COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MECHANICS LAB 1

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZK 1003 MECHANICS LAB 1 COMPULSORY 0 2 0 2

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RABIA TANEL

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To test basic concepts, principles, laws and theories of the subjects of mechanics 1 through experiments and to develop basic measurement skills

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize of experiment and measurement tools and know its limitations
2   To measure the physical grandeur and expression with the uncertainty of measurement results
3   To explain and test via experiments the basic concepts, principles, laws and theories which in this course covered
4   To interpret at report of experimental results
5   To develop of thinking, questioning and problem solving skills related the basic physics concepts, principles, laws and theories in this course framework
6   To predict the mechanism of the laws of nature within the framework of physical theories

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Analysis of an experiment
2 Motion in one dimension, speed and acceleration
3 Speed changes under a constant force
4 The force and mass dependence of the acceleration,
5 Free fall
6 Free fall-continued
7 Centripetal force
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm exam
9 Centripetal force- continued
10 Potential energy changes in simple harmonic motion
11 Potential energy changes in simple harmonic motion- continued
12 Momentum changes in a push
13 Decentralized collision
14 Decentralized collision- continued
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Mechanics Lab 1 sheets
Serway, R.A., Fen ve Mühendislik için Fizik., Cilt I. (Çeviri Editörü: Çolakoğlu, K.), Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1995.
Young ve Freedman, Sears ve Zemansky nin Üniversite Fiziği, Cilt 1, Pearson Education Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2009
Mazur, E., Fizik Ilkeler ve Pratik, Cilt 1, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2016

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Experimenting, group working

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 0,5 6
Preparation for midterm exam 7 1 7
Preparation for final exam 7 2 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 57

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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