COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MECHANICS LABORATORY 1

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FIZ 1103 MECHANICS LABORATORY 1 COMPULSORY 0 2 0 1

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA BAKAÇ

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

The objective of the course is 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 et 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 Introduction to Mechanics Laboratory, Main knowledges, Measurement errors and uncertainties
2 Presentation mechanics lab I experiments
3 Recognition of the basic measuring instruments and measurement
4 Recognition of the basic measuring instruments and measurement, cont. Motion in one dimension, speed and acceleration
5 Volume measurements
6 Volume measurements, cont.
7 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
8 Coefficient of friction
9 Coefficient of friction, cont.
10 Motion along a straight line (Motion in one and two dimensions in air)
11 Motion along a straight line (Motion in one and two dimensions in air), cont.
12 Aplications of work and energy
13 Aplications of work and energy
14 General reputition
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

Individual and group experimentation, discussion, homework

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

Other activities: ability to perform lab experiments

Assessment Criteria

Experiments in the laboratory, oral quizes, prepariation of the experiments' reports

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The students are expected to come to the lectures, and to be present at the lectures at least 80%.
To be announced the others.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e mail: mustafa.bakac@deu.edu.tr
Tel office: +90 0232 3012382

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Labratory 5 2 10
Tutorials 8 1 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 30

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1252333132323
LO.2343435332332
LO.3554334243333
LO.44334323235
LO.555332532323
LO.644353233