12/22/2024 3:12:53 AM	PHYS 3A Course Outline as of Fall 1999	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  PHYS 3A	Title:  GENERAL PHYSICS LAB
Full Title:  General Physics Lab
Last Reviewed:11/17/2014

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.00	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	1.00	Lab Scheduled	3.00		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 52.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Laboratory experiments to accompany Physics 2A.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Phys 2A completed or in progress.

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Lab experiments to accompany Physics 2A.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Phys 2A completed or in progress.
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	B3	Laboratory Activity		Fall 1981
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	5C	Fulfills Lab Requirement		Fall 1981
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:	Fall 2021
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:	Fall 2021
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: PHYS 100S	Algebra/Trigonometry-Based Physics: AB	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): PHYS20 AND PHYS20L AND PHYS21 AND PHYS21L OR PHYS20A AND PHYS20B
CID Descriptor: PHYS 105	Algebra/Trigonometry-Based Physics A	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): PHYS20 AND PHYS20L OR PHYS20A

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Set up & perform a number of physics experiments

using balances, calipers, meter sticks,

thermometers, stop watches as well as computers

with motion detectors, force probes, temperature

probes and microphones.

2.  Use spreadsheets to record data and calculate

experimental results, and use computer graphing

programs to construct graphs and analyze data.

3.  Develop concepts of linear motion, simple harmonic

motion, force, impulse and momentum using motion

detectors and force probes.

4.  Verify basic physics principles such as Newton•s

second and third laws of motion and conservation of

momentum.

5.  Use the principle of conservation of energy to

determine moments of inertia.

6.  Explain the three classes of levers and their

mechanical advantage.

7.  Measure the velocity of standing waves in strings

and sound in resonating air columns.

8.  Determine the coefficient of linear expansion for

metal rods.

9.  Measure the specific heat of a metal.

10. Write a formal lab report.

Topics and Scope

1.  Measurements and using spreadsheet to enter data and calculate

results.

2.  Graphical analysis of experimental data using computer graphing

programs.

3.  Motion in one dimension including uniformly accelerated motion.

4.  Projectile motion.

5.  Impulse, momentum and conservation of momentum.

6.  Torque and levers.

7.  Moment of inertia.

8.  Simple harmonic motion.

9.  Sound waves.

10. Standing waves in strings and air columns.

11. Coefficient of linear expansion.

12. Specific heat.

Assignments:

1.  No less than 12 laboratory experiments.

2.  One mid-term exam.

3.  Final exam.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
Lab reports, Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 30%
PHYSICS PROBLEMS TO SOLVE
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 70 - 80%
LAB REPORTS

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Physics Laboratory Experiments by Wilson, 4th Edition, 1994, D.C. Heath &

Co.

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