Course Information

Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
MECHANICS LABORATORY	PEN155	1. Semester	0 + 4	2.0	4.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	English
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Yeşim MOĞULKOÇ
Assistants
Goals	Ensure that the students are knowledgeable and competent in measurement information, processing of experimental data, error analysis via mechanical experiments
Course Content	Measurement and erroranlysis. Vectors. Linear motion. Newton's law of motion. Applications of laws of motion. Momentum and collisions. Rotation of a rigid body. Harmonic motion.
Learning Outcomes	1) Processes experimental datas and performs error analysis. 2) Considers error boundaries and scaling in graphical drawings. 3) Uses the scientific approach in the realization of experiments. 4) Takes role in group work harmoniously and effectively.

Weekly Topics (Content)

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Introducing the laboratory, establishment of experimental groups and laboratory safety	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
2. Week	Measurement and error calculations	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
3. Week	Force table	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
4. Week	Constant speed movement in one dimension	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
5. Week	Motion with constant acceleration in one dimension	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
6. Week	Horizontally launched projectiles	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
7. Week	Projectile motion	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week	Atwood machine	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
9. Week	Elastic and inelastic collisions	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week	Hooke's Law	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
11. Week	Circular motion, centripetal force	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
12. Week	Angular velocity and acceleration	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
13. Week	Conservation of angular momentum, moment of inertia	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
14. Week	Make-up	Lecture Brainstorming	Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course

Recommended Sources

Fiziğin Temelleri, Resnick- Halliday

Fizik I, R. A. Serway

Laboratuvar deney kitapçığı

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies

Program Requirements	Contribution Level	DK1	DK2	DK3	DK4
PY1	5	0	0	0	0
PY2	5	4	4	4	4
PY3	5	0	0	0	0
PY4	5	0	0	0	0
PY5	5	0	0	0	0
PY6	5	5	5	4	4
PY9	5	5	4	5	4

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

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ECTS credits and course workload

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	4	56
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	10	4	40
Homework	4	4	16
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)	13	1	13
Final Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	6	6
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30

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Course Information

Course Information
Weekly Topics (Content)
Sources Used in This Course
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
ECTS credits and course workload