COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GNERAL PHYSICS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
OFZ 1017 GNERAL PHYSICS I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Mathematics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AYTEN ERDURAN

Offered to

Mathematics Teacher Education

Course Objective

Teaching fundamental concepts, events and laws about physics clearly and comprehensible, gaining fundamental problem solving skills and general physics culture

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding fundamental physics concepts, events and laws.
2   Associating to the events of the nature and the environment with physics knowledge.
3   Understanding technologic developments by way of physics knowledge
4   Developing attitudes and values towards the nature of physics
5   Solving fundamental physics problems
6   Using physics knowledge associating with chemistry, mathematics etc.
7   Presenting ideas at fundamental level about physics concepts, events, laws and theories.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Physics and Measurement: Standards of Length, Mass, and Time; SI Unit System; Dimensional Analysis; Significant Figures and Mathematical operations.
2 Vectors: Coordinate systems; Vector and scalar quantities; Some properties of vectors; Components of a vector and unit vectors; Scalar product of two vectors; Vector product of two vectors
3 Motion in One Dimension: Displacement, velocity and speed; Instantaneous velocity and speed; Acceleration; One-dimensional motion with constant acceleration; Freely falling objects.
4 Motion in Two Dimensions: The displacement, velocity and acceleration vectors; Two-dimensional motion with constant acceleration; Projectile motion; Uniform circular motion; Tangential and Radial acceleration.
5 The Laws of Motion: The concept of force; Newton s first law and inertial frames; Mass; Kuvvet Kavramı; Newton s second law; The force of gravity and weight; Newton s third law ; Some applications of Newton s laws; Forces of friction.
6 Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton s Laws: Newton s second law applied to uniform circular motion; Nonuniform circular motion.
7 Work and Kinetic Energy: Work done by a constant force; Work done by a varying force; Kinetic energy and the work- Kinetic energy theorem; Power.
8 Midterm Exam
9 Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy: Potential energy; Conservative and nonconservative forces; Conservative forces and potential energy; Conservation of mechanical energy; Work done by nonconservative forces.
10 Linear Momentum and Collisions: Linear momentum and its conservation; Impuls and momentum; Collisions; Elastic and inelastic collisions in one dimension; Two-dimensional collisions; The center of mass; Motion of a system of particles.
11 Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis: Angular displacement, velocity, and acceleration; Rotational kinematics: Rotational motion with constant angular acceleration; Angular and linear quantities; Rotational energy.
12 Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis (continue): Calculation of moments of inertia; Torque; Relationship between torque and angular acceleration; Work, power and, energy in rotational motion.
13 Rolling Motion and Angular Momentum: Rolling motion of a rigid object; The vector product and torque; Angular momentum of a particle; Angular momentum of a rotating rigid object; Conservation of angular momentum.
14 Static Equilibrium and Elasticity: The conditions for equilibrium; More on the center of gravity; Examples of rigid objects in static equilibrium; Elastic properties of solids.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Serway, R.A. ve Beichner, J.B. (2002). Fen ve Mühendislik için Fizik 1 (Beşinci Baskıdan Çeviri), Çeviri Editörü: K.Çolakoğlu, PALME yayıncılık, Ankara.
2) Fishbane, P. M., Gasiorowich, S. ve Thornton, S. T. (2003). Temel Fizik, Cilt 1, (Çev. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Yalçın). Arkadaş Yayınevi, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation Technique, Problem Solving, Question-Answer Method, Demonstration Experiments.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aslihan.kartal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 8 1 8
Preparation for midterm exam 6 2 12
Preparation for final exam 9 2 18
Problem solving homework 5 1 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.1222
LO.242
LO.3342
LO.442
LO.524
LO.63422
LO.72232

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