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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
Palompon Institute of Technology
Palompon, Leyte

UPDATED COURSE SYLLABUS

Course: Physics 1
Descriptive Title: Mechanics (Static, Kinetics, sound and wave motion)
Credit: 3 units (Lecture - 2 units, Lab - 1 unit)
Number of Hours: Lab - 54 hours and Lecture - 36 = 90 hrs
Instructor: ROMULO G. ALMIA

I. Mission, Goals and Objectives

A. PIT VISION

PIT as an institution of excellence in technological, maritime, teacher education and allied

courses in Northwestern Leyte and beyond.

B. MISSION STATEMENT

To produce morally upright, academically prepared and competent technicians, technologists,

seafarers and educators in Northwestern Leyte, the region and the country.

C. GOAL OF THE INSTITUTION

Make PIT an educational institution where students get trained to excel in their areas of specialization
through quality instruction, development-oriented research, need-oriented extension and production programs
for accelerated socio-economic development and improved quality of life educators in Northwestern Leyte
communities, the region and the country.

D. VISION OF THE COLLELGE OF EDUCATION

The College of Education as an effective producer of competent, enterprising and employable teachers in
Northwestern Leyte, the region and the country.

E. GOALS OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

The college of education, in enhancing academic excellence, shares with other colleges of the Palompon
Institute of Technology, the commitment to provide quality education along the quadruplicate functions of
instruction, research, extension and production, and pledges to make the Teacher Education responsive to the
demands of a rapidly changing society and the challenge of global competition.

F. GENERAL OBJECTIVE

To develop globally competitive educators and enterprising home managers imbued with the ideals,
aspirations and traditions of the Philippine life and equipped with the pedagogical knowledge and skills needed
in meeting the challenging demands of the time.

G. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
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1. To produce well-balanced and disciplined educators who can enhance the analytical and critical thinking
capacities of the learners;
2. to prepare teachers who can promote and facilitate learning to enable the learners to harness their
potentials;
3. to train teachers to become research-oriented enterprisers and committed humanists whose appreciations of
human ideals and values can inspire learners to attain their aspirations; and
4. to increase the passing percentage of teacher education graduates in the licensure examination.

H. COURSE CONTENT AND TIME FRAME

The students shall be able to learn . . . .

TOPICS TIME

1 Models, Measurements, and Vectors 1st Week

Introduction
Idealized models
Standards and units
Building physical intuition: Relative sizes
1.4 Unit consistency and conversions
1.5 Precision and significant figures
1.6 Estimates and order of magnitude 2nd Week
1.7 Vectors and vector addition
1.8 Components of vectors
1.9 Unit vectors
1.10 Products of vectors
Summary
Problems

2 Motion along a Straight Line 3rd Week

2.1 Average velocity
2.2 Instantaneous velocity
2.3 Average and instantaneous acceleration
2.4 Motion with constant acceleration
2.5 Freely falling bodies
2.6 Velocity and coordinate by integration
2.7 Relative velocity along a straight line
Summary
Problems

3 Motion in a Plane 4th Week

3.1 The velocity vector
3.2 The acceleration vector
3.3 Projectile motion
3.4 Uniform circular motion
3.5 Relative velocity
3.6 Baseball trajectories: A case study in computer modeling
Summary
Problems

4 Newton's Laws of Motion 5th Week

4.1 Force
4.2 Newton's First Law
4.3 Mass and Newton's second law
4.4 Mass and weight
4.5 Newton's third law 6th Week
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4.5 Using Newton's laws
4.6 Building physical intuition: Free-body diagrams
Summary
Problems

5 Applications of Newton's Laws

5.1 Equilibrium of a particle 7th Week
5.2 Applications of Newton's second law
5.3 Contact forces and friction
5.4 Dynamics of circular motion
5.5 Motion in a vertical circle
5.6 Forces in nature
Summary
Problems

6 Work and Kinetic Energy

6.1 Conservation of energy 8th Week
6.2 Work
6.3 Work done by a varying force
6.4 Work and kinetic energy
6.5 Power
6.6 Automotive power: A case study in energy relations 9th Week
Summary
Problems
7 Conservation of energy
7.1 Potential energy and conservative forces
7.2 Gravitational potential energy 10th Week
7.3 Elastic potential energy
7.4 Conservative and non-conservative forces
7.5 Force and potential energy
7.6 Energy diagrams
7.7 Internal work and energy
7.8 Building physical intuition: Potential energy diagrams
Summary
Problems

