Catalog Description: An elementary course in fundamental concepts of mechanics, heat, gravitation and sound with emphasis on the scientific approach to solving problems. For elementary education, liberal arts, and other non-science majors and students.
Lecture Hrs = 3, Lab
Semester Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours per Week: Lab Hours per Week: Contact Hours per Semester: 96 State Approval Code: 4008015139
Course Subject/Catalog Number:
PHYS 1405
Course Title: General Physics I
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 conceptual (and some 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 conceptual 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
Understand and use the relationship between displacement, velocity,
and acceleration.
Distinguish between average and instantaneous concepts.
Recognize the concepts of kinematics when motion occurs under constant
acceleration.
Distinguish between vector and scalar quantities.
Recognize and apply the concepts 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Recognize that the temperature of an ideal gas is proportional to the
average
molecular kinetic energy.
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, properties of matter, and heat
and
thermodynamics.
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 40%
Other
0% to 10%
Final Exam
15% to 30%
Students' final grades are determined by the following grading scheme:
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