Class Notes
Unit 1 - General Science and Math Skills
Order of Magnitude and Estimation
Significant Figures
Units, the Metric System, and the System International
Measuring Skills
Uncertainty
Graphing
The
Graph
Program
Vectors
Lab Reports
Unit 2 - Kinematics
Average speed and constant speed
Motion formulas
Uniformly accelerated motion in 1-dimension
Acceleration from gravity
Projectile motion
Relative motion with vectors
Unit 3 - Dynamics
Force and mass
Newton's 1
st
law of motion
Newton's 3
rd
law of motion
Newton's 2
nd
law of motion
Elevator examples
Frictionless ramp examples
Frictionless connected block examples
Friction
Friction examples
Unit 4 - Work, Energy and Power
Work
Mechanical Energy
Law of conservation of energy
Graphing work and energy
Power
Unit 5 - Momentum and Torque
Momentum and Impulse
Conservation of Momentum
Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
AP and IB Level Examples
Torque
Unit 6 - Gravitation
Circular Motion
Universal Gravitation
Orbital Motion
Unit 7 - Thermal Physics
Pressure
Pressure Principles
The Gas Laws
Thermal Energy
Unit 8 - Oscillations
Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
Energy changes during SHM
Forced oscillations and resonance
Unit 9 - Waves
Wave Characteristics
Wave Properties
Sound
Unit 10 - Optics
Huygen's Principle
Lenses
Mirrors
The Eye and Sight
Optical Instruments
Two Source Interference
Polarization of Light
Limits of Resolution
Unit 11 - Electricity
Electrostatics
Electric Force
Electric Field
Electric Potential Difference
Voltage Current Resistance
Electric Power
Circuits
Unit 12 - Electromagnetism
Magnetism
Electromagnetism
Electrodynamics
Unit 13 - Nuclear Physics
Structure of the Atom
The Nucleus
Radioactive Decay and Half-Life
Fission, Fusion, Nuclear Power and the Bomb
Electrons
Photoelectric Effect
Unit 14 - Energy, Power and Climate Change
Energy, Power and Climate Change