Physics I - York Technical College

Welcome to Physics I. There are really two classes going on here at the same time, PHY 201 - College Physics (Algebra-based), and PHY 221 - University Physics (Calculus-based). The topics, ideas, principles, and problem solving techniques are nearly identical. Everybody will use and work problems from Applied Physics by Beiser. In addition, the 221 students will also have and work additional problems from the Calc Physics Notes Handout. Separate test questions will be given to cover the additional competencies and math skills required in PHY 221.

Check there often for class news, lecture notes, grade averages, study sheets, and a discussion page.

Since I will drop the low grades in each of these, I will not offer makeups for any of the following: missed tests, retakes of taken tests, or labs. If you tell me in advance, or the day of a test of a serious schedule conflict, I will consider allowing a test or other arrangement in the assessment center.

I will collect homework notebooks at every test. I will award up to 4 pts for each time I check homework as follows:

These are the course competencies for PHY 201 and PHY 221. The additional competencies for PHY 221 that are not in PHY 201 are shown in bold.

201- Algebra Physics I	221 - Calculus Physics I
Measurement	Measurement
Motion in One and Two Dimensions	Motion in One and Two Dimensions
Force and Motion	Force and Motion
Work and Energy	Energy, Work and Power
Linear Momentum	Linear Momentum
Torque and Rotational Motion	Rotational Motion
Periodic Motion and Waves	Periodic Motion and Waves

Module1. Measurement	Module1: Measurement and Motion
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic units used in the International System.	- Demonstrate an understanding of basic units used in the International System.
- Specify results of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to proper number of significant figures.	- Specify results of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to proper number of significant figures.
- Prepare graphs of functions.	- Interpret and graph functional relationships between displacement, velocity, acceleration, and time.
- Demonstrate units conversion.	- Demonstrate units conversion.
- Perform estimates and order of magnitude calculations.

Module 2. Motion in One and Two Dimensions
- Solve word problems relative to motion in one dimension using fundamental mathematical skills, including unit conversion.	- Solve word problems relative to motion in one dimension using fundamental mathematical skills, including unit conversion.
- Define the following: distance, speed, displacement, initial velocity, average velocity,instantaneous velocity, acceleration.	- Define the following: displacement, average velocity, average speed, instantaneous velocity, acceleration.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving displacement,velocity, acceleration and time.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving displacement, velocity, acceleration and time.
- Be aware of modern concepts involving mass and velocity.	- Be aware of modern concepts involving mass and velocity.
- Identify scalar and vector quantities related to motion.	- Identify scalar and vector quantities.
- Demonstrate proficiency adding and subtracting vector quantities graphically and analytically.	- Demonstrate proficiency adding and subtracting vector quantities graphically and analytically.
- Demonstrate proficiency multiplying a vector quantity by a scalar quantity.	- Demonstrate proficiency multiplying a vector quantity by a scalar quantity.
- Determine relative velocities in regions of one- and two-dimensions.	- Describe relative motions of objects in one and two dimensions.
- Determine motion of projectiles in two-dimensional space.	- Describe motion of projectiles mathematically.
- Obtain data in the laboratory and use techniques such as graphing, finding percent difference and finding percent error in order to verify relationships in one- and two-dimensional motion, and properly report results of laboratory work.	- Obtain data in the laboratory manually and with transducers and a graphing calculator interface to verify relationships in one- and two-dimensional motion, and properly report results of laboratory work.
	- Determine velocity and displacement of freely falling objects.
	- Use unit vector notation to describe vectors and vector components.
	- Multiply a vector by a scalar.
	- Obtain the dot product of two vectors and the cross product of two vectors.
	- Use position vectors in determining average and instantaneous velocity, and average and instantaneous acceleration.

Module 3. Force and Motion	Module 2: Force and Motion
- Demonstrate an understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion and apply these laws to problems relating force and motion in one and two dimensions.	- Demonstrate an understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion and apply these laws to problems relating force and motion in one and two dimensions.
- Describe inertial and non-inertial frames of reference.	- Describe inertial and non-inertial frames of reference.
- Prepare and use force diagrams in the solution of problems involving force and motion.	- Prepare and use force diagrams in the solution of problems involving force and motion.
- Demonstrate an understanding of static and kinetic friction, and the effect of friction on motion of an object.	- Demonstrate an understanding of static and kinetic friction, and the effect of friction on motion of an object.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and utilize the concept of static equilibrium.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and utilize the concept of static equilibrium.
- Define the following: angular displacement, angular velocity, angular acceleration, centripetal acceleration, centripetal force.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving angular and linear displacement, angular and linear velocity, angular and linear acceleration, centripetal force and centripetal acceleration.
- Obtain data in the laboratory in order to verify concepts introduced in this module, and properly report results of laboratory work.	- Obtain data in the laboratory in order to verify concepts introduced in this module, and properly report results of laboratory work.

