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General Physics 1: The Commission On Higher Education
General Physics 1: The Commission On Higher Education
GENERAL PHYSICS 1
STEM SUBJECT
This Teaching Guide was collaboratively developed
and reviewed by educators from public and private
schools, colleges, and universities. We encourage
teachers and other education stakeholders to email
their feedback, comments, and recommendations to
the Commission on Higher Education, K to 12
Transition Program Management Unit - Senior High
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Introduction
As the Commission supports DepEd’s implementation of Senior High School (SHS), it upholds the vision
and mission of the K to 12 program, stated in Section 2 of Republic Act 10533, or the Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013, that “every graduate of basic education be an empowered individual, through a
program rooted on...the competence to engage in work and be productive, the ability to coexist in
fruitful harmony with local and global communities, the capability to engage in creative and critical
thinking, and the capacity and willingness to transform others and oneself.”
To accomplish this, the Commission partnered with the Philippine Normal University (PNU), the National
Center for Teacher Education, to develop Teaching Guides for Courses of SHS. Together with PNU, this
Teaching Guide was studied and reviewed by education and pedagogy experts, and was enhanced with
appropriate methodologies and strategies.
Furthermore, the Commission believes that teachers are the most important partners in attaining this
goal. Incorporated in this Teaching Guide is a framework that will guide them in creating lessons and
assessment tools, support them in facilitating activities and questions, and assist them towards deeper
content areas and competencies. Thus, the introduction of the SHS for SHS Framework.
The SHS for SHS Framework, which stands for “Saysay-Husay-Sarili for Senior High School,” is at the
core of this book. The lessons, which combine high-quality content with flexible elements to
SHS for SHS accommodate diversity of teachers and environments, promote these three fundamental concepts:
Framework
SAYSAY: MEANING HUSAY: MASTERY SARILI: OWNERSHIP
Why is this important? How will I deeply understand this? What can I do with this?
Through this Teaching Guide, Given that developing mastery When teachers empower
teachers will be able to facilitate goes beyond memorization, learners to take ownership of
an understanding of the value teachers should also aim for their learning, they develop
of the lessons, for each learner deep understanding of the independence and self-
to fully engage in the content subject matter where they lead direction, learning about both
on both the cognitive and learners to analyze and the subject matter and
affective levels. synthesize knowledge. themselves.
Earth Science is a Core Subject taken in the first semester of Grade 11. This learning area is
About this
designed to provide a general background for the understanding of the Earth on a planetary
Teaching Guide scale. It presents the history of the Earth through geologic time. It discusses the Earth’s
structure and composition, the processes that occur beneath and on the Earth’s surface, as
well as issues, concerns, and problems pertaining to Earth’s resources.
Implementing this course at the senior high school level is subject to numerous challenges
with mastery of content among educators tapped to facilitate learning and a lack of
resources to deliver the necessary content and develop skills and attitudes in the learners,
being foremost among these.
In support of the SHS for SHS framework developed by CHED, these teaching guides were
crafted and refined by biologists and biology educators in partnership with educators from
focus groups all over the Philippines to provide opportunities to develop the following:
Saysay through meaningful, updated, and context-specific content that highlights important
points and common misconceptions so that learners can connect to their real-world
experiences and future careers;
Husay through diverse learning experiences that can be implemented in a resource-poor
classroom or makeshift laboratory that tap cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains
are accompanied by field-tested teaching tips that aid in facilitating discovery and
development of higher-order thinking skills; and
Sarili through flexible and relevant content and performance standards allow learners the
freedom to innovate, make their own decisions, and initiate activities to fully develop their
academic and personal potential.
These ready-to-use guides are helpful to educators new to either the content or biologists
new to the experience of teaching Senior High School due to their enriched content
presented as lesson plans or guides. Veteran educators may also add ideas from these
guides to their repertoire. The Biology Team hopes that this resource may aid in easing the
transition of the different stakeholders into the new curriculum as we move towards the
constant improvement of Philippine education.
This Teaching Guide is mapped and aligned to the DepEd SHS Curriculum, designed to be highly
Parts of the
usable for teachers. It contains classroom activities and pedagogical notes, and is integrated with
Teaching Guide innovative pedagogies. All of these elements are presented in the following parts:
1. Introduction
• Highlight key concepts and identify the essential questions
• Show the big picture
• Connect and/or review prerequisite knowledge
• Clearly communicate learning competencies and objectives
• Motivate through applications and connections to real-life
2. Motivation
• Give local examples and applications
• Engage in a game or movement activity
• Provide a hands-on/laboratory activity
• Connect to a real-life problem
3. Instruction/Delivery
• Give a demonstration/lecture/simulation/hands-on activity
• Show step-by-step solutions to sample problems
• Give applications of the theory
• Connect to a real-life problem if applicable
4. Practice
• Discuss worked-out examples
• Provide easy-medium-hard questions
• Give time for hands-on unguided classroom work and discovery
• Use formative assessment to give feedback
5. Enrichment
• Provide additional examples and applications
• Introduce extensions or generalisations of concepts
• Engage in reflection questions
• Encourage analysis through higher order thinking prompts
6. Evaluation
• Supply a diverse question bank for written work and exercises
• Provide alternative formats for student work: written homework, journal, portfolio, group/individual
projects, student-directed research project
On DepEd Functional Skills and CHED College Readiness Standards
As Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) welcome the graduates of On the other hand, the Commission declared the College
the Senior High School program, it is of paramount importance to Readiness Standards that consist of the combination of knowledge,
align Functional Skills set by DepEd with the College Readiness skills, and reflective thinking necessary to participate and succeed -
Standards stated by CHED. without remediation - in entry-level undergraduate courses in
The DepEd articulated a set of 21st century skills that should be college.
embedded in the SHS curriculum across various subjects and tracks. The alignment of both standards, shown below, is also presented in
These skills are desired outcomes that K to 12 graduates should this Teaching Guide - prepares Senior High School graduates to the
possess in order to proceed to either higher education, revised college curriculum which will initially be implemented by AY
employment, entrepreneurship, or middle-level skills development. 2018-2019.
Produce all forms of texts (written, oral, visual, digital) based on:
1. Solid grounding on Philippine experience and culture;
2. An understanding of the self, community, and nation; Visual and information literacies, media literacy, critical thinking
3. Application of critical and creative thinking and doing processes; and problem solving skills, creativity, initiative and self-direction
4. Competency in formulating ideas/arguments logically, scientifically, and creatively; and
5. Clear appreciation of one’s responsibility as a citizen of a multicultural Philippines and a
diverse world;
Interact meaningfully in a social setting and contribute to the fulfilment of individual and Media literacy, multicultural literacy, global awareness,
collaboration and interpersonal skills, social and cross-cultural
shared goals, respecting the fundamental humanity of all persons and the diversity of
skills, leadership and responsibility, ethical, moral, and spiritual
groups and communities values
K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL – SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) SPECIALIZED SUBJECT
Subject Description: Mechanics of particles, rigid bodies, and fluids; waves; and heat and thermodynamics using the methods and concepts of algebra, geometry,
trigonometry, graphical analysis, and basic calculus
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CONTENT PERFORMANCE SCIENCE
CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES CODE
STANDARD STANDARD EQUIPMENT
5. Power one-dimension as an area under a Force 43
6. Conservative and vs. Position curve
nonconservative 5. Relate the work done by a constant force
STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
forces to the change in kinetic energy of a
44
7. Gravitational system
potential energy 6. Apply the work-energy theorem to obtain
8. Elastic potential quantitative and qualitative conclusions
STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
energy regarding the work done, initial and final
45
9. Equilibria and velocities, mass and kinetic energy of a
potential energy system.
diagrams 7. Represent the work-energy theorem STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
10. Energy graphically 46
Conservation, Work, 8. Relate power to work, energy, force, and STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
and Power velocity 47
Problems 9. Relate the gravitational potential energy
STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
of a system or object to the configuration
48
of the system
10. Relate the elastic potential energy of a
STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
system or object to the configuration of
49
the system
11. Explain the properties and the effects of STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
conservative forces 50
12. Identify conservative and STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
nonconservative forces 51
13. Express the conservation of energy STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
verbally and mathematically 52
14. Use potential energy diagrams to infer
STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
force; stable, unstable, and neutral
53
equilibria; and turning points
15. Determine whether or not energy
conservation is applicable in a given STEM_GP12WE-Ig-
example before and after description of a 54
physical system
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CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES CODE
STANDARD STANDARD EQUIPMENT
16. Solve problems involving work, energy,
and power in contexts such as, but not
limited to, bungee jumping, design of
roller-coasters, number of people
required to build structures such as the
STEM_GP12WE-Ih-
Great Pyramids and the rice terraces;
i-55
power and energy requirements of
human activities such as sleeping vs.
sitting vs. standing, running vs. walking.
(Conversion of joules to calories should
be emphasized at this point.)
Center of Mass, 1. Center of mass 1. Differentiate center of mass and STEM_GP12MMIC-
Momentum, Impulse, 2. Momentum geometric center Ih-56
and Collisions 3. Impulse 2. Relate the motion of center of mass of a
STEM_GP12MMIC-
4. Impulse-momentum system to the momentum and net
Ih-57
relation external force acting on the system
5. Law of conservation 3. Relate the momentum, impulse, force, STEM_GP12MMIC-
of momentum and time of contact in a system Ih-58
6. Collisions 4. Explain the necessary conditions for
7. Center of Mass, STEM_GP12MMIC-
conservation of linear momentum to be
Impulse, Ih-59
valid.
Momentum, and 5. Compare and contrast elastic and STEM_GP12MMIC-
Collision Problems inelastic collisions Ii-60
8. Energy and 6. Apply the concept of restitution STEM_GP12MMIC-
momentum coefficient in collisions Ii-61
experiments 7. Predict motion of constituent particles for
STEM_GP12MMIC-
different types of collisions (e.g., elastic,
Ii-62
inelastic)
8. Solve problems involving center of mass,
impulse, and momentum in contexts
such as, but not limited to, rocket
STEM_GP12MMIC-
motion, vehicle collisions, and ping-pong.
Ii-63
(Emphasize also the concept of whiplash
and the sliding, rolling, and mechanical
deformations in vehicle collisions.)
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CONTENT PERFORMANCE SCIENCE
CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES CODE
STANDARD STANDARD EQUIPMENT
9. Perform an experiment involving energy
and momentum conservation and
analyze the data identifying STEM_GP12MMIC-
discrepancies between theoretical Ii-64
expectations and experimental results
when appropriate
Integration of Data
Analysis and Point Refer to weeks 1 to 9 (Assessment of the performance standard) (1 week)
Mechanics Concepts
Rotational equilibrium 1. Moment of inertia Solve multi- 1. Calculate the moment of inertia about a
STEM_GP12RED-
and rotational dynamics 2. Angular position, concept, rich given axis of single-object and multiple-
IIa-1
angular velocity, context problems object systems (1 lecture with exercises)
angular acceleration using concepts 2. Exploit analogies between pure
3. Torque from rotational translational motion and pure rotational
4. Torque-angular motion, fluids, motion to infer rotational motion STEM_GP12RED-
acceleration relation oscillations, equations (e.g., rotational kinematic IIa-2
5. Static equilibrium gravity, and equations, rotational kinetic energy,
6. Rotational thermodynamics torque-angular acceleration relation)
kinematics 3. Calculate magnitude and direction of
STEM_GP12RED-
7. Work done by a torque using the definition of torque as a
IIa-3
torque cross product
8. Rotational kinetic 4. Describe rotational quantities using STEM_GP12RED-
energy vectors IIa-4
9. Angular momentum 5. Determine whether a system is in static STEM_GP12RED-
10. Static equilibrium equilibrium or not IIa-5
experiments 6. Apply the rotational kinematic relations
11. Rotational motion STEM_GP12RED-
for systems with constant angular
problems IIa-6
accelerations
STEM_GP12RED-
7. Apply rotational kinetic energy formulae
IIa-7
8. Solve static equilibrium problems in
contexts such as, but not limited to, see-
STEM_GP12RED-
saws, mobiles, cable-hinge-strut system,
IIa-8
leaning ladders, and weighing a heavy
suitcase using a small bathroom scale
9. Determine angular momentum of STEM_GP12RED-
different systems IIa-9
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CONTENT PERFORMANCE SCIENCE
CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES CODE
STANDARD STANDARD EQUIPMENT
10. Apply the torque-angular momentum STEM_GP12RED-
relation IIa-10
11. Recognize whether angular momentum is
STEM_GP12RED-
conserved or not over various time
IIa-11
intervals in a given system
12. Perform an experiment involving static
equilibrium and analyze the data—
STEM_GP12RED-
identifying discrepancies between
IIa-12
theoretical expectations and
experimental results when appropriate
13. Solve rotational kinematics and dynamics
problems, in contexts such as, but not STEM_GP12RED-
limited to, flywheels as energy storage IIa-13
devices, and spinning hard drives
Gravity 1. Newton’s Law of 1. Use Newton’s law of gravitation to infer
STEM_GP12G-IIb-
Universal gravitational force, weight, and
16
Gravitation acceleration due to gravity
2. Gravitational field 2. Determine the net gravitational force on STEM_GP12Red-
3. Gravitational a mass given a system of point masses IIb-17
potential energy 3. Discuss the physical significance of STEM_GP12Red-
4. Escape velocity gravitational field IIb-18
5. Orbits 4. Apply the concept of gravitational STEM_GP12Red-
potential energy in physics problems IIb-19
5. Calculate quantities related to planetary STEM_GP12Red-
or satellite motion IIb-20
6. Kepler’s laws of 6. Apply Kepler’s 3rd Law of planetary STEM_GP12G-IIc-
planetary motion motion 21
7. For circular orbits, relate Kepler’s third
STEM_GP12G-IIc-
law of planetary motion to Newton’s law
22
of gravitation and centripetal acceleration
8. Solve gravity-related problems in
contexts such as, but not limited to,
inferring the mass of the Earth, inferring STEM_GP12G-IIc-
the mass of Jupiter from the motion of 23
its moons, and calculating escape speeds
from the Earth and from the solar system
Periodic Motion 1. Periodic Motion 1. Relate the amplitude, frequency, angular STEM_GP12PM-
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CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES CODE
STANDARD STANDARD EQUIPMENT
2. Simple harmonic frequency, period, displacement, IIc-24
motion: spring- velocity, and acceleration of oscillating
mass system, systems
simple pendulum, 2. Recognize the necessary conditions for
STEM_GP12PM-
physical pendulum an object to undergo simple harmonic
IIc-25
motion
3. Analyze the motion of an oscillating
STEM_GP12PM-
system using energy and Newton’s 2nd
IIc-26
law approaches
4. Calculate the period and the frequency of
STEM_GP12PM-
spring mass, simple pendulum, and
IIc-27
physical pendulum
3. Damped and Driven 5. Differentiate underdamped, overdamped, STEM_GP12PM-
oscillation and critically damped motion IId-28
4. Periodic Motion STEM_GP12PM-
6. Describe the conditions for resonance
experiment IId-29
7. Perform an experiment involving periodic
motion and analyze the data—identifying
STEM_GP12PM-
discrepancies between theoretical
IId-30
expectations and experimental results
when appropriate
5. Mechanical waves 8. Define mechanical wave, longitudinal
STEM_GP12PM-
wave, transverse wave, periodic wave, Slinky Coil
IId-31
and sinusoidal wave
9. From a given sinusoidal wave function
STEM_GP12PM-
infer the (speed, wavelength, frequency,
IId-32
period, direction, and wave number
10. Calculate the propagation speed, power
transmitted by waves on a string with STEM_GP12PM-
given tension, mass, and length (1 IId-33
lecture)
Mechanical Waves and 1. Sound 1. Apply the inverse-square relation between
STEM_GP12MWS-
Sound 2. Wave Intensity the intensity of waves and the distance
IIe-34
3. Interference and from the source
beats 2. Describe qualitatively and quantitatively STEM_GP12MWS-
4. Standing waves the superposition of waves IIe-35
5. Doppler effect 3. Apply the condition for standing waves STEM_GP12MWS- 1. DC String Vibrator
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on a string IIe-36
2. Musical
Instrument,
Miniature Guitar
4. Relate the frequency (source dependent)
STEM_GP12MWS-
and wavelength of sound with the Resistance Board
IIe-37
motion of the source and the listener
5. Solve problems involving sound and
mechanical waves in contexts such as, STEM_GP12MWS- Musical Instrument,
but not limited to, echolocation, musical IIe-38 Miniature Guitar
instruments, ambulance sounds
6. Perform an experiment investigating the 1. Loudspeaker
properties of sound waves and analyze
the data appropriately—identifying 2. Resonance Tube
deviations from theoretical expectations STEM_GP12MWS-
when appropriate IIe-39 3. Sound Signal
Generator
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CONTENT PERFORMANCE SCIENCE
CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES CODE
STANDARD STANDARD EQUIPMENT
7. Apply Bernoulli’s principle and continuity 1. Air Blower
equation, whenever appropriate, to infer STEM_GP12FM-IIf-
relations involving pressure, elevation, 46 2. Archimedes
speed, and flux Principle
8. Solve problems involving fluids in
contexts such as, but not limited to,
STEM_GP12FM-IIf-
floating and sinking, swimming, Beaker, Plastic
47
Magdeburg hemispheres, boat design,
hydraulic devices, and balloon flight
9. Perform an experiment involving either 1. Archimedes
Continuity and Bernoulli’s equation or Principle
buoyancy, and analyze the data STEM_GP12FM-IIf-
appropriately—identifying discrepancies 48 2. Air Blower
between theoretical expectations and
experimental results when appropriate 3. Beaker, Plastic
Temperature and Heat 1. Zeroth law of 1. Explain the connection between the
thermodynamics Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics, STEM_GP12TH-
and Temperature temperature, thermal equilibrium, and IIg-49
measurement temperature scales
2. Thermal expansion 2. Convert temperatures and temperature
STEM_GP12TH-
3. Heat and heat differences in the following scales:
IIg-50
capacity Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin
4. Calorimetry 3. Define coefficient of thermal expansion STEM_GP12TH- Coefficient of Linear
and coefficient of volume expansion IIg-51 Expansion
4. Calculate volume or length changes of STEM_GP12TH-
solids due to changes in temperature IIg-52
5. Solve problems involving temperature,
thermal expansion, heat capacity,heat
transfer, and thermal equilibrium in
contexts such as, but not limited to, the
STEM_GP12TH- Coefficient of Linear
design of bridges and train rails using
IIg-53 Expansion
steel, relative severity of steam burns
and water burns, thermal insulation,
sizes of stars, and surface temperatures
of planets
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CONTENT LEARNING COMPETENCIES CODE
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6. Perform an experiment investigating
factors affecting thermal energy transfer
and analyze the data—identifying STEM_GP12TH-
deviations from theoretical expectations IIg-54
when appropriate (such as thermal
expansion and modes of heat transfer)
7. Carry out measurements using STEM_GP12TH-
thermometers IIg-55
8. Solve problems using the Stefan-
5. Mechanisms of heat
Boltzmann law and the heat current STEM_GP12TH-
transfer
formula for radiation and conduction IIh-56
(1 lecture)
Ideal Gases and the 1. Ideal gas law
STEM_GP12GLT-
Laws of 2. Internal energy of 1. Enumerate the properties of an ideal gas
IIh-57
Thermodynamics an ideal gas
3. Heat capacity of an 2. Solve problems involving ideal gas
ideal gas equations in contexts such as, but not STEM_GP12GLT-
4. Thermodynamic limited to, the design of metal containers IIh-58
systems for compressed gases
5. Work done during 3. Distinguish among system, wall, and STEM_GP12GLT-
volume changes surroundings IIh-59
6. 1st law of 4. Interpret PV diagrams of a STEM_GP12GLT-
thermodynamics thermodynamic process IIh-60
Thermodynamic 5. Compute the work done by a gas using STEM_GP12GLT-
processes: dW=PdV (1 lecture) IIh-61
adiabatic, 6. State the relationship between changes
isothermal, isobaric, internal energy, work done, and thermal STEM_GP12GLT-
isochoric energy supplied through the First Law of IIh-62
Thermodynamics
7. Differentiate the following
thermodynamic processes and show STEM_GP12GLT-
them on a PV diagram: isochoric, IIh-63
isobaric, isothermal, adiabatic, and cyclic
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isochoric processes
Sample: STEM_GP12GLT-IIi-73
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General Physics 1 180 MINS
1
INTRODUCTION (10 MINS)
1. Introduce the discipline of Physics:
• Invite learners to give the first idea that come to their minds whenever they hear “Physics”.