8 Momentum and Impulse 11th Week

8.1 Momentum
8.2 Conservation of momentum
8.3 Inelastic collisions
8.4 Elastic collisions
8.5 Impulse
8.6 Center of mass 12th Week
8.7 Motion of the center of mass
8.8 Rocket propulsion
8.9 The neutrino: A case study in modern physics
Summary
Problems

9 Rotational Motion 13th Week

9.1 Angular velocity and acceleration
9.2 Rotation with constant angular acceleration
9.3 Velocity and acceleration relations
9.4 Kinetic energy of rotation
9.5 Moment-of-inertia calculations
9.6 Parallel-axis theorem
Summary
Problems
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10 Dynamics of Rotational Motion
10.1 Torque 14th Week
10.2 Torque and angular acceleration
10.3 Rotation about a moving axis
10.4 Work and power in rotational motion
10.5 Angular momentum
10.6 Conservation of angular momentum
10.7 Gyroscopes
Summary
Problems

11 Periodic Motion
11.1 Basic concepts 15th Week
11.2 Energy in simple harmonic motion
11.3 Equations of simple harmonic motion
11.4 Circle of reference
11.5 The simple pendulum
11.6 The physical pendulum
11.7 Damped oscillations
11.8 Forced oscillations and resonance
11.9 Chaos: A case study in dynamic analysis
Summary
Problems
16th Week
12 Wave Motion and Sound

Summary
Problems

VIII. CRITERIA FOR GRADING

Class Participation/Assignment . 10%

Exercises . 20%
Quizzes ... 30%
Term Exam . 40%
TOTAL : 100 %

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

ROMULO G. ALMIA ANA MABEL M. MARQUEZ

Instructor Chair, Math and Science Dept.

Approved by:

JACINTO P. BALUNAN
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Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
Palompon Institute of Technology
Palompon, Leyte

UPDATED COURSE SYLLABUS

Course: Physics 1
Descriptive Title: Mechanics (Static, Kinetics, sound and wave motion)
Credit: 3 units (Lecture - 2 units, Lab - 1 unit)
Number of Hours: Lab - 54 hours and Lecture - 36 = 90 hrs
Instructor: ROMULO G. ALMIA

II. Mission, Goals and Objectives

A. PIT VISION

PIT as an institution of excellence in technological, maritime, teacher education and allied

courses in Northwestern Leyte and beyond.

B. MISSION STATEMENT

To produce morally upright, academically prepared and competent technicians, technologists,

seafarers and educators in Northwestern Leyte, the region and the country.

C. GOAL OF THE INSTITUTION

Make PIT an educational institution where students get trained to excel in their areas of specialization
through quality instruction, development-oriented research, need-oriented extension and production programs
for accelerated socio-economic development and improved quality of life educators in Northwestern Leyte
communities, the region and the country.

D. VISION OF THE COLLELGE OF EDUCATION

The College of Education as an effective producer of competent, enterprising and employable teachers in
Northwestern Leyte, the region and the country.

E. GOALS OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

The college of education, in enhancing academic excellence, shares with other colleges of the Palompon
Institute of Technology, the commitment to provide quality education along the quadruplicate functions of
instruction, research, extension and production, and pledges to make the Teacher Education responsive to the
demands of a rapidly changing society and the challenge of global competition.

F. GENERAL OBJECTIVE

To develop globally competitive educators and enterprising home managers imbued with the ideals,
aspirations and traditions of the Philippine life and equipped with the pedagogical knowledge and skills needed
in meeting the challenging demands of the time.

G. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
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1. To produce well-balanced and disciplined educators who can enhance the analytical and critical thinking
capacities of the learners;
2. to prepare teachers who can promote and facilitate learning to enable the learners to harness their
potentials;
3. to train teachers to become research-oriented enterprisers and committed humanists whose appreciations of
human ideals and values can inspire learners to attain their aspirations; and
4. to increase the passing percentage of teacher education graduates in the licensure examination.

