Announcement Be aware of: Code of Academic Honesty ميثاق النزاهة الأكاديميةFormula-Sheet-Phys101 |
1. Solve kinematic problems involving motion of a point particle in one, two, and three dimensions including vector operations with an overall average of 50% in exams.
Grading Policy | % |
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Class Work | 15 |
Lab Work | 15 |
First Major Exam: exam time: 120 minutes, consists of 20 MCQ | 20 |
Second Major Exam: exam time: 120 minutes, consists of 20 MCQ | 20 |
Final Exam (Comprehensive covering Chapters 1 – 15): exam time: 180 minutes, consists of 30 MCQ | 30 |
Total | 100 |
Week | Day | Date | Topics | Chapter | Sec | Useful Links |
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1 | Sun Tue Thu | 24 Aug. 26 28 | Measuring things, including lengths Length, time, mass, (powers of ten), Dimensional Analysis Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration | 01 01 02 | 1 2,3 1-3 | Significant fig, Motion in 1D |
2 | Sun Tue Thu | 31 2 Sep 4 | Constant acceleration, Free fall, Graphical Integration Vectors and unit vectors, adding vectors by their components. Multiplying Vectors | 02 03 03 | 4-6 1,2 3 | Calculus, Graphing Vectors |
Thursday Sept. 4, 2025 – Last day for dropping courses without a permanent record | ||||||
3 | Sun Tue Thu | 7 9 11 | Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration. Projectile motion, Uniform Circular Motion Relative Motion in 1D and 2D | 04 04 04 | 1-3 4,5 6,7 | Motion in 2D Projectiles River & boat |
4 | Sun Tue Thu | 14 16 18 | Newton's first and second laws Some particular forces Applying Newton’s Laws | 05 05 05 | 1 2 3 | Forces Gravity Force |
5 | Sun | 21 | Review | -- | -- | |
Tue | 23 | National Day Holiday | ||||
Thu | 25 | Friction, | 06 | 1 | ||
6 | Sun Tue Thu | 28 30 2 Oct | Uniform Circular Motion Review Kinetic Energy and Work | 06 --- 07 | 3 1, 2 | Atwood Machine Friction1, 2 Circular 1 |
7 | Sun Tue Thu | 5 7 9 | Work done by Weight, Spring, Power Potential energy, Conservation of Mechanical Energy Work by an External Force, Conservation of energy | 07 08 08 | 3,4,7 1, 2 4, 5 | Spring 1 |
First Major Exam (Chapters 1-6): TBA | ||||||
8 | Sun Tue Thu | 12 14 16 | Potential energy, Conservation of Mechanical Energy Work by an External Force, Conservation of energy Review | 08 08 -- | 1,2 4,5 -- | Hook's Law1, 2 |
9 | Sun Tue Thu | 19 21 23 | Center of mass, Newton’s second law for a system of particles Linear momentum, collision, and impulse Conservation of linear momentum, kinetic energy in a collision | 09 09 09 | 1,2 3,4 5,6 | Energy Conservation COM, Impulse |
10 | 26- 30 | Midterm Break | ||||
11 | Sun Tue Thu | 2 Nov 4 6 | Collisions in 1-D and 2-D Rotational Variables, Const. angular acceleration, Linear to rotation Kinetic Energy and Rotational Inertia | 09 10 10 | 7,8 1-3 4,5 | Collision 1D,2D Inertia |
Thursday Nov.06, 2025: Last day of dropping course(s) with grade “W” thru KFUPM portal | ||||||
12 | Sun Tue Thu | 9 11 13 | Torque, Newton’s 2nd Law and Work in Rotational Motion Rolling, Forces and Kinetic Energy of Rolling, Yo-Yo Torque and Angular moment, Newton’s 2nd Law in Angul. form. | 10 11 11 | 6-8 1-3 4-6 | Torque Rolling 1, 2 |
13 | Sun Tue Thu | 16 18 20 | Rigid Body and Conservation of Angular Momentum Equilibrium, Examples of Static Review | 11 12 -- | 7-8 1,2 -- | Ang. Momentum Cons. Ang. Mom. |
Second Major Exam (Chapters 6-11): TBA | ||||||
14 | Sun Tue Thu | 23 25 27 | Elasticity Newton’s law, Principle of superposition, Gravitation near Earth Gravitation Inside Earth, Gravitational potential energy | 12 13 13 | 3 1-3 4 ,5 | Young, Shear Modulus |
15 | Sun Tue Thu | 30 2 Dec 4 | Kepler's laws, Satellites Fluids, Density, and Pressure. Fluids at Rest, Measuring Pressure Pascal’s Principles, Archimedes Principle. | 13 14 14 | 6,7 1-3 4,5 | Gravity Orbital Kepler 1 |
16 | Sun Tue Thu | 7 9 11 | The Continuity Equation, Bernoulli's equation Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM), Energy in SHM Pendulums, Circular Motion | 14 15 15 | 6,7 1,2 4 | Buoyancy Bernoulli Pendulum 1 |
17 | Sun | 14 | Review | |||
Final Exam (Chapters 1 – 15): TBA |
I wish you a successful semester. PHYS101 Coordinator: Dr. Nidal Dwaikat
Grading Policy: The lab grade constitutes 20% of the Phys101 course. The grade is distributed as follows:
Reports (points) | Quizzes (points) | Total (points) |
10 | 10 | 20 |
Week | Date | Write-Up | Data Studio File |
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1 | 12 Jan. – 16 Jan. | NO LAB | |
2 | 19 Jan. – 23 Jan. | Significant Figures Significant F Report | |
Thursday 23 January 2025 – Last day for dropping courses without a permanent record | |||
3 | 26 Jan. – 30 Jan. | Graphing | |
4 | 02 Feb. - 06 Feb. | Vectors | |
5 | 09 Feb. – 13 Feb. | Constant Acceleration | |
6 | 16 Feb. – 20 Feb. | Newton's Laws | NewtonEx1 NewtonEx2 NewtonEx3 |
7 | 23 Feb. – 27 Feb. | NO LAB | |
8 | 02 Mar. – 06 Mar. | Spring | Spring |
9 | 09 Mar. – 13 Mar. | Inelastic Collision | Ballistic.ds |
10 | 16 Mar. – 20 Mar. | Rotational Inertia | Rotation1.ds Rotation2.ds Rotation3.ds |
Thursday 20 March 2024: Last day of dropping course(s) with grade “W” thru KFUPM portal | |||
Eid Al-Fitr Holidays (23 March – 03 April) | |||
11 | 06 Apr. – 10 Apr. | Maxwell's Wheel | Maxwell Wheel.ds |
12 | 13 Apr. – 17 Apr. | NO LAB | |
13 | 20 Apr. – 24 Apr. | Density | |
14 | 27 Apr. – 01 May. | Simple Pendulum | |
15 | 04 May. – 08 May. | NO LAB | |
16 | 11 May. – 15 May. | ||
Final Exam (12 - 26 May) |
* The lab schedule may change according to the time of the major exams.
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Updated on: 29 January 2025
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