• Let some learners explain why they have such impressions of the field.
• Emphasize that just as any other scholarly field, Physics helped in shaping the modern world.
3. Physics is science. Physics is fun. It is an exciting adventure in the quest to find out patterns in nature and find means of understanding
phenomena through careful deductions based on experimental verification. Explain that in order to study Physics, one requires a sense of
discipline. That is, one needs to plan how to study by:
• Understanding how one learns. Explain that everyone is capable of learning Physics especially if one takes advantage of one’s unique way of
learning. (Those who learn by listening are good in sitting down and taking notes during lectures; those who learn more by engaging others
and questioning can take advantage of discussion sessions in class or group study outside classes. )
• Finding time to study. Explain that learning requires time. Easy concepts require less time to learn compared to more difficult ones.
Therefore, one has to invest more time in topics one finds more difficult. (Do learners study Physics every day? Does one need to prepare
before attending a class? What are the difficult topics one finds?)
Units
Explain that Physics is an experimental science. Physicists perform experiments to test hypotheses. Conclusions in experiment are derived from
measurements. And physicists use numbers to describe measurements. Such a number is called a physical quantity. However, a physical
quantity would make sense to everyone when compared to a reference standard. For example, when one says, that his or her height is 1.5 m,
this means that one’s height is 1.5 times a meter stick (or a tape measure that is 1-m long). The meter stick is here considered to be the
reference standard. Thus, stating that one’s height is 1.5 is not as informative.
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Since 1960 the system of units used by scientists and engineers is the “metric system”, which is officially known as the “International System” or
SI units (abbreviation for its French term, Système International).
To make sure that scientists from different parts of the world understand the same thing when referring to a measurement, standards have been
defined for measurements of length, time, and mass.
Length – 1 m is defined as the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 second. Based on the definition that the speed of light
is exactly 299,792,458 m/s.
Time – 1 second is defined as 9,192,631,770 cycles of the microwave radiation due to the transition between the two lowest energy states of
the Cesium atom. This is measured from an atomic clock using this transition.
Mass – 1 kg is defined to be the mass of a cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Sèvres,
France).
Conversion of units
Discuss that a few countries continue to use the British system of units (e.g., the United States). However, the conversion between the British
system of units and SI units have been defined exactly as follows:
• The second is exactly the same in both the British and the SI system of units.
• How many inches are there in 3 m?
• How much time would it take for light to travel 10,000 ft?
• How many inches would light travel in 10 fs? (Refer to Table 1 for the unit prefix related to factors of 10).
• How many newtons of force do you need to lift a 34-lb bag? (Intuitively, just assume that you need exactly the same amount of force as the
weight of the bag).
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Rounding off numbers
Ask the learners why one needs to round off numbers. Possible answers may include reference to estimating a measurement, simplifying a
report of a measurement, etc.
Discuss the rules of rounding off numbers:
• Know which last digit to keep.
• This last digit remains the same if the next digit is less than 5.
• Increase this last digit if the next digit is 5 or more.
In nuclear physics, atomic nuclei with a magic number of protons or neutrons are very stable. The seven most widely recognized magic numbers
as of 2007 are 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, and 126 – round the magic numbers to the nearest 10.
In the first line, 1.0 cm/20 s was multiplied by the ratio of 1 in to 2.54 cm (which is equal to one). By strategically putting the unit of cm in the
denominator, we are able to remove this unit and retain inches. However, based on the calculator, the conversion involves several digits.
In the second line, we divided 1.0 by 20 and retained two digits and rewrote in terms of a factor 10 - 2. The final answer is then rounded off to
retain two figures.
In performing the conversion, we did two things. We identified the number of significant figures and then rounded off the final answer to retain
this number of figures. For convenience, the final answer is rewritten in scientific notation.
*The number of significant figures refers to all digits to the left of the decimal point (except zeroes after the last non-zero digit) and all digits to
the right of the decimal point (including all zeroes).
*Scientific notation is also called the “powers-of-ten notation”. This allows one to write only the significant figures multiplied to 10 with the
appropriate power. As a shorthand notation, we therefore use only one digit before the decimal point with the rest of the significant figures
written after the decimal point.
1. A jeepney tried to overtake a car. The jeepney moves at 40 km/hour: convert this to the British system (feet per second)?
2. It takes about 8.0 minutes for light to travel from the sun to the earth. How far is the sun from the earth (in meters, in feet)?
3. Let learners perform the calculations in groups (two to four people per group). Let volunteers show their answer on the board.
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So what is the height of a table? A volunteer uses a tape measure to estimate the height of the teacher’s table. Should this be reported in
millimeters? Centimeters? Meters? Kilometers?
The choice of units can be settled by agreement. However, there are times when the unit chosen is considered most applicable when the choice
allows easy access to a mental estimate. Thus, a pencil is measured in centimeters and roads are measured in kilometers.
How high is Mount Apo? How many Filipinos are there in the world? How many children are born every hour in the world?
Side 1 = 5.25 cm
Side 2 = 3.15 cm
Note that since the meterstick gives you a precision down to a single millimeter, there is uncertainty in the measurement within a millimeter. The
side that is a little above 5.2 cm or a little below 5.3 cm is then reported as 5.25 ± 0.05 cm. However, for this example only we will use 5.25 cm.
Since the precision of the meterstick is only down to a millimeter, the uncertainty is assumed to be half a millimeter. The area cannot be
reported with a precision lower than half a millimeter and is then rounded off to the nearest 100th.
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Convert 45.1 cm3 to in3. Note that since the original number has three significant figures, the conversion to in3 should retain this number of
significant figures:
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Note: The associated error in a measurement is not to be attributed to human error. Here, we use the term to refer to the associated
uncertainty in obtaining a representative value for the measurement due to undetermined factors. A bias in a measurement can be associated
to systematic errors that could be due to several factors consistently contributing a predictable direction for the overall error. We will deal with
random uncertainties that do not contribute towards a predictable bias in a measurement
Propagation of error
The above indicates that the best estimate of the true value for x is found between x – Δx and x + Δx (the same goes for y).
The central problem in error propagation or uncertainty propagation is best conveyed in the question “How does one report the result when a
derived quantity is dependent on other quantities that can be measured or estimated only with a finite level of precision (i.e. with non-zero
uncertainty)?” It turns out that the rules for error propagation are straightforward when the derived quantity can be expressed as a sum,
difference, quotient or product of other quantitites; or when a derived quantity has a power law dependence on a measured or estimated
quantity.
Addition or subtraction: Suppose we want to calculate the uncertainty or error , Δz, associated with either the sum, z = x+y, or difference, z = x
– y - it is assumed that the quantities x and y have uncertainties Δx and Δy, respectively.
To be more specific, suppose we want to calculate the total mass of two objects. Suppose the mass of Object 1 is x and is estimated to be 79 ±
1 g while the mass of Object 2 is y and estimated to be 65 ± 2 g.
How should the total mass , z = x+y be reported?
Answer: The total mass of the objects is approximately 79g + 65g = 144 g. But the total mass can be as high as 80 g + 67 g = 147 g or as low
as 78 g + 63 g = 141 g. The total mass should therefore be reported as 144 ± 3 g.
How should the difference in mass, z = x-y, be reported? (Note that the symbol z now denotes the difference instead of the sum of two
measurements )
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Answer: The mass difference is approximately 79 g – 65 g = 14 g. But that mass difference can be as low as 78 g – 67 g = 11 g or as high as 80
g – 63 g. The mass difference should therefore be reported as 144 ± 3 g.
Hence, if z = x + y or z = x - y, then the uncertainty of z is just the sum of the uncertainties of x and y: Δz = Δx and Δy.
Multiplication or division
Suppose we want to calculate the uncertainty or error , ∆z, associated with either the sum, z = xy, or quotient, z = x/ y - it is, again, assumed
that the quantities x and y have uncertainties ∆x and ∆y, respectively. In this case the resulting error is the sum of the fractional errors multiplied
by the original measurement.
If the measured quantities are x ± ∆x, and +∆y, then the if derived quantity is the quotient z = x/y. The uncertainty ∆z can also be calculated
The estimate for the compounded error is conservatively calculated. Hence, the resultant error is taken as the sum of the corresponding errors
or fractional errors.
Example: The length and width of a rectangle are measured to be 19 ± 0.5 cm and 15 ± 0.5 cm. How should the area, A, of the rectangle be
reported?
Answer: The area of the rectangle is approximately A = 19 x 15 cm2=285 cm2. The fractional uncertainty is
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Power law dependence: Suppose the derived quantity z is related to the measure quantity x through the relation z = xn , then the uncertainty
∆z can be calculated as follows:
The above prescriptions for estimating the error or uncertainty provide conservative error estimates, the maximum possible error is assumed.
However, when the calculated or derived quantity is calculated based on a large number of other quantities a less conservative error estimate is
warranted:
Statistical treatment
The arithmetic average of the repeated measurements of a physical quantity is the best representative value of this quantity provided the errors
involved is random. Systematic errors cannot be treated statistically.
Mean:
Standard deviation:
For measurements with associated random uncertainties, the reported value is: mean plus-or-minus standard deviation. Provided many
measurements will exhibit a normal distribution, 50% of these measurements would fall within plus-or-minus 0.6745(sd) of the mean.
Alternatively, 32% of the measurements would lie outside the mean plus-or-minus twice the standard deviation.
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The standard error can be taken as the standard deviation of the means. Upon repeated measurement of the mean for different sets of random
samples taken from a population, the standard error is estimated as:
Standard error:
Figure: Function of one variable and its error Δf. Given a function f(x), the local slope at xo is calculated as the first derivative at xo.
Example:
Suppose the measured quantity is reported as x = x0 ± Δx, and the derived quantity is given by
y = sin (x)
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The uncertainty Δy is calculated as follows:
y = sin (x)
y ± Δy = sin (x0 ± Δx) = sin(x0)cos(Δx) ± cos (x0)sin(Δx)
When the uncertainty is small, i.e. |Δx| ≪ 1, one can use the approximations sin(Δx) ≈ Δx and cos (Δx) ≈ 1. Hence y ± Δy ≈ sin (x0) ± Δx cos (x0) ,
and it follows that Δy ≈ cos (x0).
Figure: Distance related to the square of time (for motions with constant acceleration): the acceleration a can be calculated from the slope of
the line, and the intercept at the vertical axis do is determined from the graph
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The simplest relation between physical quantities is linear. A smart choice of physical quantities (or a mathematical manipulation) allows one to
simplify the study of the relation between these quantities. Figure 3 shows that the relation between the displacement magnitude d and the
square of the time exhibits a linear relation (implicitly having a constant acceleration; and having no initial velocity). Another example is the
simple pendulum, where the frequency of oscillation fo is proportional to the square-root of the acceleration due to gravity divided by the
length of the pendulum L. The relation between the frequency of oscillation and the root of the multiplicative inverse of the pendulum length
can be explored by repeated measurements or by varying the length L. And from the slope, the acceleration due to gravity can be determined.
2. The previous examples showed that the equation of the line can be determined from two parameters, its slope and the constant y-intercept.
The line can be determined from a set of points by plotting and finding the slope and the y-intercept by finding the best fitting straight line.
Fitting a line relating y to x, with slope m and y-intercept b. By visual inspection, the solid line (colored red in the online version) has the best fit
through all the points compared with the other trials (dashed lines)
3. The slope and the y-intercept can be determined analytically. The assumption here is that the best fitting line has the least distance from all
the points at once. Legendre stated the criterion for the best fitting curve to a set of points. The best fitting curve is the one which has the least
sum of deviations from the given set of data points (the Method of Least Squares). More precisely, the curve with the least sum of squared
deviations from a set of points has the best fit. From this principle the slope and the y-intercept are determined as follows:
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Introduction
- A concise description of the entire experiment (purpose, relevance, methods, significant results and conclusions).
Objectives
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- A concise and summarized list of what needs to be accomplished in the experiment.
Background
- An account of the experiment intended to familiarize the reader with the theory, related research that are relevant to the experiment itself.
Methods
- A description of what was performed, which may include a list of equipment and materials used in order to pursue the objectives of the
experiment.
Results
- A presentation of relevant measurements convincing the reader that the objectives have been performed and accomplished.
Discussion of Results
- The interpretation of results directing the reader back to the objectives
Conclusions
- Could be part of the previous section but is not intended solely as a summary of results. This section could highlight the novelty of the
experiment in relation to other studies performed before.
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General Physics 1 60 MINS
Vectors Introduction
LESSON OUTLINE
Quick review of the previous lessons on 5
Content Standard physical quantities, and a mathematical
The learners demonstrate an understanding of: (1) vectors and vector addition; refresher on right triangle relations (SOH-
(2) components of vectors; and (3) unit vectors. CAH-TOA) and the distinction between
vectors and scalars
Performance Standards
The learners shall be able to solve using experimental and theoretical Motivation Exercise illustrating vectors. Options include: 5
approaches, multiconcept, rich context problems involving vectors. paddling on a flowing river, tension game,
random walk
Learning Competencies
The learners shall be able to: Instruction Discussion on the geometric representation 30
of vectors, unit vectors, vector components,
1. Differentiate vector and scalar quantities (STEM_GP12EU-Ia-8)
and vector addition
2. Perform addition of vectors (STEM_GP12EU-Ia-9)
Enrichment Seatwork exercises on vectors 10
3. Rewrite a vector in component form (STEM_GP12EU-Ia-10)
4. Calculate directions and magnitudes of vectors (STEM_GP12EU-Ia-11) Evaluation If the learners have mastered learning 10
competencies for the lesson, and there is
Specific Learning Outcomes time left for an in-class activity, make the
At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to differentiate vector and class go through an exercise on the
scalar quantities; perform addition of vectors; rewrite a vector in component components of a rotating vector and
form; and calculate directions and magnitudes of vectors.
introduce rotation matrix.
Materials
For Learners: graphing paper, protractor, ruler
For Teachers: two pcs nylon cord (about 0.5 -m long), meter stick or
tape measure
Resources
1. Resnick, D., Halliday, R., & Krane, K.S. (1991). Physics (4th
ed.) Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
2. Young, H.D., & Freedman, R. A. (2007). University Physics
with Modern Physics (12th ed.). Boston, MA: Addison-
Wesley.
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INTRODUCTION (5 MINS)
1. Do a quick review of the previous lesson involving physical quantities.
2. Give a mathematical refresher on right triangle relations, SOH-CAH-TOA, and basic properties
involving parallelogram .
3. Give several examples and ask which of these quantities are scalars or vectors. Then ask the
learners to give examples of vectors and scalars.
4. Mention that vectors are physical quantities that have both magnitude and direction while scalars
are physical quantities that can be represented by a single number
to three times to give a little spatial disorientation, then ask this learner to walk towards the board
and draw a dot on the board. Do the same for the next volunteer then draw an arrow connecting
the two subsequent dots with the previous one as starting point and the current dot with the arrow
head. Do the same for the rest of the volunteers.
After the exercise, indicate the vector of displacement (thick, gray arrow) by connecting the first
position with the last position. This vector is the sum of all the drawn vectors by connecting the
endpoint to the starting point of the next.
