Course content includes measurement, vectors, kinematics, dynamics, gravitation, energy, momentum, rotational motion, properties of matter, heat, thermal properties of matter, thermodynamics, wave motion and sound. The course is algebra-based. Topics include electricity and magnetism, electromechanical devices, AC circuits, geometrical and physical optics and modern physics. The first semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work that emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing. Laboratory experiments reinforce or extend the work of the lecture portion of the course.
Emphasis is on mechanics.
This course is the second semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work that emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing. Laboratory experiments are selected to reinforce or extend the work of the lecture portion of the course. Emphasis is on electrical measurements, waves, optics and modern physics. Topics treated include mechanics, heat and thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism and light. This first semester of a one-year sequence in laboratory work emphasizes experimental techniques, procedures and formal report writing.