UNIT
    SKILLS
    TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED
    VECTORS
    ·   Definition
    ·   Vector Addition
    ·   Scalar Multiplication
    ·   Vector Subtraction
    ·   Standard Basis Vectors
    ·   Vector Operations using Components
    ·   Magnitude
    ·   Direction (inclination and sense)
    ·   Dot Product
    ·   Vector Product
    Multiple choice, open answer application
    KINEMATICS
    ·   Displacement
    ·   Speed and Velocity
    ·   Acceleration
    ·   Uniformly-Accelerated Motion
    ·   BIG FIVE Equations for Kinematics
    ·   Kinematics with Graphs
    ·   Free Fall
    ·   Projectile Motion
    ·   Kinematics with Calculus
    Multiple choice, open answer application
     
    LAB 1: Free Fall Motion
    NEWTON'S LAWS
    ·   First, Second and Third Laws
    ·   Weight
    ·   Normal Force
    ·   Friction
    ·   Pulleys
    ·   Inclined Plane
    ·   Uniform Circular Motion
    Multiple choice, open answer application
     
    LAB 2: Laws of Static Equilibrium
     
    LAB 3: Friction on an Inclined Plane

    UNIT
    SKILLS
    TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED
    WORK, ENERGY AND POWER
    ·   Work
    ·   Work done by a variable force
    ·   Kinetic Energy
    ·   Work-Energy Theorem
    ·   Potential Energy
    ·   Conservation of Mechanical Energy
    ·   Potential Energy Curves
    ·   Power
    Multiple choice, open answer application
     
    LAB 4: Conversion of Potential Energy
    Into Kinetic Energy
    LINEAR MOMENTUM
    ·   Impulse
    ·   Conservation of Linear Momentum
    ·   Collisions
    ·   Center of Mass
    Multiple choice, open answer application
     
    LAB 5: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
    on an Air Track
    ROTATIONAL MOTION
    ·   Rotational Kinematics
    ·   BIG FIVE Equations for Rotational Motion
    ·   Rotational Dynamics
    ·   Torque
    ·   Rotational Inertia
    ·   Kinetic Energy of Rotation
    ·   Work and Power
    ·   Angular Momentum
    ·   Conservation of Angular Momentum
    ·   Equilibrium
    Multiple choice, open answer application

    UNIT
    SKILLS
    TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED
    NEWTON'S LAW OF GRAVITATION
    ·   Kepler's Laws
    ·   Newton's Law of Gravitation
    ·   The Gravitational Attraction Due to an Extended body
    ·   Gravitational Potential Energy
    ·   Proof of Equation
    ·   Elliptical Orbits
    ·   Orbits of the Planets
    Multiple choice, open answer application
    OSCILLATIONS
    ·   Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM): The Spring-Block Oscillator SHM in Terms of Energy
    ·   The Kinematics of SHM
    ·   The Spring-Block Oscillator: Vertical Motion
    ·   The Sinusoidal Description of SHM
    ·   Instantaneous Velocity and Acceleration
    ·   Pendulums
    Multiple choice, open answer application
     
    LAB 6: Simple Harmonic Motion

     
     
     

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