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Figure: Summing vectors by sequential connecting of dots based on the random walk exercise
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Figure 2: Geometric sum of vectors example. The sum is independent of the actual path but is subtended between the starting and ending
points of the displacement steps
The magnitude of a vector is represented by either a lightface letter without an arrow on top or the vector symbol with vertical bars on both
sides. The magnitude of vector can be written as A or or A.
3. Illustrate the addition of vectors using perpendicular displacements as shown below (where the thick gray arrow represent the sum
of the vectors and B):
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Figure: Vector addition illustrated in a right triangle configuration
Explain how the magnitude of vector C can be expressed in terms of the magnitude of vector A and the magnitude of vector B by using the
Pythagorean theorem.
4. Explain how the components of vector C in the direction parallel to the vectors A and B can be expressed in terms of the magnitude of
vector C and the cosines or sines of the angles Ø and Ø.
5. Use the parallelogram method to illustrate the sum of two vectors. Give more examples for learners to work with on the board.
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Figure: Vector addition using the parallelogram method
6. Illustrate vector subtraction by adding a vector to the negative direction of another vector. Compare the direction of the difference and the
sum of vectors A and B. Indicate that vectors of the same magnitude but opposite directions are anti-parallel vectors.
Figure: Subtraction of vectors. Geometrically, vector subtraction is done by adding the vector minuend to the anti-parallel vector of the
subtrahend. Note: the subtrahend is the quantity subtracted from the minuend.
7. Discuss when vectors are parallel and when they are equal.
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Figure: Unit vector
2. Discuss vectors and their addition using the quadrant plane to illustrate how the signs of the components vary depending on the location
on the quadrant plane as sections in the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system.
3. Extend discussion to include vectors in three dimensions.
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4. Discuss how to sum (or subtract vectors) algebraically using the vector components.
Ask the learners to do the seatwork exercises of the following type (no calculators allowed):
Determination of vector components using triangles : Determine the x-component and y-component of a vector with magnitude 20.0 that is
directed at a 30o angle as measured counterclockwise from the positive x direction.
For group discussions or for advanced learners or for homework Some learners may benefit if you
continually rotate a stick while
explaining how the components of
1. Illustrate on the board how the components of a uniformly rotating unit vector changes with time. the vector change with time.
Note that this magnitude varies as the cosine and sine of the rotation angle (the angular velocity
magnitude multiplied with time, ø = ωt)
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2. Calculate the components of a rotated unit vector and introduce the rotation matrix. This can be extended to vectors with arbitrary
magnitude.
Draw a vector, that is ø degrees from the horizontal or x-axis. This vector is then rotated by ø degrees. Refer to the following figure.
Calculate the components of the new vector that is ø + ø degrees from the horizontal by using trigonometric identities as shown below.
The two equations can then be re-written using matrix notation where the 2 × 2 (two rows by two columns) matrix is called the rotation matrix.
For now, it can simply be agreed that this way of writing simultaneous equations is convenient. That is, a way to separate vector components
(into a column) and the 2 × 2 matrix that operates on this column of numbers to yield a rotated vector, also written as a column of components.
The other column matrices are the rotated unit vector (ø + ø degrees from the horizontal) and the original vector (ø degrees from the
horizontal) with the indicated components. This can be generalized by multiplying both sides with the same arbitrary length. Thus, the
components of the rotated vector (on 2D) can be calculated using the rotation matrix.
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General Physics 1 60 MINS
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INTRODUCTION (15 MINS)
1. Do a quick review of the previous lesson on vectors with some emphasis on the definition of displacement.
2. In describing how objects move introduce how the use of distance and time leads to the more precise use by physicists of vectors to
quantify motion with velocity and acceleration (here, defined only as requiring change in velocity)
3. Ask for two volunteers. Instruct one to walk fast in a straight line from one end of the classroom to another as the other records the duration
time (using his or her watch or timer). The covered distance is measured using the meter stick (or tape measure). Repeat the activity but this
time let the volunteers switch tasks and ask the other volunteer to walk as fast as the first volunteer from the same ends of the classroom. Is
the second volunteer able to walk as fast as the first? Another pair of volunteers might do better than the first pair.
4. Ask the class what the difference is between speed and velocity.
1. Discuss how to calculate the average velocity using positions on a number line, with recorded arrival time and covered distance (p1, p2, …,
p5). For instance at p1, x1 = 3m, t1 = 2s, etc.
p1 p2 p3 p4 p5
3m 5m 8m 11m 20m
2s 10s 30s 50s 300s
The average velocity is calculated as the ratio between the displacement and the time interval during the displacement. Thus, the average
velocity between p1 and p2 can be calculated as:
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What is the average velocity from position p2 to p5?
Note that although the positive direction is often taken to be the rightward, upward, or eastward, we are free to assign any other direction as a
positive direction. However, after the positive direction has been assigned, the opposite direction has to be towards the negative.
2. Emphasize that the average velocity between the given coordinates above vary (e.g., between p1 to p2 and p1 to p4). The displacement
along the coordinate x can be graphed as a function of time t.
Figure: Average velocity.
Discuss that the average velocity from a coordinate x1 to x2 is taken as if the motion is along a straight line between said positions at the given
time duration. Hence, the average velocity is geometrically the slope between these positions.
Is the average velocity the same as the average speed?
3. Now, discuss the notion of instantaneous velocity v as the slope of the tangential line at a given point. Mathematically, this is the derivative
of x with respect to t.
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Figure 2: Tangential lines
4. Discuss which time points in Figure 3 (left) correspond to motion with constant or non-constant velocity, negative or positive constant
velocity.
(Answers: The velocity is non-constant in the time intervals from t0 to t1, and from t2 to t3. The velocity is constant in the time intervals from t1
to t2, and from t3 to t4. The velocity is constant and positive in the time interval from t1 to t2. The velocity is constant and negative in the time
interval from t3 to t4 )
Figure 3 (right) shows instantaneous velocities as slopes at specific time points. Discuss how the values of the instantaneous velocity vary as you
move from v1 to v6.
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Figure 3: x-t graph
5. Show how one can derive the displacement based on the expression for the average velocity:
Note that when the velocity is constant, so is the average velocity between any two separate time points. Thus, the total displacement
magnitude is the rectangular area under the velocity-versus-time graph (subtended by the change in time).
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7. Discuss that as the time interval becomes infinitesimally small, the summation becomes an integral. Thus, the total displacement is the area
under the curve of the velocity as a function of time between the time points in question.
8. Introduce average acceleration as the change in velocity divided by the elapsed time (in preparation for the next lesson).
Calculation of average velocities given initial and final position and time:
The x-coordinates of an object at time t = 1.00 s and t = 4.00 s are 3.00 m and 5.00 m respectively. Calculate the average velocity of the object
on the time interval t = 1.00 s to 4.00 s.
Calculation of the instantaneous velocity at a specific time, given x as a function of time: The position of an object is x(t) = 1.00 + 2.00 t - 3.00
t2, where x is in meters and t is in seconds. Calculate the instantaneous velocity of the object at time t =3.00 s.
Calculate the total displacement over a time interval, given the velocity as a function of time:
The velocity of an object is v(t) = 1.00 - 3.00 t2, where v is in meters per second and t is in seconds. Calculate the displacement of the object in
the time interval from t = 1.00 s to t =2.00 s.
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General Physics 1 60 MINS
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INTRODUCTION/MOTIVATION (5 MINS)
Do a quick review of the previous lesson on displacement, average velocity and instantaneous velocity.
INSTRUCTION (20MINS)
The acceleration of a moving object is a measure of its change in velocity. Discuss how to calculate the average acceleration from the ratio of
the change in velocity to the time elapsed during this change.
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Figure 2: Instantaneous acceleration
Thus, given the displacement as a function of time, the acceleration can be calculated as a function of time by successive applications of the
time derivative:
Given a constant acceleration, the change in velocity (from an initial velocity) can be calculated from the constant average velocity multiplied by
the time interval.
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Figure 3: Velocity as area under the acceleration versus time curve
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Use the definition of average
velocity and the notion that the
displacement is an area under the
velocity vs. time curve to derive an
equation relating the average
velocity to the initial and final
velocities. The relevant area for
calculating the displacement from
time t1 to time t2 is that of the blue
trapezoid on the right.
Discuss that with a time-varying acceleration, the total change in velocity (from an initial velocity) can be calculated as the area under the
acceleration versus time curve (for a given time duration). Given a constant acceleration (Figure 3), the velocity change is defined by the
rectangular area under the acceleration versus time curve subtended by the initial and final time. Thus, with a continuously time-varying
acceleration, the area under the curve is approximated by the sum of the small rectangular areas defined by the product of small time intervals
and the local average acceleration. This summation becomes an integral when the time duration increments become infinitesimally small.
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DELIVERY (20 MINS)
Lead the learners through a series of exercises on the interpretation and construction of position vs. time, velocity vs. time, and acceleration vs.
time curves. Review the relations between displacement and velocity, velocity expressed as time derivatives and area under the curve within a
time interval. Next, discuss how one can identify whether a velocity is constant (zero, positive or negative), or time varying (decreasing or
increasing) using Figure 4.
Warning: the non-linear parts of the graph were strategically chosen as sections of a parabola—hence, the corresponding first derivate of these
sections is either a negatively sloping line (for a downward opening parabola) or a positively sloping line (for an upward opening parabola)
Replace the displacement variable with velocity in Figure 4 (which now becomes Figure 5) and discuss what the related acceleration becomes
(constant or time varying).
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Warning: the non-linear part of the graph were strategically chosen as sections of a parabola—hence, the corresponding first derivate of these
sections is either a negatively sloping line (for a downward opening parabola) or a positively sloping line (for an upward opening parabola)
1. Given a sinusoidal displacement vs. time graph (displacement = A sin(bt); b = 4π/s, A = 2 cm), ask the class to graph the corresponding
velocity vs. time and acceleration vs. time graphs. (Recall that the velocity is the first derivative of the displacement with respect to time and
that the acceleration is the first derivative with respect to time.)
• At which parts of the displacement vs. time graph is the velocity zero? maximum? minimum?
• At which parts of the displacement vs time graph is the acceleration zero? maximum? minimum?
• What happens to the velocity and acceleration at the positions where the displacement is zero?
a) After taking time derivatives, the resulting expressions for the velocity and acceleration are shown to be v(t) = bAcos(bt) and by a(t) = -
b2Asin(bt). The velocity vs. time graph and acceleration vs. time graph are shown below. (The dashed lines are guides for the eye.)
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b. The velocity is zero at points where the displacement is either maximum or minimum:
The velocity is maximum at points where the displacement vs. time graph is steepest and increasing from left to right:
The velocity is minimum at points where the displacement vs. time graph is steepest and decreasing from left to right:
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c) The acceleration is zero at points on the displacement vs. time graph where there is no concavity:
The acceleration is maximum at points on the displacement vs. time curve which are concave upward and where the slope is changing most
rapidly:
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The acceleration is minimum at points on the displacement vs. time curve which are concave downward and where the slope is changing most
rapidly:
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General Physics 1 60 MINS
on a string
Introduction Review of the principle of superposition. 5
Motivation Describe the kind of waves that form on 5
the strings of a guitar and distinguish it
from a travelling wave
Content Standard
The learners shall be able to learn about (1) interference and beats, and (2) Instruction/ Discussion on the following: 30
standing waves. Delivery
-Qualitative description of a standing
Learning Competency wave
The learners shall be able to apply the condition for standing waves on a string -Condition for standing wave
(STEM_GP12MWS-IIe-36) -Nodes and anti-nodes
Specific Learning Outcomes -Normal modes on a string
At the end of the unit, the learners must be able to:
Practice Plug-and-play problem 5
1. Identify the condition for standing waves to form on a string.
Enrichment Actual or video demonstration on how to 5
2. Determine the wave function for a standing wave using the principle of
superposition. form harmonics on a guitar
3. Locate nodes and antinodes in a standing wave. Evaluation Problem solving exercise 10
4. Visualize normal modes on a string. Materials
5. Identify the frequency of the normal modes of a string.
Guitar (optional)l slinky toy
Resource
Young, Hugh D., Freedman, Roger A. (2008). University
Physics (12th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pearson Education, Inc.
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INTRODUCTION (5MINS)
Review the principle of superposition. Emphasize how the wave function of the resulting interference is just the sum of the individual wave
functions.
MOTIVATION (5MINS)
Describe a travelling wave in a string. Then describe the kind of wave that happens on a guitar string. Show this either by using a guitar or just
the image below. Ask the class if they could spot the differences between the two. Emphasize that since the guitar string is fixed at both ends,
the wave cannot travel. Instead, it is standing.
INSTRUCTION/DELIVERY (30MINS)
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4. Distinguish between nodes and antinodes: Nodes are points in the standing wave that do not move and antinodes are points in the standing
wave that moves the greatest. Show the figure below, or if possible, an animation. Derive the positions of the nodes by setting y(x,t) = 2A sin
ωt sin kx = 0 and solving for x:
Emphasize that, from the above equation, it follows that consecutive nodes are half a wavelength apart.
5. Underline that fixed ends must be nodes, which restrict the possible wavelengths that can occur on a string fixed at both its ends (the
previous figure can serve as a visual reinforcement). Draw a string of length L fixed on both ends on the board. Have the class imagine a
standing wave occurring on this string. Tell them that there are many possible answers. Then show the class the figure below. Define these
patterns as normal modes.
6. Call on a student to hold one end of a slinky. Hold the other end and wiggle it to form the first, second, and third normal modes. Mention
that that you need a faster wiggle, and therefore a larger frequency, to get higher frequencies. You can also let the student wiggle his end while
your end stays in place.
7. Have some students count the number of cycles that occur in each normal mode. Argue then that for the first situation to occur,
for the second situation to occur, and so on, which, in general, leads to the expression below:
Using the relation derive the expression for the frequency of the normal mode:
Define the n = 1 frequency as the fundamental frequency, the n = 2 frequency as the second harmonic, the n = 3 frequency as the third
harmonic, and so on.
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Note: It is important for the teacher to practice this before coming to class. Standing waves will only form for specific wiggle frequencies.
PRACTICE (5 MINS)
Give a specific length of a string, and let students identify the wavelengths of the fourth and fifth normal mode (n = 4). Give a specific wave
speed, and let the students identify the fourth harmonic. Use up all the time to go around the class and make sure everyone gets the correct
answer with the correct solution.
ENRICHMENT (5 MINS)
1. Establish the fact that amplitude and frequency are perceived by humans as volume and pitch, respectively.
2. Show a video or an actual demonstration on how to produce harmonics on a guitar:
a. Tell the class that when you pluck a guitar string, it produces all possible normal modes, but Teacher tip
The midpoint of the string lies between the
the loudest frequency is the fundamental frequency, followed by the first harmonic, then the second
12th and 13th fret of the guitar.
harmonic, and so on. Let a guitar string ring.
b. Tell the class that you can mute the fundamental frequency by lightly pressing the midpoint
of the string, thereby making the first harmonic the loudest mode. Explain why this works while using
the previous figure of the normal modes as visual reinforcement: The midpoint of the string is an
antinode for the first normal mode. By lightly pressing on that point, you force it to be a node, thereby
not allowing the string to produce the first mode. Lightly press on the midpoint of a guitar string and
let it ring.
c. Tell the class that you can mute the fundamental frequency and the first harmonic by lightly
Teacher tip
pressing a point a third of the way from one end of the string, thereby making the second harmonic the The point a third of the way through the fret
loudest mode. Explain why this works while using the previous figure of the normal modes as visual end of the string lies between the 7th and
reinforcement: The point a third of a way through one end of the string is an antinode for the second 8th fret of the guitar.
normal mode. By lightly pressing on that point, you force it to be a node, thereby not allowing the
string to produce the second mode. Lightly press on the point a third of a way through one end of a
guitar string and let it ring.
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EVALUATION (10MINS)
1. Let the students answer the following problem: The A-string of a guitar has a fundamental frequency of 110. Hz.
• Which of the following is NOT a frequency of a normal mode of the string?
• 110. Hz
• 930. Hz
• 1210 Hz
• 1430 Hz
ANSWER: 1430 Hz. From the equation for the frequencies, it follows that the higher harmonics are multiples of the fundamental frequency. 930
Hz is not a multiple of 110 Hz, and hence is not a frequency of a normal mode.
• If the wavelength of the third normal mode is 45 cm, what is the length of the string?
ANSWER: for n = 3
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INTRODUCTION (5MINS)
Review the kinds of waves (transverse, longitudinal, combination). Establish that sound waves are longitudinal waves. Review the fact that
amplitude and frequency are perceived by humans as volume and pitch, respectively.
MOTIVATION (5MINS)
Ask the students to emulate what they hear when an ambulance passes by them. They should be able to identify the increase then decrease in
volume and pitch.
Recall in class that the intensity of sound waves is larger when the source is closer and cite this as the reason for the change in volume.
Tell the class that the variation in pitch is due to the motion of the ambulance. Ask the students to identify when the pitch increases and
decreases. They should be able to identify that the pitch increases when the ambulance approaches them and decreases when it recedes from
them.
Emphasize that the frequency of the source does not change; only the frequency as perceived by the listener changes. Tell the class that this
also happens when the listener is moving. Define this dependence of the perceived frequency to the motion of the source and/or listener as the
Doppler effect.
INSTRUCTION/DELIVERY (35MINS)
From the previous demonstration, argue that the wavelength perceived by the listener is different from the wavelength of the source by an
amount vsT (speed of the source times the period): λ’ = λ ± vsT where where the plus sign is for when the source moves away from the listener
and the minus sign is for when the source moves towards the listener.
By using the expression v = λf in the previous equation, derive the equation:
Do a simple check on how the value of changes when the source is moving toward and away from the listener. Reinforce the results with the
observations from the demonstration and/or the ambulance scenario.
Give this simple example: A guitarist plucks a C-note (523 Hz) while moving at a speed of 20.0 m/s towards a fangirl. What frequency does the
fangirl hear?
Ans.
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Roll balls again, but this time while the student is moving towards you. Ask the class if they noticed a change in the rate at which the student
picks up the balls, i.e. the perceived frequency. They should notice an increase in the perceived frequency. Roll balls again, but this time while
the student is moving away from you. Ask the class if they noticed a change in the perceived frequency. They should notice a decrease in the
perceived frequency. Emphasize that the wavelength of the wave did not change; it was the relative motion of the listener with the wave that
caused the change in frequency.
From the previous demonstration, argue that the perceived wave speed of the listener is equal to the relative speed of the wave with respect to
the listener: v’ = v ± vL where the plus sign is for when the listener is moving toward the source and the minus sign is when the listener is
moving away from the source. Argue that since the wavelength is unchanged, using v = λf, the perceived wave speed corresponds to the
perceived frequency
Do a simple check on how the value of f’ changes when the source is moving toward and away from the listener. Reinforce the results with the
observations from the demonstration and/or the water waves analogy.
Give this simple example: A guitarist plucks a C-note (523 Hz) while a fangirl moves at a speed of 20.0 m/s towards him. What frequency does
the fangirl hear?
Ans:
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Derivation of the Doppler effect for a moving source and a moving listener
Argue that for the case wherein both the source and the listener are moving, the perceived frequency is given by
Teacher tip
“For example, if both the source and the
listener are moving to the right, then the
Emphasize that the previous equations can be obtained by setting either vL = 0 or vs = 0, or , and source is moving toward the listener, and
hence they only need to remember this single equation for all Doppler effect problems. the listener is moving away from the source.
The former should result to an increase in
frequency, so it must be v - vs in the
Summarize the sign conventions. Emphasize that to decide for the correct signs, they can just think of expression (so that the denominator
decreases and the fraction increases). The
what should happen to the frequency (increase or decrease) in real life, and base the signs from that.
latter should result to a decrease in
One moving toward the other should result to a frequency increase, and one moving away from the frequency, so it must be v - vL in the
other should result to a frequency decrease. expression (so that the numerator decreases
and the fraction decreases).”
PRACTICE (5 MINS)
Give this exercise: The figure indicates the directions of motion of a sound source and a detector for six situations in stationary air. For each
situation, is the detected frequency greater than or less than the emitted frequency, or can’t we tell without more information about the actual
speeds?
Source Detector Source Detector
(c) (f)
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ANSWER: (a) increase; (b) decrease; (c) can’t tell; (d) can’t tell; (e) increase; (f) can’t tell. Everything can be figured out from what is observed in
real life, except (c) and (d). For (c) and (d), we must look at the equation for the perceived frequency. For (c), the equation becomes
In both cases, the answer will depend on the source and listener speeds. In fact, if they are equal, then the numerator cancels out the
denominator, and there won’t be a change in the perceived frequency.
ENRICHMENT (5 MINS)
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3. Tell the class that the crack of a bullet and a whip are also sonic booms.
EVALUATION (5MINS)
Give the class this problem: A truck and an ambulance move at the same rate of 13 m/s toward each other but on different lanes. If the
ambulance siren emits sound of frequency 1200 Hz, what is the frequency of the sound that the truck driver hears?
ANSWER:
Since the truck driver and the ambulance are both moving toward each other, then the signs of the numerator and the denominator must be set
in such a way that they increase the frequency heard by the listener. So it should be a plus in the numerator and a minus in the denominator.
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PROBLEM-SOLVING SESSION (40 MINS) Teacher tip
The formula for the Doppler effect in
electromagnetic waves is different. But
Ask the class to form groups of four to five members. Make sure that everyone contributes to the when the speed of the source/listener is
discussions. Tell the class that you will ask a member of a group to present the solution to a question, very small compared to the speed of the
so that everyone will be encouraged to participate. Answer the following problems: wave, such as in this problem, then the
Doppler effect for sound still holds.
1. Travelling waves occur on a certain string. The displacement of a point on the string varies with time
according to the first graph. The second graph shows a snapshot of the string at time t = 0
2. A 20-N weight is attached to the end of a string draped over a pulley; the other end of the string is attached to a mechanical oscillator that
moves up and down at a tunable frequency. The length between the oscillator and the pulley is 1m. You slowly increase the frequency from zero
until a standing wave formed at 60 Hz. What is the linear mass density of the string?
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3. A tuning fork that plays a G-note (384-Hz) was detuned due to improper handling. You try to identify its frequency by playing it side by side
with another G tuning fork that is still in tune. After simultaneously striking the forks, you heard a pitch slightly lower than G. You also heard
beats at 0.100-s intervals. What is the frequency of the detuned fork?
4. A French submarine move toward an essentially motionless U.S. submarine in motionless water. The French sub moves at speed vF = 50.00
km/h. The U.S. sub sends out a sonar signal (sound wave in water) at 1.000x103 Hz. Sound waves travel at 5470 km/h in water, hitting the French
sub and reflecting back to the U.S. sub at 1.018x103 Hz. What is the speed of the French sub?
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PRESENTATION OF SOLUTIONS (20MINS)
Select a random member from each group and let them present a problem. In case there are more groups than problems, divide the problems
into sections and assign groups to those sections, so that all groups are able to discuss in class.
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Experiment involving
LESSON OUTLINE
mechanical waves or Introduction/ Review sound waves and standing waves 5
sound
Review/ on a string. Blow on the opening of
Motivation different glass bottles (e.g. soft drink
bottles) at some angle such that a sound
Content Standard of constant pitch can be heard. Ask the
The learners demonstrate an understanding of: (1) Sound, and (2) Sound waves students how the sound waves are
formed, and why does the pitch differ
Performance Standards
from one bottle to another.
The learners shall be able to identify the speed of sound through an
experiment involving standing sound waves on a tube. Instruction/ Discuss how standing sound waves are 15
Delivery formed in a tube that with one open
Learning Competency
end. Prepare the materials. Demonstrate
The learners shall be able to perform an experiment investigating the
the experiment. Distribute the materials
properties of sound waves and analyze the data appropriately—identifying
to the students.
deviations from theoretical expectations when appropriate (STEM_GP12MWS-
IIe-39) Practice/ Let the students perform the 40
Enrichment experiment, gather data, and answer the
guide questions in the worksheet. Assist
the students throughout the experiment.
Materials
open tube(preferably transparent), tuning fork, pail filled with water,
ruler
Resources
1. Young, Hugh D., Freedman, Roger A. (2008). University
Physics (12th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pearson Education, Inc.
2. Tube resonance experiment (https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=bHdHaYNX4Tk
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INTRODUCTION/MOTIVATION (5 MINS)
Review sound waves and standing waves on a string, specifically the concept of node/antinode. Emphasize that for a string, the fixed ends must
be nodes. Mention the speed of sound in air.
Blow on the opening of different glass bottles (e.g. soft drink bottles) at some angle such that a sound of constant pitch can be heard. Ask the
students how the sound waves are formed, and why does the pitch differ from one bottle to another.
Answer the previously posed question: The sound that we hear from blowing the opening of a glass bottle comes from the standing waves that
form inside the bottle. The pitch depends on the dimensions of the bottle, in the same way that the normal modes on a string depends on the
length of the string.
Teacher tip
Discuss how standing sound waves are formed in a tube. Start with the fact that since air cannot move The more accurate explanation for why the
freely on the closed end of a tube, it must be a node of a standing sound wave. Point out the analogy open end of the tube must be an antinode
with the fixed ends of a string. Proceed with the fact that since air can move freely on an open end of a can be found in Section 16.4 of the
University Physics by Young and Freedman
tube, it must be an antinode of a standing sound wave*. Describe the different standing waves that can (12th edition).
form on a tube with one closed end and one open end, using the figure below as visual reinforcement.
Prepare the materials. Demonstrate the experiment as detailed in the manual. Then distribute the
materials to the students.
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PRACTICE/ENRICHMENT (40 MINS) Teacher tip
Assist the students in filling up water. Make
sure that valuables, especially electronic
Let the students perform the experiment, gather data, and answer the guide questions in the gadgets, are far from the experimental set-
worksheet. Assist the students throughout the experiment. The students would need to pass a up.
worksheet containing the data and their answers to guide questions.
Materials:
• open tube (preferably transparent)
• tuning fork
• pail filled with water
• ruler
Background:
Standing sound waves can form on a tube, much like how standing transverse waves can form on a string. Since air cannot move freely on the
closed end of a tube, it must be a node of a standing sound wave. On the other hand, since air can move freely on an open end of a tube, it
must be an antinode of a standing sound wave. There are many possible standing waves of different wavelengths that can fit these criteria, but
the standing wave with the largest wavelength, called the first normal mode, occurs when the node and antinode of the open and closed ends
are adjacent in the wave:
A node and its adjacent antinode are a quarter of a wavelength apart. Hence the first normal mode occurs when the length of the string is a
quarter of a wavelength. In this experiment, a tube with both ends open will be used. One end will then be dipped in water. The surface of the
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water acts as a closed end. It follows that the effective length of the tube wherein standing waves form is only the fraction that is not dipped in
water.
Procedure:
• Fill a pail with water. Dip one end of the pipe to the water.
• Read and record the label value of the frequency of the tuning fork. Strike the tuning fork on your palm
(Caution: striking the tuning fork to a hard surface may cause damage to the tuning fork.), then place it near
the open end of the tube.
• While the tuning fork still rings, hold the tube and slowly move it up and down. You should notice a height
wherein you hear the loudest sound. This is the height wherein the first normal mode form. Measure the
length of the tube that is not submerged in water. Record this as the effective length of the tube.
• Calculate the wavelength corresponding to this length.
• Calculate the speed of sound from the measured wavelength of the standing wave and the label value of
the frequency of the tuning fork, using the formula v = λf
• Compare this with the theoretical value of the speed of sound. Calculate the percent deviation.
Data:
Table 1: Data for calculating the speed of sound in air.
Frequency of the tuning fork (Hz)
Calculations:
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Questions: (Use extra sheets if necessary)
• What was the purpose of the water? Is it possible to form standing waves without it?
• Using the same set-up, is it possible to hear the second normal mode? Explain.
• What are the possible sources of error in the experiment?
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Relate density, specific gravity, mass, and volume to each other • Define gauge pressure and absolute
pressure
(STEM_GP12FM-IIf-40)
Relate pressure to area and force (STEM_GP12FM-IIf-41) Practice Discuss sample problems on density and 10
pressure
Relate pressure to fluid density and depth (STEM_GP12FM-IIf-42)
Solve problems involving fluids (STEM_GP12FM-IIf-47) Enrichment Conceptual questions 10
Evaluation Conceptual questions on density and 10
pressure
Materials
aquarium or any transparent water container, unopened
Regular coke in can, unopened Coke Light in can, water
Resource
Cassidy, D. C., Holton, G., & Rutherford, F. J. (2002). Understanding
physics. Springer Science & Business Media.
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INTRODUCTION (5MINS)
Discuss Fluids
A fluid is a collection of molecules that are randomly arranged and held together by weak cohesive forces and by forces exerted by the walls of
a container. It is any substance that does not have definite shape and exhibits the phenomenon of flow. It includes liquids and gases.
Liquids flow under gravity until they occupy the lowest possible regions of their container. Gasses expand to fill their containers regardless of its
shape.
MOTIVATION (10MINS)
1. Show the class the two cans of soft drink. (Any regular soft drink and its diet counterpart will do)
2. Ask the students to predict what will happen to the two cans if you put it in the aquarium that is filled with water.
3. Have a show of hands on the following choices:
• Both cans will float.
• Regular coke will float; Coke light will sink.
• Regular coke will sink; Coke light will float.
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• Both cans will sink.
4. Emphasize the difference of the content of the two cans. They have the same volume but different mass. This difference is due to the
formulation of the fluid inside the can. They have different density.
INSTRUCTION/DELIVERY (15MINS)
1. Discuss density.
Density is mass per unit volume. The Greek letter ρ (rho) is usually used to denote density:
2. Show a table of density of common substances. Emphasize that density is unique for each substance.
When an object’s density is greater than that of water it will sink in water. When its density is less it will float. For floating object, the fraction of
the volume of an object that is submerged in any liquid equals the ratio of the density of the object to that of the liquid.
Example, the density of ice is 0.92 g/cm3. This means 92 percent of the volume of ice is submerged in water.
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4. Discuss specific gravity and the standards for liquids and gases.
Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of a material to a standard density. It is a unitless quantity.
The standard density for liquids is the density of water at 4°C: 1 g/cm3 or 1000 kg/m3. For gases, the standard is the density of oxygen at 0°C
and pressure of 1 atm: 1.43 kg/m3.
2. Discuss pressure
Pressure is force per unit area. The unit of pressure is Pascal (Pa).
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4. Discuss liquid pressure. Emphasize its dependence on the liquid density and that pressure is depth dependent, not volume dependent.
The pressure P︎ at a depth h︎ is greater than the pressure P0 ︎ at the surface by an amount pgh. Pressure in a liquid at any location is exerted in
equal amount in all direction. Note that the pressure is the same at any two points at the same level in the fluid. The shape of the container
does not matter. Pressure is also not volume dependent
As expected, P = P0 at the surface, where h ︎= 0.Pressure︎ P0 is often due to the air or other gas above the liquid.︎ P0 = 1 atm = 1.013 x 105 Pa for
a liquid that is open to the air.
However, ︎ P0 can also be the pressure due to a piston or a closed surface pushing down on the top of the liquid.
If the pressure inside a car tire is equal to atmospheric pressure, the tire is flat. The pressure has to be greater than atmospheric to support the
car. When we say that the pressure in a car tire is "32 pounds" (actually 32 Ib/in2, equal to 220 kPa or 2.2x105 Pa), we mean that it is greater
than atmospheric pressure (14.7 Ib/in2 or 1.01x105 Pa) by this amount. The total pressure in the tire is then 47 lb/in2 or 320 kPa. The excess
pressure above atmospheric pressure is called gauge pressure, and the total pressure is called absolute pressure.
1. A nurse administers medication in a saline solution to a patient by infusion into the patient’s arm. The density of the solution is 1 x 103 kg/m3.
And the pressure inside the vein is 2.4 x 103 Pa. How high must the container be hung?
For the solution to enter the vein, the liquid pressure should be equal to the pressure inside the vein
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solving for h:
2. Lake Pinatubo is the deepest lake in the Philippines. Find the pressure at a depth of 10 m below the surface of Lake Pinatubo if the pressure
at the surface is 1 atm. Assume that the water in the lake is pure water with a density of 1.00x103 kg/m3.
EVALUATION (10MINS)
1. The sphere on the right has twice the mass and twice the radius of the sphere on the
left. Compared to the sphere on the left, the larger sphere on the right has
A. twice the density
B. the same density
C. 1/2 the density
D. 1/4 the density
E. 1/8 the density
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. Pressure is the same at all points
ANSWER: E
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Knight, R. (2007). Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with
Modern Physics [and Mastering Physics TM]. Pearson Education.
Tipler, P. A., & Mosca, G. (2007). Physics for scientists and engineers. Macmillan. Young, H. & Freedman, R.(2008). University Physics with
modern physics 12th ed.
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INTRODUCTION/MOTIVATION (10MINS)
Ask students some preliminary questions to determine whether they have heard of Pascal's law or Archimedes' principle or any of the physics
concepts behind them.
a. Who knows why ships float?
b. When you are swimming in a pool, do you feel lighter or heavier than when you are walking on the ground? How much lighter are you?
c. How do hydraulic jacks work?
ANSWER:
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INSTRUCTION (15 MINS)
2. Discuss buoyancy.
The upward force exerted by the fluid is called buoyant force. As stated by Archimedes’ Principle this force is equal to the weight of the
fluid displaced by the body.
If the weight of the submerged object is greater than the buoyant force, it will SINK. If the weight of the submerged object is less than the
buoyant force, it will FLOAT.
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PRACTICE (10 MINS)
A 15.0-kg solid gold statue is being raised from a sunken ship. What is the tension in the hoisting cable when the statue is at rest and
a. completely immersed?
b. out of the water?
We are given the mass of the gold statue m = 15.0 kg, the density of gold Pg = 1.93 x 104 kg/m3),and the density of salt water Pf = 1.03 x 103
kg/m3,
Drawing the free-body diagram for the first case (a),
Since the statue is completely immersed, the volume of displaced fluid is equal to the volume of the statue.
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EVALUATION (5 MINS)
Answer: A
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Content Standards Introduction/ Ask the students to hold one sheet of paper 5
Motivation close to their bottom lip and blow hard
The learners shall be able to learn about (1) continuity, and (2) Bernoulli’s
across the upper surface; let them observe.
principle
Instruction Discussion Proper 20
Performance Standards
The learners shall be able to solve multi-concept, rich context problems using Practice Discuss sample problems on Continuity 20
concepts from rotational motion, fluids, oscillations, gravity, and equation and Bernoulli’s principle
thermodynamics.
Enrichment Show that Torricelli’s Theorem is a special 10
Learning Competencies case of Bernoulli’s Equation
The learners shall be able to explain the limitations of and the assumptions Evaluation Conceptual questions on Continuity 5
underlying Bernoulli’s principle and the continuity equation (STEM_GP12FM- equation and Bernoulli’s principle
IIf-45); apply Bernoulli’s principle and continuity equation, whenever
appropriate, to infer relations involving pressure, elevation, speed, and flux Materials 2 sheets of paper
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INTRODUCTION/MOTIVATION (5 MINS)
1. Ask the students to get 2 sheets of paper and follow the instructions below.
a. Hold one of the sheets of paper close to your bottom lip and blow hard across the
upper surface. What happens?
b. b.Hold the two sheets of paper upright, a few inches apart in front of your face. Again,
blow hard and watch what happens.
2. Ask some students their observation. Tell the students that the same principle can explain
how airplanes fly.
3. Introduce today’s topic which deals with fluid flow.
State the assumption that we are considering IDEAL fluids, i.e. fluids exhibiting the following characteristics:
A. Non-turbulent flows. Turbulent flow is irregular flow characterized by small whirlpool-
like regions.
B. Steady-state flow. In steady (laminar) flow, the velocity of the fluid at each point
remains constant.
C. Non-viscous fluid. Internal friction is neglected. An object moving through the fluid
experiences no viscous force.
D. Incompressible fluids. Density is constant throughout the fluid.
A1v1 = A2v2
where A is the pipe cross-sectional area and v is the fluid speed.
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Emphasize the implication of the continuity equation. If the pipe cross-section area decreases, the flow velocity will increase. We can relate it to
everyday activities such as watering the plants using a garden hose. If you your finger to close a part of the hole, the waters’ speed increases as
it come out of the hose.
ANSWER:
v2 = (v1A1)/A2
v2 = (3.0 m/s)(25 cm2)/(15 cm2)
v2 = 5.0 m/s
INSTRUCTION (10 MINS)
Discuss how Bernoulli’s Equation relates pressure, flow velocity, and height for flow of an ideal fluid.
Emphasize the similarity of Bernoulli’s equation to the conservation of energy equation so that the students can easily remember it.
Explain how airplanes fly. Lower pressure is caused by the increased speed of the air over the wing. Since the pressure is higher beneath the
wing, the wing is pushed upwards.
Airplane wings are shaped to make air move faster over the top of the wing. When air moves faster, the pressure of the air decreases. So the
pressure on the top of the wing is less than the pressure on the bottom of the wing. The difference in pressure creates a force on the wing that
lifts the wing up into the air.
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PRACTICE (10 MINS)
Water enters a house through a pipe with an inside diameter of 2.0 cm at an absolute pressure of 4.0x105 Pa (about 4 atm). A 1.0 cm diameter
pipe leads to the second floor of the bathroom 5.0 m above. When the flow speed at the inlet pipe is 1.5 m/s. Find the flow speed, pressure
and volume flow rate in the bathroom.
We are given the diameter of the inlet (d1 = 2.0cm) and outlet (d2= 1.0cm) pipe. To calculate for the flow speed at the outlet pipe, we first need
to calculate the cross-sectional area of each pipe.
Using the equation the calculated cross-sectional area of the inlet pipe is A1 = 3.14 x 10-4 m2 and that for the outlet pipe is A2 =
7.85 x 10-5 m2.
To calculate the flow speed in the bathroom, we use the continuity equation:
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To calculate for the pressure at the bathroom pipe, we will use Bernoulli’s principle:
We set the height of the inlet pipe y1 = 0 and the bathroom pipe is at a height y2 = 5.0 m.
Consider a large tank of water which has a small hole a distance h below the water surface.
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We apply Bernoulli's equation to points a and b.
Since the diameter of the hole is much smaller than the diameter of the tank, we can neglect the velocity of the water at the top (point a).
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EVALUATION (5 MINS)
Concept Tests. This can be given as a graded quiz or a quick assessment (show of hands)
1. An incompressible fluid flows through a pipe of varying radius (shown in cross-section). Compared to the fluid at point P, the fluid at point Q
has
A. greater pressure and greater volume flow rate.
B. greater pressure and the same volume flow rate.
C. the same pressure and greater volume flow rate.
D. lower pressure and the same volume flow rate.
ANSWER: D. lower pressure and the same volume flow rate.
2. An incompressible fluid flows through a pipe of varying radius (shown in cross-section). Compared to the fluid at point P, the fluid at point Q
has
A. 4 times the fluid speed.
B. 2 times the fluid speed.
C. the same fluid speed.
D. 1/2 the fluid speed.
ANSWER: A. 4 times the fluid speed.
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Baños.
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INTRODUCTION (2 MINS)
Archimedes’ Principle states that when a body is wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, the fluid exerts an upward force on the body equal to
the weight of the fluid displaced. The weight loss of the body when immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid dispersed.
Teacher tip
3
ENRICHMENT (5 MINS) Density of water (ρH2O) = 1000 kg/m
If time permits, let the students predict and observe what will happen if all liquids were combined. Density of oil (ρoil) = 920 kg/m
3
3
Density of kerosene (ρk) = 810 kg/m
EVALUATION (15 MINS)
The students will report to class the results of the experiment. The students will submit the data
sheet and answers to questions.
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FLUID MECHANICS
OBJECTIVES
MATERIALS
• graduated cylinder
• distilled water
• oil
• kerosene
• string
• metallic cylinder (or any object which can fit in the graduated cylinder)
• beaker
• weighing scale
PROCEDURE
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3. Pour into an initially weighed beaker the water in excess of the initial volume. Record the volume of the displaced fluid in
Table 1.
4. Weigh the beaker. Record the weight in Table 2.
NOTE: The weight that you will be recording in Table 2 is the weight of the displaced fluid, not the total weight of the beaker+fluid.
DATA SHEET
Water
Oil
Kerosene
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Table 2. Weight of the displaced fluid (N).
Water
Oil
Kerosene
Fluid Average weight of displaced fluid (N) Calculated buoyant force Percent Difference
Water
Oil
Kerosene
ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY
1. Predict what will happen if you will combine all three liquids in one beaker.
2. To verify if your prediction is correct, pour all three liquids in one beaker. Use a big beaker so that it will not spill over. Discuss your
observation.
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INTRODUCTION (5 MINS)
1. Make sure that students have prerequisite knowledge on volume and density.
2. Make sure that students have the following skills: use of thermometers, handling of glassware with liquids.
3. Ask how temperature is measured by a thermometer (recall what they may have learned from lessons in previous grades):
a. The liquid inside the thermometer expands (rises) when the temperature increases.
b. The thermometer has the same temperature as the object.
MOTIVATION (5 MINS)
1. Ask students about their understanding of temperature and how it affects daily life (some examples given below):
a. Hot and cold food
b. Wearing appropriate clothes for the weather
c. Effect of temperature in weather, etc.
If temperatures A and B are the same, nothing changes. If temperature A is higher than B, then A will become cooler and
B will become warmer. If temperature A is lower than B, then A will become warmer and B will become cooler.
c. Discuss: If no change occurs to either A or B, then we know that their temperatures are the same. In this condition, if B is placed
beside another object with temperature C and no change happens to both, then we know that B and C have the same temperature.
What would happen if we then place C beside A? (The temperature of A is the same as C.)
d. This is called the Zeroth Law (note that similarity to the transitive property in mathematics): If object A is in thermal equilibrium with
object B and object B is in thermal equilibrium with object C, then objects A and C are in thermal equilibrium: If TA = TB and TB = TC,
then TA = TC
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4. Discuss temperature scales
a. To ensure that the measurement of temperature is objective, a standard is established. There are several standard temperature
scales, three of which are shown in the diagram below:
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a. Linear expansion is expressed as and the new length can be expressed as
i. Expansion can be explained at the molecular level by the increased vibration in the connections between atoms
ii. All linear dimensions increase so an object with volume will expand volumetrically
iii. The coefficient of linear expansion is constant for specific materials (see table of coefficients)
b. Volume expansion is expressed as where the coefficient of volume expansion is constant for specific materials and
are usually higher for liquids than for solids
7. Solve sample problems of thermal expansion:
a. Concept check: You are given four rectangular sheets.The dimensions of each are: (i) L x L, (ii) L x 2L, (iii) L X 3L, and 3L x 3L. They are all
made from the same material and their temperature is increased to the same amount. Rank the plates according to the increase in their
areas, greatest first. Explain your reasoning.
b. An aluminum baseball bat has a length of 0.86 m at a temperature of 17oC. When the temperature of the bat is raised, the bat lengthens
by 0.00016 m. Determine the final temperature of the bat.
c. One rod is made from lead and another from quartz. The rods are heated and experience the same change in temperature. The change
in length of each rod is the same. If the initial length of the lead rod is 0.10 m, what is the initial length of the quartz rod?
d. A test tube contains 2.54 x 10-4 m3 of liquid carbon tetrachloride at a temperature of 75.0oC. The test tube and the carbon tetrachloride
are cooled to a temperature of – 13.0oC, which is above the freezing point of carbon tetrachloride. Find the volume of tetrachloride in
the test tube at – 13.0oC.
8. Discuss the “anomalous” thermal expansion of water and how this favors life:
a. The temperature vs. density graph for water is shown below. Note that water is at its densest near 0o (actually, about 4o):
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b. If mass remains constant, a decrease in density would mean an increase in volume (since ) ; note the decrease in density
(thus increase in volume) as the temperature increases
c. Conversely, as temperature decreases, volume should also decrease. Note the graph as temperature goes below 0o;
water actually expands as it cools down (this is of course simultaneous with the change of phase from liquid water to solid ice)
d. Cite examples: ice floating in water, lakes freezing at the surface in winter but are water underneath (thereby allowing fish to survive
even in winter), etc.
9. Discuss thermal stress:
a. Roads are built with gaps in between blocks. Why? These gaps are placed to cope with the changes in temperature that the road is
exposed to. Figures below illustrates this:
b. This is called “thermal stress”and can be related to the nature of the material. Derive the expression:
Discuss a sample problem: A steel wire whose length L is 130 cm and whose diameter is 1.1 mm is heated to an average temperature of 830oC
and stretched taut between two rigid supports. What tension develops in the wire as it cools to 20oC?
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ENRICHMENT/READING ASSIGNMENT
1. Various kinds of thermometers and how they function (special attention to thermal properties)
2. The basis of each temperature scale: (Celsius,Fahrenheit,Kelvin)
EVALUATION (5 MINS)
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MOTIVATION (5 MINS)
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Teacher tip
b. The basis of temperature scales. You can sometimes procure a still-working
thermostatic switch from a refrigerator repair
c. How the Kelvin scale was determined (Focus on the graph below) shop.
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5. Using a pair of tongs, carefully remove the mass from the boiling water and transfer it to the cup with cold water. Take care that the
thermometer in the lid is placed aside so that it does not come into contact with the mass.
6. Stir the water in the cup slowly about three times. What is the purpose of the stirring?
7. Replace the lid with the thermometer, taking care that the thermometer is not touching the mass. Measure the temperature of the water.
8. Fill the data below:
Mass of standard mass (in g) = ________________
Mass of cold water (in g) = ________________
Initial temperature of standard mass (in oC) = ________________
Initial temperature of water in cup, without mass (in oC) = ________________
Final temperature of water in cup, with mass (in oC) = ________________
Using the available data, is it possible to approximate the specific heat capacity of the standard mass? If yes, how would you go about it? Show
your analysis.
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d. This measurement is an approximate because of the energy lost to the environment.
2. Define calorimetry: “measuring heat”or“ changes in energy of a system by measuring the heat exchanged with the surroundings”
3. Discuss heat exchange and phase change:
a. Discuss the details of the graph below:
b. The amount of heat transferred during a phase change is described by: Q = ± mL ; where m is mass and L can be Lf (heat of fusion)
or Lv (heat of vaporization)
c. When a substance undergoes a phase change directly to gas from a solid without passing through the liquid state, it undergoes
sublimation
d. A substance that is cooled to a temperature below its freezing point without changing from the liquid phase is supercooled.
4. Discuss examples of calorimetric calculations:
a. Examples with no phase change involved
b. Examples with phase changes involved
ENRICHMENT (5 MINS)
1. If time is adequate, discuss molar heat capacity and the Dulong-Petitrule.
2. Provide additional reading on“calorie”as a heat measurement and the“food-calorie”. Ask students to write a synthesis for extra credit. An
article discussing the history of the calorie can be found in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2238749/
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EVALUATION (10 MINS)
1. Pair up students to discuss the following questions with the additional caution that their answers must consider the concepts discussed in the
two succeeding lessons (55 & 56):
a. A cool drink“sweats”at room temperature. Why is this so?
b. Putting isopropyl alcohol in your skin makes it feel cold. Why?
c. Why does it sometimes feel very warm right before a thunderstorm? Hint: Try to relate it to humidity and the processes of
condensation and evaporation.
d. If you put your hand inside an oven,your hand does not get burned as long as you don’t touch any of the oven parts. The air
temperature (inside the oven) and the oven temperature are supposed to be the same. Why would this be the case?
2. Ask pairs (select randomly) to discuss their answers. Discuss, explain, and correct whenever necessary. The students will report to class the
results of the experiment. The students will submit the data sheet and answers to questions.
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INTRODUCTION (5 MINS)
1. Make sure that students have prerequisite knowledge on temperature and heat capacity.
2. Make sure that students have the following skills: mathematical problem solving, equation analysis.
REVIEW
1. The following activity can be performed in groups or you may demonstrate and let students observe and explain:
a. Pour cold water into a large beaker. Prepare a flask of hot water (about 500C) and color it with food dye. Close it with a stopper with
two holes.
b. Lower and immerse the flask into the beaker of cold water. If the hot water does not flow, you may need to prod one of the holes
with a stirrer to start it.
2. List student observations and explanations (can be done in groups or dyads):
a. Relate densities of cold and hot water to the observed behaviour
b. Provide examples of common phenomena that exhibit the same behaviour (e.g. hot air rises, cold air sinks)
3. Review previous discussions
a. Temperature and thermal expansion
b. Heat capacities
4. Review conventions and definitions
a. Heat moves from object of higher temperature to one of lower temperature
b. Heat is not stored energy; the form that energy takes as it is transferred from one object to another object
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a. Touch the cup (heat travels to your hand by conduction)
b. Put your hand above the cup of hot water (heat travels to your hand by convection)
c. Put your hand a certain distance from the warm cup (heat travels to your hand by a combination of radiation and convection)
3. Discuss conduction:
a. Conduction is the process of transferring heat through the contact of two materials.
b. Some materials are better at conducting heat (thermal conductors) than others (thermal
insulators). Cite examples of objects that are conductors and those that are insulators.
c. Find a table of thermal conductivities of different materials, like the one in the figure on
the right. Which group of substances has high thermal conductivity? Which group of
substances has low thermal conductivity? Based on your answers to the previous
questions, speculate on what makes an object a thermal conductor.
d. Consider a bar that is being heated as shown in the figure. What factors should we
consider as heat transfers from the flame to the hand through the bar? How do these
factors relate to each other?
e. There are several factors that affect conduction:
i. More heat flows for longer time: Q t
ii. The amount of heat that flows is proportional to the difference in temperature
between two objects: Q ∆T
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iii. A larger cross-sectional area will mean more heat flowing: Q A
iv. A longer bar will mean longer length for heat to pass through and less heat conducted:
f. We summarize these factors: and Q =
where k is the thermal conductivity (dependent on the kind of material conducting the heat)
g. Provide worked mathematical examples:
i. Conduction through a single material
ii. Conduction through several materials
4. Discuss radiation
a. Radiation is the process of transferring heat through electromagnetic waves.
b. Radiation transfers heat even in the absence of a “medium” (i.e. through a vacuum), the way that sunlight
travels through space to earth.
c. Briefly discuss EM radiation and how it relates to heat energy:
d. Discuss examples of emitters, absorbers, and reflectors and their various applications:
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f. Discuss: Consider the sun as an emitter. What factors would affect the amount of heat that it emits?
i. The amount of time it is radiating: Q t
ii. The area of the radiating surface: Q A
iii. (experimentally) The absolute temperature: Q T4
g. Discuss the implications of these factors:
a. Thus we get the proportionality and the equation Q = T4 At, where is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant = 5.67 x
10-8 J/ (s. m2. K4).
b. The equation above is good only for a perfect emitter. For less-than-ideal emitters, an emissivity number e is included in the
equation. The emissivity e is the ratio between the actual emission of the object and its projected emission if it were a perfect
emitter. (Note that e is dimensionless number.)
c. Thus, an object that is emitting 80% of its projected emission will have an emissivity of e = 0.8 and its heat emission will be Q
= (0.8) T4 At. The inclusion of emissivity in the equation is the Stefan-Boltzmann law of radiation: Q = e T4 At.
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INTRODUCTION (15 MINS)
1. Make sure that students have prerequisite knowledge on temperature and heat capacity.
2. Make sure that students have the following skills: mathematical problem solving, equation analysis.
3. Review the students on the main ideas and concepts of the two chapters:
a. Temperature scales
b. Temperature and Heat
c. Thermal Expansion
d. Heat Capacity
e. Phase Changes and Heat
f. Modes of Heat Transfer
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2. (This problem provides a good discussion point regarding the coefficient of linear expansion; the expression that is generated shows that
the coefficient can be derived from the ratio between the change in length and its original length for a given change in temperature. Thus,
for any given temperature change, a substance with a higher coefficient of thermal expansion will also have a higher increase/decrease in
length. The problem also demonstrates how to spot temperature differences – the unit is written in CO instead of OC and the presence of
the verbal clue phrase of “raised by”.)
When the temperature of a coin is raised by 75 CO, the coin’s diameter increases by 2.3 x 10-5 m. If the original diameter of the coin is 1.8 x
10-2 m, find the coefficient of linear expansion.
3. (This is a challenge problem in the sense that students must be able to figure out that the sum of the changes in length of the brass and
aluminum bars must equal the air gap. Once the student is able to figure this out, it is a matter of applying algebraic principles.)
The brass bar and the aluminum bar in the drawing are each attached to an immovable wall. At 28OC the air gap between the rods is 1.3 x
10-3 m. At what temperature will the gap be closed?
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4. This is an introductory problem for the ideas relating to heat gain and heat loss. The idea of “metabolic rate” in terms of heat lost to the
environment is also explored in this problem. Note that in this problem the person experiences “heat loss” that is equal to the water’s “heat
gain”. This is also an opportunity to appreciate how substantial water’s heat capacity is.)
When resting, a person has a metabolic rate of about 3 x 105 joules per hour. The person is submerged neck-deep into a tub containing 1.2
x 103 kg of water at 21OC. If the heat from the person goes only into the water, find the water temperature after half an hour.
5. (This type of problem is almost a standard for heat capacity problems but it demonstrates the important point of heat being “additive”. This
problem also allows us to recall the relationships between work, energy, and heat while reviewing the concept of power.)
A 0.35-kg coffee mug is made from a material that has a specific heat capacity of 920 J/(kg.CO) and contains 0.25 kg of water. The cup and
water are at 15OC. To make a cup of coffee, a small electric heater is immersed in the water and brings it to a boil in three minutes. Assume
that the cup and water always have the same temperature and determine the minimum power rating of this heater.
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6. (This problem involves a change in phase and is distinguished from the previous problem because changes in phase require a different
constant – heat of fusion as opposed to heat capacity. It is also possible to discuss the direction of heat gain – by the ice cubes – because of
the heat loss of the water. This problem also reviews the concept of density to complete the required values to solve the problem.)
A thermos contains 150 cm3 of coffee at 85OC. To cool the coffee, you drop two 11-g ice cubes into the thermos. The ice cubes are initially
at 0OC and melt completely. What is the final temperature of the coffee? Treat the coffee as if it were water.
7. (This is almost exclusively an exercise in algebra, were it not for the illustrative comparison of the relationship between conductivity and
length. It shows that, for the same values of temperature difference, rate of heat, and surface area, materials that have high thermal
conductivity can be made longer than materials with lower thermal conductivity.)
Due to a temperature difference ΔT, heat is conducted through an aluminum plate that is 0.035 m thick. The plate is then replaced by a
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stainless steel plate that has the same temperature difference and cross-sectional area. How thick should the steel plate be so that the same
amount of heat per second is conducted through it?
8. (This type of problem explores the use of implicit, as opposed to explicit values. Many student difficulties in problem solving stem from their
inability to grasp context clues. In this problem, the student must be able to surmise that the temperature difference between the ends of
the rods is 100CO. This is a good way to recall the standard temperatures of water in the Celsius scale. This problem also combines with the
concepts of conduction the previous concepts of heat exchange resulting in a change in phase.)
A copper rod has a length of 1.5m and a cross-sectional area of 4 x 10-4m2. One end of the rod is in contact with boiling water and the
other with a mixture of ice and water. What is the mass of ice that melts per second? Assume no heat is lost through the side surface of the
rod.
9. (This problem can be used to re-discuss the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. It is also good practice in algebraic substitution.)
Sirius B is a white star that has a surface temperature (in kelvin) that is four times that of our sun. Sirius B radiates only 0.040 times the power
radiated by the sun. Our sun has a radius of 6.96 x 108m. Assuming that Sirius B has the same emissivity as the sun, find the radius of Sirius
B.
All data for Sirius B is subscripted as "Si" while that for the sun will have "Su".
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10. (This problem is a good discussion point on why bald heads have lower emissivity than heads with hair. You should have a fun discussion.)
A person is standing outdoors in the shade where the temperature is 28OC. (a) What is the radiant energy absorbed per second by his head
when it is covered by hair? The surface area of the hair (assumed to be flat) is 160cm2 and its emissivity is 0.85. (b) What would be the
radiant energy absorbed per second by the same person if he were bald and the emissivity of his head were 0.65?
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INTRODUCTION (5 MINS) Teacher tip
Students will be using an open flame and
objects with high temperatures so it is necessary
1. Make sure that students have prerequisite knowledge on modes of heat transfer, heat capacity to ensure their safety. If available, protective
and heat of fusion. gear must be used.
2. Make sure that students have the following skills: use of laboratory equipment such as calipers
and thermometers and handling of hot (1000C) materials.
3. Review the equation for heat conduction:
4. Introduce the activity: The purpose is to examine and confirm the relationship of the variables in the equation above as well as measure an
approximate value for thermal conductivity of the metal rod.
5. Review lab safety procedures.
INSTRUCTION/DELIVERY
c. Maintain this set-up for about three minutes after which remove the rod. Immediately pour out the water from the melted ice and
measure its mass. (Note: if there is no weighing scale, the volume can be measured and the mass computed using the density of
water.) Repeat this procedure three times.
d. Repeat the procedure in (c) for the two other rods.
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e. Fill up the table below and discuss the results:
Time (s) Δ T (CO) Area (m2) Mass of Compute for Q Compute for k
Melted ice
Rod 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Rod 2
Rod 3
Teacher tip
Students will require some guidance in
EVALUATION (5 MINS) presenting their results. The use of graphs and
1. Ask students to present their results and discuss. diagrams during their discussion would be
2. Ask students to devise another experiment to confirm the relationship of other variables.
helpful. Provide sufficient guidance in the
creation of these.
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Teacher tip
1. Cite instances wherein the interplay of pressure, temperature, volume, and/or number of Blowing up a microwave using a bottle of water:
particles of a gas is observed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=nYk8fz3JjEM
a. When you microwave food in a container, you make sure you remove the lid. This is
because when you heat the food, the temperature of the air inside the container
increases. Also, water molecules evaporate, increasing the number of gas particles inside the container. As a result, the pressure
inside the container increases until it’s enough to pop the lid off, or worse, break the container.
b. In some car engines, air is mixed with a mist of fuel. To ignite the fuel, the gas chamber is compressed. The volume of the air-fuel gas
decreases, and as a result, temperature increases until it’s hot enough that the fuel ignites.
3. Pressure decreases with altitude. So when an airplane ascends, the pressure in air-tight containers decreases, and as a result, the
volume of the air inside air-tight packages increases, making them look inflated.*
2. Summarize the results and state the objectives of the lecture: the pressure, temperature, volume, and number of particles of a gas are
interrelated. The exact relationships vary from one gas to another, but under certain conditions, all gases behave similarly. In this lecture, we
will discuss this general behavior.
State the other form involving the number of particles N of the gas:
pV = NkT
where
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Point out that R = kNA, where NA, is the Avogadro’s number. Emphasize that an ideal gas is just an idealization and is only applicable under
certain circumstances.
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4. From the previous two equations, derive an expression for the force on the wall:
Teacher tip
Students might get confused between
(pressure) and (x-component of momentum). It
might be better to just spell out the word
momentum in the derivation to avoid confusion.
5. Convince the class that the pressure on the wall is the sum of the forces due to all particles.
Derive an expression for the pressure on the wall:
There might be a need to go slow here and
emphasize what each symbol means. If the
students are not yet familiar with the summation
symbol, just write down it down in expanded
form.
Multiply and divide the right-hand side of the equation by the N. Point out that the average
value of the square of the speeds is
Notice that the right-hand side is the average kinetic energy of a particle for the motion along the x-axis. We still need to add the contributions
of motions along the y- and z-axes. By symmetry, they should all have the same contributions. Hence, the average kinetic energy of a particles is
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and the total kinetic energy of the system is
Emphasize the simplicity and significance of the equation: When we measure the temperature of an ideal gas, we are also measuring the
average kinetic energy of the particles comprising it.
2. Recall in class that heat is energy in transit, and argue that the heat we put into a system amounts exactly to the energy increase of the
system.
3. Using the previous two expressions, derive an expression for the heat capacity of an ideal gas:
Teacher tip
This is only true because we held the volume of
the container constant. Otherwise, there will be
work done to the environment, and by then the
1st law of thermodynamics must be used.
PRACTICE (5 MINS)
1. Give a simple plug-and-play example: What is the volume, total kinetic energy, and heat capacity (at constant volume) of a container with 1
mole of an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure (STP)
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ENRICHMENT (5 MINS)
1. Give the class 2 or 3 plug-and-play problems, similar to the practice problem but solving for different unknowns.
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Review students’ understanding of equations of
state, energy transfer through mechanical means
1. Use the demonstration above to discuss the history of the engine in the industrial age and the and heat, and law of conservation of energy.
early beginnings of thermodynamics. (Please Google: “history of thermodynamics”, if you have
internet access) Discuss the need for engines for manufacture and transport that do not require Review the following skills: recall of appropriate
related concepts, symbolic analysis of quantities,
animals or people as source of mechanical energy. Discuss how steam was the first option for
associating appropriate phenomena to scientific
engines. (Or you may ask a group of your students to prepare a short presentation on this.) concepts.
2. Define some starting terms: For item 1, an advanced assignment to students
will provide for a more engaged discussion.
a. Thermodynamics - the study of relationships involving heat, mechanical work, and other
aspects of energy and energy transfer (from University Physics) or
b. Thermodynamics: therme (heat) + dynamis (power or force causing motion)
c. Thermodynamic system – an object or group of objects with the capacity to exchange
energy with its surroundings through a thermodynamic process
d. Thermodynamic process – a change in a system’s pressure, volume, temperature, or
mass, which is sometimes referred to as a “change in state” (review from previous
lessons on the ideal gas)
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2. The area under the curve can be computed as PdV, which indicates that this area is a representation of the work done by the gas.
3. Discussion point: What happens to the work done if the values of final and initial volumes are exchanged? (Recall discussion on
“work done by system” and “work done on system”)
4. Discuss P-V diagrams and the implication to the work done:
The work done in P-V graphs can be computed from the “area under the curve”(in the graphs below, the curve is the blue line); note that
work is positive when volume increases (Vf > Vi), work is negative when volume decreases (Vf < Vi), and work is zero if there is no change in
volume (graph not shown – ask students to draw that graph)
5. Review previous lessons on energy and heat and how they affect internal energy:
a. In mechanics, we learn that W = ± ︎∆U︎ and there are two possible outcomes:
i. If the system does work, Ui > Uf and ∆U = -W
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ii. If work is done on the system, Uf > Ui and ∆U = W
b. In heat transfer, we learn that ︎Q = ∆U︎ and there are two possible outcomes:
i. If there is heat loss, Ui > Uf and ∆U = -Q
ii. If there is heat gain, Uf > Ui and ∆U = Q
6. Discuss: Consider a thermodynamic system that is able to absorb heat and do work:
a. If W = 0 and Q is added, then: ∆U = Q
b. If Q = 0 and W is done by the system, then ∆U = -W
c. Thus, combining these would yield: ∆U = Q - W
7. Restate 4c: Q = ∆U + W
a. The heat gain of a thermodynamic system changes its internal energy and allows it to do work.
b. Statement 4c and its restatement are both statements of the First Law of Thermodynamics and show the relationship between
internal energy, mechanical work, and heat. It is also a restatement of the Law of Conservation of Energy.
c. Ask students to explain why we can consider the statement/s above as being the same as the Law of Conservation of Energy.
8. Discuss implications of the First Law of Thermodynamics:
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a. While the term ∆U︎ indicated potential energy in mechanics, it is now used to indicate internal energy, which may be considered as
the sum of potential and kinetic energies possessed by the system – thus, the measurement of internal energy is always indirect and
only through the change that is caused by either Q or W.
b. Special case 1: When ∆U= 0, or Ui= Uf,the system is said to have undergone a cyclic process so that Q = W︎. This essentially means
that all the heat that enters a system is transformed into work.
c. Special case 2: When a system does no work on its surroundings and there is no heat flow, W = Q = 0 so that there is also no change
in the internal energy. This kind of system is an isolated system.
9. Discuss sample problems:
a. You propose to eat a 900-calorie candy bar and then walk up stairs until you have “burned” all the energy you have taken in. How
high do you have to climb to achieve this? Assume that your mass is 50 kg.
We recall that a 1 food calorie = 1000 calories = 4,190 Joules. Thus, the energy from the candy bar is 3.77 x 106 Joules. We assume
that this energy comes in the form of heat gain for the body and you propose to convert this all to work (Special Case 1) so that: Q
= 3.77 x 10︎6︎ Joules. The work needed to climb the stairs is equal to your weight and the vertical displacement so that: W = mgh.
Thus, Q = W = mgh and h = Q/mg. We get and answer of h = 7,696 m; quite a long way to go for a candy bar.
b. One gram of boiling water (1cm3) becomes 1671 cm3 of steam when boiled at constant pressure of 1.013 x 105 Pa. The heat of
vaporization at this pressure is Lv = 2.256 x 106 J/kg. Compute: (a) the work done by the water when it vaporizes and (b) its increase
in internal energy.
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In (a), the work done is defined by the change in volume so that W = PdV. We note the quantities of: ︎P = 1.013x︎105 Pa Vi = 1 ︎x 10-6
m3, ︎and Vf︎ = 1671 x︎ 10-6m3︎. Substitution to the equation yields that the work done by the vaporizing water is: W = 160 J.
In (b), the change in internal energy is given by: ∆U = Q - W︎︎. We compute for the heat gained by the water from: ︎Q︎= mLv = (1x10-3
kg) . By substituting the values to the equation, we obtain: ∆U = Q - W = 2256J - 160J = 2,087J.
c. The P-V diagram below shows a series of thermodynamic processes. In process ab, 150 J of heat are added to the system. In process
bd, 600 J of heat are added. Find (a) the internal energy change in process ab; (b) the internal energy change in process abd; and (c)
the total heat added in the process acd.
We begin by writing what is given at the onset: Qab = 150 J and Qbd = 600J.
To answer (a), we note that dV = 0 so W = 0. This means that ∆Uab = Qab - Wab = 150J - 0 = 150J.
To answer (b), we note that: Wabd = Wab +
Wbd such that Wab = 0 and Wbd = PdV =
(8x104Pa)(5x10-3m3 - 2x10-3m3) 240J. And the heat is:
Qabd = Qab + Qbd = 150J +600J = 750J. We can solve for
the change in internal energy by: ∆Uabd = Qabd - Wabd =
750J - 240J = 510J.
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To answer (c), we note that the path abd and acd are
equivalent (both lead to point d and internal energy is not path
dependent) so that we can assume that the internal energy
change is the same for both: ∆Uabd = ∆Uacd = 510J. To find the
heat added, we first look at the work done in acd: Wacd =
Wac + Wcd = PdVac + 0 (since there is no volume change from
c to d). We thus solve: Wacd = (3x104Pa)(5x10-3m3 -
2x10-3m3) =90J. From here, we go back to: ∆Uacd = Qacd -
Wacd and Qacd = ∆Uacd + Wacd = 510J + 90J = 600J.
ENRICHMENT (5 MINS)
Review the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics:
a. Explain why it is called the “zeroth” (i.e. there was already a “first” law but that the zeroth law is more fundamental than the other
laws)
b. Recall thermal equilibrium: Two objects with the same temperature are in “thermal equilibrium” because no heat will flow between
objects of the same temperature
c. Recall heat flow: Heat will flow from an object of higher temperature to an object of lower temperature in an attempt to achieve
thermal equilibrium
d. State and explain the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics: “Two systems individually in thermal equilibrium with a third system are in
thermal equilibrium with each other.”
Ask students to recall what mathematical property of equality is similar to the Zeroth law (transitive property).
The graph below shows the thermodynamic changes in a lung as it inhales and exhales (Note: this graph
is a straightened approximation). How many joules of net work does this lung do during one complete
breath?
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1. Make sure that students have prerequisite knowledge on PV diagrams, First Law of Thermodynamics, work done on a gas, heat, internal
energy, temperature, and heat capacity.
2. Make sure that students have the following skills: Sketching PV diagrams and the direction of energy flow, performing basic differential
calculus techniques, performing integration to solve for the area under a curve, and doing simple arithmetic calculations.
3. Review the students on the following topics:
• Definition of an ideal gas and the ideal gas equation of state
• Heat capacity of a gas
• Work done on a gas at constant pressure and the effect on its
internal energy
• PV diagrams, calculating the area under the curve by integration,
and path dependence.
• First Law of Thermodynamics and practical applications in
contexts such as human metabolism.
1. Do a quick demonstration on cloud formation in a water bottle. For the procedure, refer to the link: http://www.planet- science.com/
categories/experiments/weather/2011/03/make-a-cloud-in-a- bottle.aspx; the alternative address is http://bit.ly/1G3LqQ6.
2. While squeezing the bottle, ask the students the following:
• Does the number of air molecules inside the bottle change?
• Does the air pressure inside the water bottle increase or decrease?
• Compare the pressure inside the bottle with the atmospheric pressure.
• Does the temperature inside the water bottle increase or decrease?
3. As you remove the bottle cap, ask the students the same set of questions as the ones listed above.
4. Explain how the clouds are formed inside the water bottle
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• Importance of the smoke (i.e. it acts as the condensation nuclei).
• Temperature, pressure, work and internal energy relations during the process.
An important thermodynamic process happens during cloud formation; introduce the term adiabatic cooling.
Cv Cp Cv - Cp
γ = Cp/Cv
J/mol - K J/mol - K J/mol - K
Type of Gas Gas
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CO 20.85 29.16 8.31 1.40
Molar heat capacities of some gases at low pressure.
b. Write the First Law for an adiabatic process and discuss what happens to the following state variables when an ideal gas is
compressed and expands adiabatically:
i. Internal energy
ii. Temperature
c. Show the PV diagram for an adiabatic process and compare the steepness of the curve with respect to an isotherm passing through
the same point. The behavior of the curve can be expressed in terms of the adiabatic index γ:
PVγ = constant
d. Provide real life examples of adiabatic processes (e.g. opening a cork from a bottle of champagne).
5. Isothermal Process
a. The temperature of a system is constant during an isothermal process
i. A heat reservoir supplies energy onto the system by heat as the system uses up its energy to perform work, hence
maintaining a constant temperature.
ii. In an ideal gas, since the temperature is a constant, the change in internal energy dU is zero.
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b. Given the conditions, write the First Law for an ideal gas undergoing an isothermal process and interpret this new expression.
c. Hence, an ideal gas in an isothermal process follows Boyle’s Law:
pV = constant
d. Show the PV diagram; the curve for which the temperature is constant is called an isotherm.
e. e. Have real life examples of isothermal processes (e.g. phase changes).
6. Isochoric process
a. A system undergoes a thermodynamic process at a constant volume with no work done during the process.
b. Formulate the First Law for an ideal gas proceeding in an isochoric process and show that the change in internal energy is equal to
the energy transferred by heat.
c. Sketch the PV diagram for an isochoric process; the vertical line is called an isochor. The students would easily see that there is no
area and hence, no work.
d. Have real life examples of isochoric processes (e.g. pressure cookers
7. Isobaric Process
a. At constant pressure, formulate the First Law for an ideal gas. Its internal energy change would have the form:
dU = đQ − pdV
b. Sketch the PV diagram for an isobaric process; the horizontal line is called an isobar. The area under the curve for this process would
then be analogous to the area of a rectangle.
c. Have real life examples of isobaric processes (e.g. heating a monatomic gas in a cylinder covered by a movable frictionless piston).
8. Define a heat engine and discuss its importance and applications in various contexts such as in automotive vehicles, appliances, and power
plants.
9. Discuss how a heat engine works by focusing on the following:
• Reversible and cyclic processes
• Ideal heat engines and thermodynamic equilibrium
• Working substance
• Formulation of the First Law of Thermodynamics
10. Flash or sketch the energy flow diagram of a heat engine and discuss how heat is partially converted to work and the remaining to be
absorbed by the cold reservoir.
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11. Ask the students if it is possible to convert all the input heat into useful work (after some pauses, hint the students on the Second Law of
Thermodynamics which will be fully studied later as the lecture progresses).
12. Starting with the First Law, derive the expression for the efficiency of a heat engine.
13. As an application, discuss how heat engines can operate in reverse, i.e., consider heat pumps and refrigerators.
• Show the energy-flow diagram of a refrigerator
• Explain the coefficient of performance (COP) for both heating and
cooling modes
14. Have the following problems as examples:
• An automobile engine has an efficiency of 22% and produces 2510 J of work. How much heat is rejected by the engine? (See ref. 4)
• The energy absorbed by an engine is three times greater than the work it performs. (a) What is its thermal efficiency? (b) What
fraction of the energy absorbed is expelled to the cold reservoir?
• 2.00 L of leftover soup at a temperature of 323 K is placed in a refrigerator. Assume the specific heat of the soup is the same as that
of water and the density is 1250 kg/m3. The refrigerator cools the soup to 283 K. (a) If the COP of the refrigerator is 5.00, find the
energy needed, in the form of work, to cool the soup. (b) If the compressor has a power rating of 0.250 hp, for what minimum length
of time must it operate to cool the soup to 283 K? (The minimum time assumes the soup cools at the same rate that the heat pump
ejects thermal energy from the refrigerator.).
ENRICHMENT
1. An ideal compressible monatomic gas of n moles occupies a volume at STP whose equation of state is given by the ideal gas equation:
pV = nRT
a. Express this equation in a form such that it is independent on the amount of the gas, that is, relate the ideal gas equation with density ρ.
Let
b. Suppose that the gas expands at the expense of its energy, however, a heat bath is in contact with the system compensating for the loss in
energy. What happens to the density of the gas?
Density, therefore depends on the state variables. In oceanography, a term called isopycnal, is useful to distinguish different layers of water
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arising from a process known as stratification. Define an isopycnal.
1. As an assessment tool, have the students answer the following questions and place it on a 1⁄4 sheet of paper:
a. Given the following processes:
i. Expansion of the burned gasoline – air mixture in the cylinder of an automobile engine;
ii. Opening a bottle of champagne;
iii. Filling a scuba tank with compressed air;
iv. Partial crumpling of a sealed, empty water bottle, as you drive
from the mountains down to the sea level.
b. Identify (a) which has a negative or positive work done on the gas and (b) which process has increased or decreased the internal energy
of the gas
c. You want to cool a storage cylinder containing 20 moles of compressed gas from 41oC to 25oC. For which kind of gas would this be
easiest? (a) Monatomic, (b) diatomic, (c) polyatomic, (d) it would be equally easy for the three
d. Cite one example for each type of thermodynamic process.
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2nd Law of
LESSON OUTLINE
Introduction/ Recall the First Law of Thermodynamics 2
Review
Resources
See Appendix
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INTRODUCTION (2 MINS)
MOTIVATION (8 MINS)
Now, consider some ice cubes floating in a glass of water. If we let it be for 5 minutes, what will happen to the ice and water? Which of these
two scenarios are more probable to happen:
A. The ice will melt and the water will be the colder.
B. The ice will be larger and the water will be hotter.
ANSWER: A. The ice will melt and the water will be the colder.
In the first scenario, there is flow of energy from the substance with higher temperature (water) to the substance with lower temperature (ice). In
the second case, the flow of energy will be from the ice to the water that is why the ice became more frozen and the water’s temperature
increased. Both scenarios do not violate the first law of thermodynamics. Energy can be conserved in each case. However, the first law of
thermodynamics does not tell the whole story. Many thermodynamic processes proceed naturally in one direction but not the opposite. For
example, heat by itself always flows from a hot body to a cooler body, never the reverse. Why not? It has something to do with the directions of
thermodynamic processes and is called the second law of thermodynamics.
Heat energy is transferred spontaneously from a hotter to a colder system but never from a colder system to a hotter system.
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2. Discuss the Clausius statement of the second law.
(PLEASE REDRAW)
Heat flows from a hot reservoir to a cold reservoir through some material. As long as QH is equal to QC, this process obeys the 1st Law.
Long experience has taught us that heat does indeed flow spontaneously from hot to cold. But what about if heat flows in the opposite
direction? Is that possible?
It is possible to make heat flow from a cold reservoir to a hot reservoir. One way to do this is to use a heat pump. However, a heat pump
cannot operate without any work input.
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There are many ways to state the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. The form that is easiest to understand is the Clausius Statement of the 2nd
Law.
Clausius Statement: It is impossible for any process to have as its sole result the transfer of heat from a cooler to a hotter body.
This is also called the “refrigerator” statement of the second law. Basically, this statement means that heat pumps require a net work input.
Experimental evidence suggests strongly that it is impossible to build a heat engine that converts heat completely to work--that is, an
engine with 100% thermal efficiency. This impossibility is the basis of one statement of the second law of thermodynamics, as follows:
Kelvin-Planck statement: It is impossible for any system to undergo a process in which it absorbs heat from a reservoir at a single
temperature and converts the heat completely into mechanical work, with the system ending in the same state in which it began.
This is also called the “engine” statement of the second law. Basically, it says that thermodynamic cycles cannot completely convert heat
into work.
We can prove that the heat-engine and refrigerator statements (or the Kelvin and Clausius statements) of the second law of thermodynamics
are actually equivalent by showing that if either statement is assumed to be false, the other must also be false.
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(PLEASE REDRAW)
This refrigerator uses 50 J of work to remove 100 J of energy from a cold reservoir and reject 150 J of energy to a hot reservoir. If the heat
engine statement of the second law were not true, a perfect heat engine could remove energy from the hot reservoir and convert it
completely into work with 100% efficiency. We could use this perfect heat engine to remove 50 J of energy from the hot reservoir and do 50
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J of work. Then, using the perfect heat engine in conjunction with the ordinary refrigerator, we could construct a perfect refrigerator that
would transfer 100 J of energy from the cold reservoir to the hot reservoir without requiring any work. But, this violates the refrigerator
statement of the second law. Therefore, if the heat engine statement is false, the refrigerator statement is also false.
The Kelvin-Planck Statement tells us that the efficiency of a heat engine must be less than 100%.What is the maximum efficiency for a heat
engine?
To determine the maximum efficiency of a heat engine we need to define an ideal process and determine the efficiency of such a process.
The ideal process is called a reversible process.
Reversible processes are processes in which both the system and its surroundings can be simultaneously returned to their initial states after
the process has been completed.
It is important to realize that reversible processes are ideal processes and no real process is completely reversible. This leads us to the
definition of an irreversible process.
Irreversible processes are processes in which the system and its surroundings cannot be simultaneously returned to their initial states after
the process has been completed. Irreversible processes are those that proceed spontaneously in one direction but not the other.
Thermodynamic processes that occur in nature are all irreversible processes. Heat flow with finite temperature difference, free expansion of
a gas, and conversion of work to heat by friction are all irreversible processes. In these processes the system is not in thermodynamic
equilibrium at any point until the end of the process. They are all nonequilibrium processes.
It is often easy to return the system to its initial state, but while doing so we often disturb the surroundings by the exchange of heat or work
with the system. In fact, no real process is completely reversible. We can never return the entire universe to the state it was in before any
given process took place.
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A. No work must be done by friction, viscous forces, or other dissipative forces that produce heat.
B. Heat conduction can only occur isothermally.
C. The process must be quasi-static so that the system is always in an equilibrium state (or infinitesimally near an equilibrium state).
Consider a warm cup of liquid. Heat is transferred from the hot liquid to the cooler ambient air until both are at the same temperature.
We could use a heat pump to restore the liquid in the cup to its original temperature, but that would require a work input. As a result,
the surroundings would not be returned to their initial state. We cannot simultaneously restore both the liquid and its surroundings to
their initial states. Therefore, the heat transfer from the liquid to the ambient air is irreversible.
B. Friction
Friction is associated with bodies in motion that are in contact with each other. The bodies could be: Two solids (e.g. A block sliding
down an inclined plane), a solid and a fluid (e.g. a car moving through air), two fluids at different velocities (e.g. wind blowing across the
surface of a lake)
Frictional force acts to oppose any motion. Work is required to overcome the frictional force. Work input is converted to thermal energy.
Friction causes the block and surroundings to heat up. If you push the block up the plane the block and surroundings will not cool to
their initial temperature. Since we cannot simultaneously return the system and the surroundings to their initial states, we conclude that
any process that includes friction is irreversible.
Consider a cylinder and a piston device. Molecules within the fluid cannot redistribute quickly enough to get out of the way of the
piston. Excess molecules near the inner face of the piston cause the pressure force that must be overcome in order to compress the gas
to be greater than if the piston moved at an infinitesimal rate. More work must be done to compress the gas than if the compression
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had occurred at an infinitesimal rate. The additional energy input in the form of work causes the gas in the cylinder to get warmer. When
we return the system to its original state by an infinitesimally slow process, we get less work out of the system because the restraining
force is always equal to the pressure within the cylinder. As the system returned to its original volume it is still above its original
temperature. We must then transfer heat out of the system to bring it back to its initial temperature. What has happened to the
surroundings during this process? The surroundings have done a net amount of work on the system, but have gotten back the same net
amount of energy in the form of heat. This means that the process is irreversible. In order to return the surroundings to their initial state,
we would have to convert ALL of the heat received from the system into work. A heat engine that could accomplish this task would
violate the Kelvin-Planck Statement of the 2nd Law. So, it is impossible to simultaneously restore both the system and the surroundings
to their initial states. We may conclude that compression at any finite rate is an irreversible process. A very similar analysis of a fast
expansion would reveal that any expansion at a finite rate is also irreversible.
Let say you put ink in water. Molecules spontaneously migrate or diffuse from regions where their concentration is high into regions
where their concentration is low. The reverse process does not occur spontaneously because work is required to separate the ink and
water molecules once they have mixed. We can conclude that any process that happens spontaneously requires work to be reversed
and is, therefore, irreversible.
Peer instruction strategy: This can be done in pairs. The students may learn better
from discussions with their peers.
Give two examples of reversible processes and two examples of irreversible processes in purely mechanical systems, such as blocks sliding on
planes, springs, pulleys, and strings. Explain what makes each process reversible or irreversible.
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EVALUATION (10 MINS)
Peer instruction strategy: This can be given as a quiz. The students may discuss their answers with their classmates. Studies have shown that
students learn better from discussions with their peers.
A pot is half-filled with water, and a lid is placed on it, forming a tight seal so that no water vapor can escape. The pot is heated on a stove,
forming water vapor inside the pot. The heat is then turned off and the water vapor condenses back to liquid. Is this cycle reversible or
irreversible? Why?
APPENDIX
Resources
(1) Hewitt, P. G. (2007). Conceptual physics (Vol. 8). Addison-Wesley, Massachusets.
(2) Knight, R. (2007). Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics [and Mastering Physics TM]. Pearson
Education.
(3) Tipler, P.A. & Mosca, G. (2007). Physics for scientists and engineers. Macmillan.
(4) Young, H., & Freedman, R. (2008). University Physics with modern physics 12th edition.
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Carnot Cycle
LESSON OUTLINE
Introduction/ Introduce Sadi Carnot and the Carnot Cycle 5
Motivation
Content Standards
Instruction/ A. Discuss Carnot Theorem 25
Carnot cycle
Delivery B. Discuss the steps of the Carnot Cycle
C. Discuss Carnot efficiency
Performance Standards
The learners shall be able to solve multi-concept, rich context problems using
Practice Solve sample problems on calculating the 15
Carnot efficiency and other related problems
concepts from rotational motion, fluids, oscillations, gravity, and
thermodynamics Enrichment Give assignment 5
Evaluation Quiz on the steps of the Carnot cycle or 10
Carnot efficiency calculation
Learning Competencies
1. (STEM_GP12GLT-IIi-72) Describe the Carnot cycle. Resources
• Cassidy, D. C., Holton, G., & Rutherford, F.J. (2002). Understanding
2. (STEM_GP12GLT-IIi-73) State Carnot’s theorem and use it to calculate the
physics. Springer Science & Business Media.
maximum possible efficiency of a heat engine.
• Hewitt, P. G. (2007). Conceptual physics (Vol. 8). Addison-Wesley,
Massachusets.
Specific Learning Outcomes • Knight, R. (2007). Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic
Approach with Modern Physics [and Mastering Physics TM]. Pearson
1. Enumerate the processes involved in the Carnot cycle
Education.
2. Illustrate the Carnot’s cycle on a PV diagram. • Tipler, P.A. & Mosca, G. (2007). Physics for scientists and engineers.
3. State Carnot’s theorem. Macmillan.
• Young, H., & Freedman, R. (2008). University Physics with modern physics
4. Use Carnot’s theorem to calculate the maximum possible efficiency of a
12th edition.
heat engine.
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INTRODUCTION/MOTIVATION (5 MINS)
According to the second law, no heat engine can have 100% efficiency. The question now is: Is
there a limit to the maximum possible efficiency given two heat reservoirs at temperatures TH and
TC?
This question was answered in 1824 by the French military engineer and physicist Sadi Carnot
(Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, 1796-1832). Carnot sought to answer two questions about the
operation of heat engines: "Is the work available from a heat source potentially unbounded?" and
"Can heat engines in principle be improved by replacing the steam with some other working fluid
or gas?" He attempted to answer these in a memoir, published as a popular work in 1824 when he
was only 28 years old. It was entitled Réflexions sur la Puissance Motrice du Feu ("Reflections on the
Motive Power of Fire").
A reversible engine is thus an ideal engine, in that it operates with the greatest possible efficiency.
A reversible engine working in a cycle between two heat reservoirs is called a Carnot engine, and
its cycle is called a Carnot cycle.
The Carnot cycle consists of two reversible isothermal and two reversible adiabatic processes as
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shown in the Figure.
(PLEASE REDRAW)
The figure shows a Carnot cycle using an ideal gas in a cylinder with a piston as its working substance. It consists of the following steps:
i. The gas expands isothermally at temperature TH, absorbing heat QH (ab).
ii. It expands adiabatically until its temperature drops to TC (bc).
iii. It is compressed isothermally at TC, rejecting heat |QC| (cd).
iv. It is compressed adiabatically back to its initial state at temperature TH (da).
If no engine can have a greater efficiency than a Carnot engine, it follows that all Carnot engines working between the same two reservoirs
have the same efficiency. This efficiency, called the Carnot efficiency, must be independent of the working substance of the engine. Since all
Carnot cycles have the same efficiency independent of the working substance, the equation will be valid in general.
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The Carnot efficiency is given by the equation:
εc = 1 - TC
TH
where Tc and TH is the temperature of the cold and hot reservoir, respectively.
The efficiency of an engine can also be determined by getting the ratio of the work we get from it to what we have to supply.
W
ε=
QH
where W is the work done by the engine and QH is the heat extracted from the hot reservoir.
Because of the limits placed by Carnot’s finding on heat engines, it is sometimes important not only to give the actual efficiency of a heat
engine but also to specify how close it comes to the maximum possible value.
Many large electrical heat-engine devices, such as refrigerators and air conditioners, now come with an “energy guide” sticker indicating
the efficiency of the apparatus and the potential annual savings in electricity costs.
1. A steam engine works between a hot reservoir at 100°C and a cold reservoir at 0°C. What is the maximum possible efficiency of this engine?
TC
εc = 1 -
TH
We should first convert the given temperature values to absolute temperature before using them in the equation.
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TC = 0°C = 273K and TH = 100°C = 373K
TC 273K
εc = 1 - =1- = 0.268 = 26.8%
TH 373K
2. A Carnot engine extracts 240 J from its high-temperature reservoir during each cycle, and rejects 100 J to the environment at 15°C.
A. How much work does the engine do in one cycle?
B. What’s its efficiency?
C. What’s the temperature of the hot reservoir?
ANSWER:
A. To solve this problem, we will use the first law of thermodynamics to find the work done by the engine in one cycle. Since there’s no
change in internal energy over one cycle, the first law requires that the work W done by the engine be equal to the net heat
absorbed.
W 140J
B. ε = = = 58.3%
QH 240J
TC TC 288K
C. From the equation εc = 1 - , we can derive an equation for TH. This will give us TH = = = 691 K = 418°C.
TH 1 - εc 1 - 0.583
ENRICHMENT (5 MINS)
Assignment: Some physicists include a third law among the laws of thermodynamics. The third law states that no system can be cooled to
absolute zero. If we include the third law, the three laws of thermodynamics can be summarized as:
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3. You cannot reach absolute zero.
Explain how these statements are related to the three laws of thermodynamics.
1. Tell the students that they may work in pairs. Ask the students to illustrate the steps of the Carnot cycle in a PV diagram and describe each
step.
OR
2. An electric power plant boils water to produce high-pressure steam at 400°C. The high-pressure steam spins a turbine as it expands, then
the turbine spins the generator. The steam is then condensed back to water in an ocean-cooled heat exchanger at 25°C. What is the
maximum possible efficiency with which heat energy can be converted to electric energy?
ANSWER:
TC 298K
εc = 1 - =1- = 0.56 = 56%
TH 673K
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Entropy
LESSON OUTLINE
Introduction/ Review the second law of thermodynamics. 2
Review Relate the second law to entropy.
Content Standards
Motivation Ask the students what will happen to the 3
Entropy as a measure of disorder; Entropy calculations for isothermal, free
state of the system if a glass or vase
expansion, and constant pressure processes
dropped.
2. (STEM_GP12GLT-IIi-71) Calculate entropy changes for various processes Enrichment Give a reading assignment about the“heat- 5
e.g., isothermal process, free expansion, constant pressure process, etc.
death” of the Universe or problem solving
assignment on entropy change.
Resources
• Cassidy, D. C., Holton, G., & Rutherford, F.J. (2002). Understanding
physics. Springer Science & Business Media.
• Hewitt, P. G. (2007). Conceptual physics (Vol. 8). Addison-Wesley,
Massachusets.
• Knight, R. (2007). Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic
Approach with Modern Physics [and Mastering Physics TM]. Pearson
Education.
• Tipler, P.A. & Mosca, G. (2007). Physics for scientists and engineers.
Macmillan.
• Young, H., & Freedman, R. (2008). University Physics with modern physics
12th edition.
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INTRODUCTION (2 MINS)
1. Review the second law of thermodynamics. Relate the second law to entropy.
The second law can be stated as a quantitative relationship with the concept of entropy.
MOTIVATION (3 MINS)
dQ
dS =
T
where dQ is the heat that must be added to the system in a reversible process that brings the
system from the initial state to the final state. Entropy has units of energy divided by temperature;
the SI unit of entropy is J .
K
If a total amount of heat Q is added during a reversible isothermal process at absolute temperature
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T, the total entropy change ∆S = S2 - S1 = Q , is given by
T
Q
∆S = S2 - S1 =
T
The general equation to calculate entropy change for any reversible process leading from one state to another is
dQ
∆S = ∫21
T
T2 V2
∆S = CVln + nR ln
T1 V1
∆S = nR ln V2
V1
T2
This can be derived from the previous equation. Since T2 = T1 , ln = 0.
T1
The gas expanded, therefore V2 is greater than V1. Based on the given equation, the entropy change of the gas ispositive.
The entropy change of the gas is +|Q|T. Since the same amount of heat leaves the reservoir at temperature T, the entropy change of the
reservoir is −|Q|T. The net entropy change of the gas plus the reservoir is zero.
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We refer to the system under consideration plus its surroundings as the "universe."
Since the change in the entropy of a system for any process depends only on the initial and final states of the system, the entropy
change of the gas for the free expansion is the same as that for the isothermal expansion.
V2
∆S = nR ln
V1
Note, however, that there is no change in the surroundings. So, the entropy change of the gas is also the entropy change of the
universe. This entropy change is positive since V2 is greater than V1.
A gas does not spontaneously compress by itself into a smaller volume. This leads to another statement of the second law of
thermodynamics:
T2
∆S = Cpln
T1
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If the substance is cooled, T2 is less than T1 which gives a negative entropy change.
1. Entropy change in melting. Five kilograms of ice at 0°C is melted and converted to water at 0°C.
Compute its change in entropy, assuming that the melting is done reversibly. The heat of fusion of
water is Lf = 3.34 X 105 J/kg.
This is a reversible isothermal process. The system is at constant temperature T = 0°C = 273 K. The
amount of heat added in terms of the heat of fusion is
3.34 x 105J
Q = mLf = (5kg) ( ) = 1.67 x 106 J
kg
T 273 K K
This increase in entropy corresponds to the increase in disorder when the water molecules go from
the highly ordered state of a crystalline solid to the much more disordered state of a liquid. When
we refreeze the water, Q has the opposite sign, and the entropy change of the water is ∆S =
J
-6.12x103 . The water molecules rearrange themselves into a crystal to form ice, so disorder and
K
entropy both decrease.
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2. Entropy change in a temperature change. Two kilograms of water at 0°Cis heated to 100 °C. Compute its change in entropy.
The temperature of the water is increased reversibly in a series of infinitesimal steps, in each of which the temperature is raised by an
infinitesimal amount dT. The heat required is dQ = mc dT.
∆S = ∫ 21 dQ = ∫TT 2 mc dT = mc ln ( T2 )
T T T1
1
J 373 K
= (2kg) (4190 ) (ln )
kg · K 273 K
J
= 2.62 x 103
K
The entropy change is positive, as it must be for a process in which the system absorbs heat.
3. Entropy change for a free expansion of an Ideal Gas. A 0.5 mol of an ideal gas expands freely from a volume of 1 L to 3 L. What is the
entropy change the ideal gas.
∆S = nR ln V2
V1
J
= (0.5 mol) (8.31 ) (ln 3)
mol · K
J
= 4.56
K
4. Entropy change for constant pressure processes. One kilogram of water at temperature 20°C is mixed with 0.500 kg of water at 80°C in a
calorimeter of negligible heat capacity at a constant pressure of 1 atm. Find the change in entropy of the system.
When the two amounts of water are mixed, they eventually come to a final equilibrium temperature Tf that can be found by setting the heat
lost equal to the heat gained. To calculate the entropy change of each mass of water, we consider a reversible isobaric (constant pressure)
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heating of the 1-kg mass of water from 20°C to Tf and an isobaric cooling of the 0.500-kg mass from 80°C to Tf. The entropy change of the
system is the sum of the entropy changes of each part.
Let m1 = 0.500 kg and T1 = 80°C = 353K, the mass and temperature of the hot water, respectively, and m2 = 1.00 kg and T2 = 20°C = 293K,
the mass and temperature of the cold water, respectively. To calculate the final temperature Tf,
Qlost = Qgained
m1cp (T1 - Tf) = m2cp (Tf - T2)
m1cpT1 - m1cpTf = m2cpTf - m2cpT2
m1cpTf + m2cpTf = m1cpT1 + m2cpT2
(m1 + m2)cp f = cp(m1T1 - m2T2)
(m1T1 - m2T2)
Tf =
(m1 + m2)
Tf = 313K
We can calculate the entropy change in the isobaric cooling of the 0.500-kg mass from T1 = 80°C = 353 K to Tf using the equation,
Tf
∆S = Cp ln
T1
Tf
= mcp ln
T1
J 313 K
= (0.500 kg) (4190 ) (ln )
kg · K 353 K
∆S1 = -252 J
K
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Likewise, the entropy change for the isobaric heating of the 1.00-kg mass of water from T2 =20°C=293K to Tf is given by
Tf
∆S2 = Cp ln
T2
Tf
= mcp ln
T2
J 313 K
= (1.00 kg) (4190 ) (ln )
kg · K 353 K
J
∆S2 = 277
K
The entropy change of the system is the sum of the entropy changes of each part.
J J J
∆S = ∆S1 + ∆S2 = - 252 + 277 = 25
K K K
5. Entropy and the Carnot cycle. A Carnot engine takes 2000 J of heat from a reservoir at 500 K, does some work, and discards some heat to
a reservoir at 350 K. Find the total entropy change in the engine during one cycle.
TC
Qc = -QH
TH
350
= -(2000J)
500
= -1400 J
All four steps in the Carnot cycle are reversible, so we can use the expression for the change in entropy in a reversible process.
Q
∆S =
T
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There is no entropy change during the adiabatic expansion or adiabatic compression. During the
isothermal expansion at TH = 500 K the engine takes in 2000 J of heat, and its entropy change is
given by
J
∆SH = QH = 2000 J = 4.0
TH 500 K K
During the isothermal compression at TC = 350 K the engine gives off 1400 J of heat, and its
entropy change is
Qc -1400 J J
∆SC = = = -4.0
Tc 350 K K
J J
∆S = ∆SH + ∆SC = 4.0 + (-4.0 ) = 0
K K
Teacher'Tips:'
ENRICHMENT (5 MINS) The idea of a “heat-death” of the Universe
is based on predictions from
Give homework. Choose one from below. thermodynamics. All familiar processes are
to some degree irreversible, and thus
contribute to an increase in the entropy of
A. Give questions in the Practice section that was not discussed in class as problem solving the Universe. As this happens, the
usefulness of the heat available for work in
assignments.
engines will decline. Lord Kelvin predicted
that eventually all bodies in the Universe
would reach the same temperature by
B. Read The Last Question, a short story by Isaac Asimov. Write an essay about the idea of a “heat-
exchanging heat with one another. When
death” of the universe.
this happened, it would be impossible to
produce any useful work from heat, since
work can only be done by means of heat
engines when heat flows from a hot body to
a colder body. Finally, the Sun and the other
stars would cool, all life on Earth would
cease, and the Universe would be dead.
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EVALUATION (5 MINS)
In each of the following processes, does the entropy of the named system alone increase, decrease, or stay the same? (a) A balloon deflates; (b)
cells differentiate in a growing embryo, forming different physiological structures; (c) an animal dies, and its remains gradually decay; (d) an
earthquake demolishes a building; (e) a plant utilizes sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to manufacture sugar; (f) a power plant burns coal and
produces electrical energy; (g) a car’s friction-based brakes stop the car.
ANSWER: (a) increase; (b) decrease; (c) increase; (d) increase; (e) decrease; (f) increase; (g) increase.
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General Physics 1 60 MINS
!
INSTRUCTION (3 MINS)
1. Using the Cooperative Group Problem Solving strategy, let each group of students answer 1-2 context-rich problems involving Ideal Gases
and the Laws of Thermodynamics.
2. Introduce the problem by telling students:
A. what they should learn from solving problem;
B. the part of the solution you want groups to put on board
3. Coach groups in problem solving by:
A. Monitoring (diagnosing) progress of all groups
B. Helping groups with the most need.
4. Prepare students for class discussion by:
A. giving students a ”five-minute warning”
B. selecting one person from each group to put specified part of solution on the board.
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EVALUATION (15 MINS)
1. Let the students report to class to allow students to be familiar with problems that they are not assigned to solve.
2. Lead a class discussion focusing on what you wanted students to learn from solving the problem (your goals)
1. A seafood restaurant hires Lou to run its advertising campaign. Lou figures that snorklers are a great pool of potential customers for
seafood, so he prints ads on Mylar balloons that he ties to the coral of an underwater reef. Each balloon has a volume of 4 L and is filled
with air at 20°C. At 15 m below the ocean surface, the volume has diminished to 1.60 L. What is the temperature of the water at this depth?
2. On a cool morning in Baguio, when the temperature is 15°C, you measure the pressure in your car tires to be 30 psi (2.07x105 Pa). After
driving 30 km on the highway, the temperature of your tires is 45°C. What pressure will your tire gauge now show?
3. Aliwagwag Falls in Davao Oriental is considered by hydraulic engineers as the highest waterfalls in the Philippines. At Aliwagwag Falls, the
water drops 340 m. If the change in potential energy goes into the internal energy of the water, what is the increase in its temperature? (This
temperature rise is not observed because the water cools by evaporation as it falls.)
4. You kick a soccer ball, compressing it suddenly to 2/3 of its original volume. In the process, you do 410J of work on the air (assumed to be
an ideal gas) inside the ball. (a) What is the change in internal energy of the air inside the ball due to being compressed? (b) Does the
temperature of the air inside the ball rise or fall due to being compressed? Explain.
5. A typical doughnut contains 2.0g of protein,1 7.0g of carbohydrates, and 7.0g of fat. The average food energy values of these substances
are 4.0 kcal/g for protein and carbohydrates and 9.0 kcal/g for fat. During heavy exercise, an average person uses energy at a rate of 510
kcal/h. How long would you have to exercise to ''work off" one doughnut? If the energy in the doughnut could somehow be converted into
the kinetic energy of your body as a whole, how fast could you move after eating the doughnut?
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6. An inventor wants you to invest money in his company, offering you 10% of all future profits. He reminds you that the brakes on cars get
extremely hot when they stop and that there is a large quantity of thermal energy in the brakes. He has invented a device, he tells you, that
converts that thermal energy into the forward motion of the car. This device will take over from the engine after a stop and accelerate the
car back up to its original speed, thereby saving a tremendous amount of gasoline. Now, you’re a smart person, so he admits up front that
this device is not 100% efficient, that there is some unavoidable heat loss to the air and to friction within the device, but the upcoming
research for which he needs your investment will make those losses extremely small. You do also have to start the car with cold brakes after
it has been parked awhile, so you’ll still need a gasoline engine for that. Nonetheless, he tells you, his prototype car gets 500 miles to the
gallon and he expects to be at well over 1000 miles to the gallon after the next phase of research. Should you invest? Base your answer on
an analysis of the physics of the situation.
7. There has long been an interest in using the vast quantities of thermal energy in the oceans to run heat engines. A heat engine needs a
temperature difference, a hot side and a cold side. Conveniently, the ocean surface waters are warmer than the deep ocean waters.
Suppose you build a floating power plant in the Pacific Ocean where the surface water temperature is 30°C. This would be the hot reservoir
of the engine. For the cold reservoir, water would be pumped up from the ocean bottom where it is always 5°C. What is the maximum
possible efficiency of such a power plant?
8. You and your mom went to the appliance store to buy a new refrigerator. At the store, the sales man shows you the DreamFridge. According
to its sticker, the DreamFridge uses a mere 100 W of power to remove 100 kJ of heat per minute from the 2°C interior. According to the fine
print on the sticker, this claim is true in a 22°C kitchen. Should you buy? Explain.
9. To maintain the temperature inside a house at 25°C, the power consumption of the airconditioner is 6kW on a day when the outside
temperature is 31°C. At what rate does this house contribute to the increase in the entropy of the universe?
10. Jay approached his guru in a depressed mood. "I want to change the world, but I feel helpless," he said. The guru turned and pushed a 5-
kg rock over a ledge. It hit the ground 6 m below and came to rest. "There," said the guru. "I have changed the world." If the rock, the
ground, and the atmosphere are all initially at 300 K, calculate the entropy change of the universe.
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APPENDIX
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www.aapt.org/Conferences/newfaculty/upload/coop-Problem-Solving-Guide.pdf
(2) Polya, Geroge. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method. Princeton university press, 2014.
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Biographical Notes
Jose Perico H. Esguerra, Ph.D. ROMMEL G. BACABAC, PH.D.
Team Leader Writer
Dr. Rommel G. Bacabac earned his MS in Experimental
Physics in 2001 and his PhD degree (cum laude) in 2006 from the
Dr. Jose Perico Henson Esguerra is a registered physicist
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He graduated in
and Professor at the National Institute of Physics, University of
1998 at the University of San Carlos (USC), Cebu City, Philippines
the Philippines Diliman where he has been working for over ten
(BS Physics). Dr. Bacabac currently heads the Medical Biophysics
years now. Dr. Esguerra has also taught in UP Los Banos, UP San
Group of the University of San Carlos, which pursues research
Fernando, and the De La Salle University specializing in Statistical
interests on the physics of life by investigating the elastic
Mechanics, Approximate Analytical solution Schemes for
properties of biopolymers and living cells, using laser light to
Quantum and Nonlinear Problems, and Physical applications of
catch and watch microscopic probes, in order to derive new
Fractional Calculus
insights for clinical applications, diagnostics, and understanding
Dr. Esguerra is member of organizations such as the
health and disease at the molecular and cellular levels.
International Astronomical Union, the Organizing Committee of
the Philippine Astronomy Olympiad, and the National Research
Council of the Philippines. He is the current Chair for the Physics Jo-Ann M. Cordovilla
Education Committee of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas and Writer
has served as Technical Committee Member for the Philippine Ms. Jo-Ann M. Cordovilla is currently the Director of of
Physics Olympiad. Dr. Esguerra’s service is extended to the Regional Science in Bicol University. She has held numerous
government as he works as consultant for the Department of positions under the school administration since 2005, such as
Education and Technical Panel Member for Physics at the being Planning Officer and Department Chair among others. She
Commission on Higher Education. is also the current Chairperson under the Technical Working
Dr. Esguerra has received a number of citations including Group of the Provincial Search for Outstanding Teachers &
the Silver Pillar Award by the Department of Science and Principals. She has been active as a Plenary Speaker and
Technology and the Outstanding Youth of Pampanga. His Workshop Resource Person for Physics Education in the
scholarly works and studies are published in National and Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao Annual Conference and
International Science Citations Index Journals. He received his Workshop since the year 2000. Ms. Cordovilla completed her
doctorate degree in Physics at the University of the Philippines master’s degree in Science Teaching at the University of San
Diliman. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Carlos and her bachelor’s degree in Physics for Teachers at the
Physics at the same university. Philippine Normal University.
JOHN KEITH V. MAGALI Eduardo C. Cuansing, Ph.D.
Writer Technical Editor
Mr. John Keith V. Magali is currently a project assistant for Dr. Eduardo C. Cuansing is an associate professor at the
the Philippine Higher Education Research Network (PHERNet) Institute of of Mathematical Sciences, University of the
and Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Philippines Los Baños. He has contributed numerous publications
Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc. (The OML Center). and research content that focus on theoretical and computational
He graduated from the University of the Philippines Los Baños physics of quantum transport and nonequilibrium properties of
with a Bachelors of Science in Applied Physics. Currently, he is electrons and phonons in nanoscale systems using
accomplishing his Masters of Science in Physics at the Ateneo de nonequilibrium Green’s functions. He earned his Bachelor of
Manila University. Mr Magali has been actively participating in Science in Physics, (cum laude), at the University of the
numerous seminars, science camps, and research colloquiums Philippines Diliman. Dr. Cuansing received his MA degree in
since 2009 in line with his undergraduate and current master’s Physics at Purdue University, USA. He also received his doctorate
degree. degree in Physics at the same university.