Module 4. Mechanical Work, Energy and Power	Module 3: Energy, Work and Power
- Define the following: work done by a constant and a varying force, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, power.	- Define the following: kinetic energy, work done by a constant and a varying force, power, elastic and gravitational potential energy, conservative and no-conservative force, neutral equilibrium, stable and unstable equilibrium.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving work, energy and power.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving kinetic energy and work.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the Law of Conservation of Energy.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the Law of Conservation of Energy.
- Describe conservative and non-conservative forces.
- Describe sources of renewable and non-renewable energy, and state advantages and problems associated with each source of energy.
- Obtain data in the laboratory in order to verify concepts introduced in this module, and properly report results of laboratory work.	- Obtain data in the laboratory in order to verify concepts introduced in this module, and properly report results of laboratory work.
	- Determine work done by a spring force.
	- Determine work done by a general variable force.
	- Obtain average and instantaneous power and know units for describing power.
	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving potential energy and work.
	- Use the concept of path independence in the solution of problems involving work.
	- Determine gravitational and elastic potential energy of a system.
	- Interpret potential energy curves for a system, and locate equilibrium points and turning points for a system.

Module 5. Linear Momentum	Module 4: Linear Momentum
- Define the following: linear momentum, impulse, elastic collision, inelastic collision.	- Define the following: center of mass, linear momentum, impulse, elastic collision, inelastic collision.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the Law of Conservation of Momentum.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum for elastic and inelastic collisions in one dimension.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving linear momentum, kinetic energy and impulse.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving impulse and linear momentum to a system of particles.
- Obtain data in the laboratory in order to verify concepts introduced in this module, and properly report results of laboratory work.	- Obtain data in the laboratory in order to verify concepts introduced in this module, and properly report results of laboratory work.

Module 6. Torque and Rotational Motion	Module 5: Rotational Motion
- Define torque, moment of inertia, rotational equilibrium, angular momentum, and rotational kinetic energy.	- Define angular displacement, angular velocity, angular acceleration, centripetal acceleration, centripetal force, torque, moment of inertia, rotational equilibrium, angular momentum, rotational kinetic energy.
- Prepare and use force diagrams in the solution of problems in static equilibrium.	- Prepare and use force diagrams in the solution of problems in static equilibrium.
- Prepare and use force diagrams in the solution of problems involving torque and acceleration.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving torque, rotational motion, angular momentum and rotational kinetic energy .
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving torque, rotational motion, angular momentum and rotational kinetic energy.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving angular and linear displacement, angular and linear velocity, angular and linear acceleration, centripetal force and centripetal acceleration.
- Obtain data in the laboratory in order to verify concepts introduced in this module, and properly report results of laboratory work.	- Obtain data in the laboratory in order to verify concepts introduced in this module, and properly report results of laboratory work.
	- Apply the parallel-axis theorem to determine moment of inertia of a body.
	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum to problems involving systems of particles.

Module 7. Periodic Motion	Module 6: Periodic Motion
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply Hooke’s Law	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply Hooke’s Law
- Define simple harmonic motion and list practical applications of this concept.	- Describe simple harmonic motion and list practical applications of this concept.
- Determine amplitude, peak-to-peak displacement, period and frequency of a harmonic oscillator.	- Determine frequency, amplitude, peak-to-peak displacement, and period of a harmonic oscillator.
- Determine displacement, velocity, acceleration, potential energy and kinetic energy of a harmonic oscillator, and graph these quantities as functions of angular displacement and time.	- Determine displacement, velocity, acceleration, potential energy and kinetic energy of a harmonic oscillator, and graph these quantities as functions of angular displacement and time.
- Relate simple harmonic motion to uniform circular motion.	- Relate simple harmonic motion to uniform circular motion.
- Describe a simple pendulum.	- Describe a simple and a physical pendulum.
- Describe harmonic waves.
- Define wavelength, wave speed, and phase.	- Define wavelength, angular wave number, wave speed, and phase.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving wave speed, wavelength and frequency.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving amplitude, wave displacement, wavelength, time, and period.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving amplitude, wave displacement, wavelength, time, and period.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving wave speed, wavelength and frequency.
- Describe transfer and longitudinal waves.	- Describe transfer and longitudinal waves.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply relationships involving intensity and intensity level.
- Describe the Doppler effect, and determine observed frequency from a moving source.
- Describe the formation of a shock wave.
- Describe reflections of a wave pulse.	- Describe reflections of a wave pulse.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the principle of superposition to determine constructive interference, destructive interference, fundamental and harmonic frequencies for strings and air columns.	- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the principle of superposition to determine constructive interference, destructive interference, fundamental and harmonic frequencies for strings and air columns.
- Obtain data in the laboratory in order to verify concepts introduced in this module, and properly report results of laboratory work.	- Obtain data in the laboratory in order to verify concepts introduced in this module, and properly report results of laboratory work.
	- Describe three basic types of waves.
	- Define the Principle of Superposition for Waves