COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MECHANICS 1

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZK 1001 MECHANICS 1 COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

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 introduce fundamental concepts and laws of mechanics which in this course covered. Make students to understand meanings of these concepts and laws, relationships between them. To relate fundamental concepts and laws of mechanics which in this course covered with everyday life examples. To gain ability of problem solving by using what they learned.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to describe the main concepts of mechanics which in this course covered.
2   Being able to describe the laws of mechanics which in this course covered.
3   Being able to grasp the relationships between fundamental mechanics concepts which in this course covered.
4   Being able to relate the laws of mechanics which in this course covered with everyday life examples and being able to give samples.
5   Being able to think, to ask and solve a faced problem or difficulty by using the concepts and laws of mechanics which in this course covered
6   Being able to describe the importance of the concepts and laws of mechanics which in this course covered with justification.
7   Being able to give original, new examples on the subjects of mechanics which in this course covered.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Measurement- standarts, units, anlamlı rakamlar, density, dimensional analysis, unit translation
2 Vectors-coordinate systems, vectoral and scaler quantities, components of a vector, unit vectors
3 Motion in one dimension- displacement-distance, average speed, instantaneous speed, speed, absolute and relative acceleration, motion graphics, Galileo transformation, motion with constant acceleration in one dimension, kinematic equations
4 Motion in two dimension- displacement, velocity and acceleration vectors, motion with constant acceleration in two dimension, nonlinear motion
5 Circular motion, laws of motion, force
6 Laws of motion-Newton's first law of motion, inertial systems, mass and weight concepts,
7 Newton's second and third laws
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm exam
9 Circular motion and its applications-application of the second motion law in uniform circular motion, non-uniform circumferential motion, motion in accelerated systems,
10 Certain applications of Newton's laws, act under resistance;
11 Work and energy; work done by fixed force, scalar multiplication of two vectors, work done by variable force, work-kinetic energy theory, power,
12 Kinetic energy at high speed (relative); potential energy and conservation of energy-conservation and non-conservation forces, conservation forces and potential energy, conservation of mechanical energy,
13 Linear momentum and conservation; linear momentum and collisions-impulse and momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions in one dimension, momentum conservation,
14 Collisions in two dimensions, mass center and variable mass bodies, motion of the particle system, rocket thrust motion.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

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

Lecturing, discussion, question and answer method, problem solving, active learning methods, group study

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 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 0,5 6
Preparation for midterm exam 7 2 14
Preparation for final exam 7 2 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 77

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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