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Physics 1
Semester
I
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Text Books:
Conceptual Physics by Hewitt ( Addison Wesley)
Physics: Principles & Problems by Zitzewitz and Murphy
(GLENCOE).
Teacher: Eman Sarhan, M.A Room: 215
Email: esarhan29@email.com
Phone: (773)534-2320
Physics I is a first year physics class designed to introduce the
fundamental physical laws that form the foundation for all sciences.
Topics covered in this class include the laws of motion, gravity,
electricity and magnetism, heat, light, optics, and modern physics.
There will also be an emphasis on hands-on experiments as well as
applications to everyday life.
Physics Concepts and
Supporting Ideas
Conceptual Statement I: What is
Physics?
Physics is a basic science and deals with the fundamental aspects
of energy and non-living matter. In order to build a knowledge base
of physics, it is necessary to consider the scientific method as a
means of problem solving and mathematics as the language of physics.
Supporting Ideas:
Chapter 1 Physics: A mathematical Science & Mathematical
Relationships
1.Technology is the application of our understanding
and control of physical phenomena and results from the application
of the systematic procedure of problem solving called the
scientific method.
2. The scientific method requires careful observations, the
formation of the hypotheses and meticulous testing of the
hypotheses.
3. The Systeme International (SI) units are used
in expressing the relationships between variables.
Chapter2 : Graphical Analysis of Motion
4. Physics is a quantitative science. The
relationships between variables may be expressed as equations and
graphs and often requires error analysis.
Conceptual Statement II
Kinematics is the process of describing the motion of objects in
terms of position, velocity, acceleration and time using algebraic
equations and graphs as well as words and visual images.
Supporting Ideas:
Chapter 2: Motion in Straight Line
1. Speed is the total distance covered by the time
taken.
2. Velocity is speed that an object is moving together with
the direction of movement.
3. Acceleration is the rate at which velocity is
changing.
Conceptual Statement III
The past and future motion (position, velocity, time, and
acceleration) of an object can be predicted by applying the
fundamental principles of Newton’s Laws of Motion and the
Conservation Laws of Energy and Momentum.
Supporting Ideas:
Chapter 4, 5, 6: Forces
1. The motion of objects from electrons to galaxies is
described by Newton’s Laws of Motion.
The first law defines inertial reference frames and
the motion of an object with no unbalanced forces.
The second law describes the relationship between force, mass
and acceleration.
The third law describes force of interaction.
Chapter 4: Vectors
2. A vector, represented by an arrow, has both
magnitude and direction [such as mass and time].
Chapter12: Universal Gravitation
3. Weight is the local force of gravity’s effect on a
mass. Near the Earth, a falling object accelerates at 9.8 m/s²
toward the Earth unless air resistance is significant. The force
due to gravity drops off as the inverse square of the distance of
separation.
Chapter 7 : Momentum and its Conservation
4. Momentum is the quantitative measure of the inertia
of a moving object. The total momentum of a closed system is
conserved.
Chapter 8: Work, Energy, and Simple Machines &
Energy
5. Energy is always conserved and can be used to exert
forces through distances (work). Power is the rate of doing
work.
Chapter 3, 9, : Motion in Two Dimention
6. An object moving in a circle is acted on by a
centripetal force directed toward a center point.
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