General Physics 1
Topic Assigned Discussants Target Dates
1. Units, Physical Quantities and Measurement Sir Jhon Rey V. Lorenzo
2. Vectors Sir Jhon Rey V. Lorenzo
a. Vector and Scalar Quantities
b. Vector Addition
c. Components of Vectors
d. Unit Vectors
e. Dot and Scalar Product
3. Kinematics: Motion Along a Straight Line September 2-5 and
a. Position, Time, Distance, Displacement, Speed, Average Sir Jhon Rey V. Lorenzo September 9, 2024
Velocity, and Instantaneous Velocity 5 days
b. Average Acceleration and Instantaneous Acceleration Sir Jhon Rey V. Lorenzo
c. Motion with Constant Acceleration
d. Free-fall Motion
4. Kinematics: Motion in 2-Dimensions and 3-Dimensions September 10-12, 2024
a. Projectile Motion 3 days
b. Circular Motion
5. Newton’s Laws of Motion and Applications September 23-26, 2024
a. Newton’s First Law of Motion 4 days
b. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
c. Mass and Weight
d. Newton’s Third Law of Motion
i. Action and Reaction Pairs
e. Types of Contact Forces: Tension, Normal Force, Kinetic
and Static Force, and Fluid Forces
f. Free-Body Diagrams
g. The Fundamental Forces of Nature
6. Work, Energy, and Energy Conservation September 30-October
Work Done by a Force 3, 2024
a. Kinetic Energy and Work-Energy Theorem 4 days
b. Power
c. Gravitational Potential Energy and Elastic Potential
Energy
d. Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces
e. Energy Diagrams
7. Center of Mass, Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions October 7-10, 2024
Momentum and Impulse 4 days
a. Law of Conservation of Momentum and Collisions
b. Center of Mass
Midterm Exam TBA