H. COURSE CONTENT AND TIME FRAME

The students shall be able to learn . . . .

TOPICS TIME

1 Models, Measurements, and Vectors 1st Week

Introduction
Idealized models
Standards and units
Building physical intuition: Relative sizes
1.4 Unit consistency and conversions
1.5 Precision and significant figures
1.6 Estimates and order of magnitude 2nd Week
1.7 Vectors and vector addition
1.8 Components of vectors
1.9 Unit vectors
1.10 Products of vectors
Summary
Problems

2 Motion along a Straight Line 3rd Week

2.1 Average velocity
2.2 Instantaneous velocity
2.3 Average and instantaneous acceleration
2.4 Motion with constant acceleration
2.5 Freely falling bodies
2.6 Velocity and coordinate by integration
2.7 Relative velocity along a straight line
Summary
Problems

3 Motion in a Plane 4th Week

3.1 The velocity vector
3.2 The acceleration vector
3.3 Projectile motion
3.4 Uniform circular motion
3.5 Relative velocity
3.6 Baseball trajectories: A case study in computer modeling
Summary
Problems

4 Newton's Laws of Motion 5th Week

4.1 Force
4.2 Newton's First Law
4.3 Mass and Newton's second law
4.4 Mass and weight
4.5 Newton's third law 6th Week
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4.5 Using Newton's laws
4.6 Building physical intuition: Free-body diagrams
Summary
Problems

5 Applications of Newton's Laws

5.1 Equilibrium of a particle 7th Week
5.2 Applications of Newton's second law
5.3 Contact forces and friction
5.4 Dynamics of circular motion
5.5 Motion in a vertical circle
5.6 Forces in nature
Summary
Problems

6 Work and Kinetic Energy

6.1 Conservation of energy 8th Week
6.2 Work
6.3 Work done by a varying force
6.4 Work and kinetic energy
6.5 Power
6.6 Automotive power: A case study in energy relations 9th Week
Summary
Problems
7 Conservation of energy
7.1 Potential energy and conservative forces
7.2 Gravitational potential energy 10th Week
7.3 Elastic potential energy
7.4 Conservative and non-conservative forces
7.5 Force and potential energy
7.6 Energy diagrams
7.7 Internal work and energy
7.8 Building physical intuition: Potential energy diagrams
Summary
Problems

8 Momentum and Impulse 11th Week

8.1 Momentum
8.2 Conservation of momentum
8.3 Inelastic collisions
8.4 Elastic collisions
8.5 Impulse
8.6 Center of mass 12th Week
8.7 Motion of the center of mass
8.8 Rocket propulsion
8.9 The neutrino: A case study in modern physics
Summary
Problems

9 Rotational Motion 13th Week

9.1 Angular velocity and acceleration
9.2 Rotation with constant angular acceleration
9.3 Velocity and acceleration relations
9.4 Kinetic energy of rotation
9.5 Moment-of-inertia calculations
9.6 Parallel-axis theorem
Summary
Problems
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10 Dynamics of Rotational Motion
10.1 Torque 14th Week
10.2 Torque and angular acceleration
10.3 Rotation about a moving axis
10.4 Work and power in rotational motion
10.5 Angular momentum
10.6 Conservation of angular momentum
10.7 Gyroscopes
Summary
Problems

11 Periodic Motion
11.1 Basic concepts 15th Week
11.2 Energy in simple harmonic motion
11.3 Equations of simple harmonic motion
11.4 Circle of reference
11.5 The simple pendulum
11.6 The physical pendulum
11.7 Damped oscillations
11.8 Forced oscillations and resonance
11.9 Chaos: A case study in dynamic analysis
Summary
Problems
16th Week
12 Wave Motion and Sound

Summary
Problems

IX. CRITERIA FOR GRADING

Class Participation/Assignment . 10%

Exercises . 20%
Quizzes ... 30%
Term Exam . 40%
TOTAL : 100 %

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

ROMULO G. ALMIA ANA MABEL M. MARQUEZ

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Instructor Chair, Math and Science Dept.

Approved by:

JACINTO P. BALUNAN
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences