Section: Module 7 Thermal Physics | PHYS 6646: Learning & Teaching Advanced Topics In Trig-Based Physics (2025) | NJCTL

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  • Learning and Teaching PSI Advanced Topics in Trigonometry-Based Physics

    Welcome to Learning and Teaching PSI Advanced Topics in Trigonometry-Based Physics

    This course is for teachers to learn the content of PSI Advanced Topics in Trigonometry-Based Physics and how to teach that course to students, while providing teachers a greater depth of understanding to support their teaching of PSI Algebra-Based Physics.  Topics include Rotational Physics, Fluid, Thermodynamics and Optics.

    Prerequisite: PHYS6601 or Instructor Approval

Module 6 Fluids
Module 8 Reflection and Final Exam

Module 7 Thermal Physics

  • Module 7 Thermal Physics



    In this module we will explore thermal physics.

    This module examines thermal physics. Be sure to complete the short answer assignment, the lab, the Mastery Exercises, and the module exam. Watch the videos and complete the practice problems to facilitate your learning.

     

    How would you explain the importance of electromagnetic induction in real life applications? Discussion question responses should be 200-300 words and referenced. Refer to the Required/Recommended reading materials or provide an additional reference to an article of your choice. 

    1. Make predictions about the direction of energy transfer due to temperature differences based on interactions at the microscopic level.

    2. Calculate the expected behavior of a system using the object model to analyze a situation.

    3. Justify the use of conservation of energy principles to calculate the change in internal energy due to changes in internal energy due to changes in internal structure.

    4. Develop predictions about the internal energy of systems.

    5. Calculate changes in kinetic energy and potential energy of a system using information from representations of that system.

    6. Design an experiment and analyze data to examine how a force exerted on an object or system does work.

    7. Make claims about the interaction between a system and its environment in which the environment exerts a force on the system, thus doing work on the system and changing the energy of the system.

    8. Predict and calculate the energy transfer to an object or system from information about a force exerted on the object or system through a distance.

    9. Design and analyze graphical data in which interpretations of the area under a pressure-volume curve are needed to determine the work done on or by the object or system.

    10. Describe the models that represent processes by which energy can be transferred between a system and its environment because of differences in temperature: conduction, convection and radiation.

    11. Predict qualitative changes in the internal energy of a thermodynamic system involving transfer of energy due to heat or work done and justify those predictions in terms of conservation of energy principles.

    12. Create a plot of pressure versus volume for thermodynamic process from given data.

    13. Use a plot of pressure versus volume for a thermodynamic process to make calculations of internal energy changes, heat, or work, based upon conservation of energy principles.

    14. Select appropriate instructional strategies for teaching the module content using trigonometry.

    Physics: Principles with Applications/ Edition 6 - Chapter 13: Temperature & Kinetic Theory, Chapter 14: Heat & Chapter 15: The Laws of Thermodynamics


Module 6 Fluids
Module 8 Reflection and Final Exam