necessary to carry an argument
from the "givens" to the "to
finds" alluded
in (4) above.
To develop laboratory techniques of experimenting, measuring,
data evaluation, presentation of results, and drawing inferences from these
results.
Specific Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able
To be able to use both conceptual and numerical techniques
to solve physics problems.
To understand and use the general ideas of kinematics.
To understand and use the general idea of forces.
To understand and use the general ideas of force and motion.
To understand and use the general ideas of impulse and momentum.
To understand and use the general ideas of work and energy.
To understand and use the general ideas of rotational motion.
To understand and use the general ideas of properties of matter,
gravity and oscillatory motion.
To understand and use the general ideas of heat and thermodynamics.
To understand and use various sensors and measuring devices
in the laboratory.
To be able to express verbally and/or orally ideas observed
and/or measured in the laboratory.
Course Content:
Students will be required to do the following:
KINEMATICS
s Understand and use the relationship between displacement, velocity,
and acceleration in solving problems.
Distinguish between average and instantaneous concepts.
Recognize and apply the equations of kinematics when motion occurs
under constant acceleration.
Distinguish between vector and scalar quantities.
Understand and be able to apply the basic properties of vectors,
including addition of vectors, components of vectors, and unit vectors.
Recognize and apply the equations of kinematics when motion occurs
under constant acceleration in two (or more) directions.
Recognize and understand the difference between translational
and curvilinear motion.
FORCES AND FORCE AND MOTION
Write, in one's own words, a description of Newton's laws of
motion and give physical examples of each law.
Discuss the concept of a force and the effect of an unbalanced
force on the motion
of a body.
Discuss the concepts of mass and inertia and understand the difference
between mass (a scalar) and weight (a vector).
Be able to apply Newton's laws of motion to various mechanical
systems using a systematic approach for both one-body problems and two-or
more-body problems.
Realize that the laws of static and kinetic friction are empirical
in nature that is, based on observations), and recognize that the maximum
force of friction and the force of kinetic friction are both proportional
to the normal force on a body.
Distinguish the two different equilibriums, static and dynamic.
Solve problems involving one or more bodies in one or more dimensions.
IMPULSE, MOMENTUM, WORK AND ENERGY
Understand the concept of linear momentum of a particle and the
relation between the resultant force on a particle and the time rate of
change of its momentum.
Recognize that the impulse of a force acting on a particle over
some time interval equals the change in momentum of the particle.
Understand and apply the Conservation of Linear Momentum.
Describe and distinguish the two types of collisions that can
occur between two particles, elastic and inelastic.
Recognize that work is a scalar and that work done by a force
can be positive, negative, or zero.
Take the scalar or dot product of any two vectors and recognize
that work is a scalar product.
Describe the work done by a force which varies with position.
Relate the work done by the net force to the change in either
the kinetic energy and/or the potential energy.
Understand the Conservation of Energy and be able to solve problems
using the Conservation of Energy.
Understand the distinction between kinetic energy (energy associated
with motion), potential energy (energy associated with position), and the total
mechanical energy of a system.
Distinguish between average power and instantaneous power.
ROTATIONAL MOTION
Understand the relationships between the linear and angular quantities
of displacement, speed, and acceleration.
Understand the nature of the acceleration of a particle moving
in a circle with constant speed.
Describe the differences between centripetal and centrifugal
forces.
Be able to write the definition of torque and understand its
three-dimensionality.
Be able to state, explain and give examples of the conservation
of angular momentum.
Be able to solve problems in rotational motion involving centripetal
force, angular momentum, torque, and energy.
Analyze problems of rigid bodies in static equilibrium.
PROPERTIES OF MATTER, GRAVITY, AND OSCILLATORY MOTION
Understand the relationship between stress and strain for the
elastic, shear, and bulk modulus.
Describe the general characteristics of simple harmonic motion
and be able to relate SHM to circular motion.
Understand the relationship between force, acceleration, velocity,
position, period, and energy of a mass-spring system, and a simple pendulum
system.
Be able to work a variety of problems involving springs and/or
pendulums.
Define the density of a substance and understand the concept
of pressure of a point in a fluid, and the variation of pressure with depth.
Understand the origin of buoyant forces, state and explain Archimedes'
principle, and be able to work problems involving buoyant forces.
Understand Pascal's principle and the idea of flotation.
State the simplifying assumptions of an ideal fluid moving with
streamline flow.
Derive the equation of continuity and Bernoulli's equation for
an ideal fluid in motion, and understand the physical significance of each
equation.
Present a qualitative discussion of some application of Bernoulli's
equation, such as air lift and available energy from winds.
Be familiar with the gravitational force and be able to do calculations
with this force.
Understand the meaning of Kepler's three laws of planetary motion.
Understand the concept of the gravitational field and the gravitational
potential.
Be able to calculate the orbital velocity of a satellite and
to calculate the escape velocity of an object.
HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS
Understand the concepts of the thermal equilibrium and thermal
contact between two bodies, and state the zeroth law of thermodynamics.
Understand thermal expansion of solids and liquids and learn
how to deal with the coefficients of expansion in practical situations involving
expansion or contraction.
Understand the concepts of heat, internal energy, and thermodynamic
processes.
Provide a qualitative description of different types of phase
changes which a substance may undergo, and the changes in energy which accompany
such processes.
Discuss the possible mechanisms which can give rise to heat transfer
between a system and its surroundings: that is, head conduction, convention
and radiation.
Determine the relationship between variables in an equation of
state for an ideal gas.
Be able to solve the general gas law and to use phase diagrams
(PV, PT, VT) for describing changes in state.
Recognize that the temperature of an ideal gas is proportional
to the average molecular kinetic energy.
State the theorem of equipartition of energy, noting that each
degree of freedom of a molecule contributes an equal amount of energy, of
magnitude NkT.
Understand the basic principle of the operation of a heat engine,
and be able to define and discuss the thermal efficiency of a heat engine.
State the second law of thermodynamics.
State the first law of thermodynamics and explain the meaning
of the three forms of energy contained in the statement.
Discuss the concept of entropy, and give a thermodynamic definition
of energy.
LABORATORY
Be able to use a computer to acquire data, display data, and
to do data analysis.
Use a variety of sensors and measuring instruments to measure
physical quantities.
Make measurements in kinematics, force, momentum-impulse, two-dimensional
motion, work-energy, rotational motion, and others.
Write laboratory summaries and/or reports based on measurements,
observations, calculations, and/or analysis.
Methods of Instruction/Course Format/Delivery:
Faculty may choose from but are not limited to the following methods of instruction: lecture,
discussion, Internet, video, television, demonstrations, field trips, collaboration,
readings.
Assessment:
Faculty may assign both in- and out-of-class activities to evaluate students'
knowledge and abilities. Faculty may choose from the following methods:
Attendance
Book reviews
Class preparedness and participation
Collaborative learning projects
Compositions
Exams/tests/quizzes
Homework
Internet
Journals
Library assignments
Readings
Research papers
Scientific observations
Student-teacher conferences
Written assignments
Course Grade:
Students' final grades are determined by:
Exams
30% to 50%
Homework/Quizzes
10% to 20%
Laboratory Work
20% to 30%
Other
0% to 10%
Final Exam
15% to 30%
Students' final grades are determined by the following grading scheme:
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