2.Focus and/or Difficulties The inertial forces in rotating frame of of the Coriolis force 3.Teaching contents Inertia,Inertia mass,momentum and force,applications of Newton's laws;noninertial systems and inertial forces 4.Teaching method Lecture plus short assigned presentations by students 5.Evaluations Homework,presentation,course report and examinations Chapter 3 Work and Energy 1.Teaching objectives To learn the concepts of work,potential energy,kinetic energy,and conservative force. 2.Focus and/or Difficulties Potential,conervative force and their relations,Phase diagram. 3.Teaching contents Work,power and kinetic energy;potential energy,conservative forces;equilibrium and stability,phase diagram 4.Teaching methoc Lecture plus short assigned presentations by students 5.Evaluations Homework presentation,ous repor and xamination Chapter 4 Momentum,Impulse and Collisions 1.Teaching objectives Toleam the principle of conservation of momentum and its applications 2.Focus and/or Difficulties Kinetic energy before and after collision,judgement of whether the momentum is conserved or not. 3.Teaching contents Momentum and of mass,particle colision 4.Teaching method Lecture plus short assigned presentations by students 4 4 2. Focus and/or Difficulties The inertial forces in rotating frame of reference; derivation of the Coriolis force. 3. Teaching contents Inertia; Inertia mass, momentum and force; applications of Newton’s laws; noninertial systems and inertial forces 4. Teaching method Lecture plus short assigned presentations by students 5. Evaluations Homework, presentation, course report and examinations Chapter 3 Work and Energy 1. Teaching objectives To learn the concepts of work, potential energy, kinetic energy, and conservative force. 2. Focus and/or Difficulties Potential, conservative force and their relations; Phase diagram. 3. Teaching contents Work, power and kinetic energy; potential energy; conservative forces; equilibrium and stability; phase diagram 4. Teaching method Lecture plus short assigned presentations by students 5. Evaluations Homework, presentation, course report and examinations Chapter 4 Momentum, Impulse and Collisions 1. Teaching objectives To learn the principle of conservation of momentum and its applications. 2. Focus and/or Difficulties Kinetic energy before and after collision; judgement of whether the momentum is conserved or not. 3. Teaching contents Momentum and impulse; center of mass; particle collision 4. Teaching method Lecture plus short assigned presentations by students