Physical Sciences 1

Welcome to Physical Sciences 1

Physics is fun!

“You know you can't enjoy a game unless you know the rules; whether it's ball game, a computer game, or simply a party game. Likewise, you can't fully appreciate your surroundings until you understand the rules of nature. Physics is the study of the rules, which show how everything in nature is beautifully connected. So the main reason to study physics is to enhance the way you see the physical world. You'll see the mathematical structure of physics in frequent equations, but more than being recipes for computation, you'll see the equations as guides to thinking. You will enjoy the physics because you'll understand it. So go for comprehension of concepts…” - Paul Hewitt

General Information

The class website will announce the latest information, together with the class social media platform.

New features and updates will be added to our website as we go along.

Physics Education Technology (PhET) Simulations that we use are courtesy of the University of Colorado.

The Conceptual Physics tab links to the video resources of the Conceptual Physics book.

Textbook tabs link to our free textbook volumes.

You are encouraged to help us improve our website.

Help to make it as user friendly as possible, by providing design and other suggestions.

Class Email: physics.cput@gmail.com

Obtain a Gmail email account for yourself as well.

It is important to come prepared to sessions, having done the pre-readings, and/or watched the curated videos.

The readings and curated videos will be utilised in the assessments.

Please read the Health & Safety Notices as they may appear.

Our tech-in-learning corner

We will use a number of applications (apps) and simulations throughout the course.

Below is a list.

For students without the required devices, our motto is: "we'll make a plan together!"

Themes for the year

• Foundations & Skills

• Introduction to X-rays

• The Scientific Method, Scientific Critical thinking, and Science Communication       

• Classical Concepts

• Modern Concepts

    The Quantum World

    Understanding Radiation -

                 - Nuclear & Particle Processes

                - Physical Principles of Radiation Safety & Protection

Let's begin!

TASK 1 - Your first task of the year

Review the following:

1.   Opening Guest Address -

One curated video

2.   Opening Interview -

One curated video

3.  About Science section -

One slide presentation

Three curated videos

End of First Task.

Announcements

Watch out for the latest class announcements here.

During the orientation week and first academic week, you need  to complete the necessary tasks, that is,  Task 1 on this page, and Task 2 the Foundations & Skills page.

This needs to be done in preparation for the first session. There may be a quiz on these tasks in the first session.

During this time we will be working with the class reps to initiate our social media platform lines of class communication. This is in addition to the other channels of communication.

During this time we will also be allocating group numbers.

Highlighted Augmented Reality (AR) Activity for the week

Our Invited Guest Speaker Presentation Slides

Assessments

The Classical Concepts Assessment is posted here. 

All Group Members must participate in all questions on group assessments.

Marks will be deducted if instructions are not followed.

The submit tab below can be used to submit assessments.

Submit to the class email: physics.cput@gmail.com

Submit by: Saturday, 26 July 2025 by 24h00

Check Marks

• Marks may be checked by going to the 'Check Stop' page.

• Note that the 'Check Stop' page is a protected page, visible and accessible only to the first year MITS class.

Recordings

• Online Session recordings may be accessed by going to the 'Recordings' page.

• Note that the 'Recordings' page is a protected page, visible and accessible only to the first year MITS class.