Physics Course Outline
The final topics are optional, and time permitting, will be covered.
I. Measurement
Uncertainty
Units and SI system
Significant figures
Factor Label
Graphing Data
II. Motion in One Dimension
Mechanics
Kinematics
Dynamics
Frames of Reference
Coordinate Systems
Displacement vs. Distance
Vector vs. Scalar
Velocity and Acceleration
Falling Objects
III. Two Dimensional Motion
Vector Addition/Subtraction
Graphical vs. mathematical
Methods of Calculating Vectors
Resultants and Equilibriants
Vector Resolution
Projectile Motion using kinematics equations
IV. Dynamics
Forces
Newton's Laws of Motion
Free Body and Force Diagrams
Friction, Static and Kinetic
Coefficients of
Atwood's Machine
V. Circular Motion
Gravity as cause
Centripetal vs. Centrifugal
Laws of Universal Gravitation
Kepler's Laws
VI. Work and Energy
Work and Units
Relationship Between Work and Energy
Kinetic and Potential Energy
Hook's Law
Work-Energy Theorem
Conservation of Energy
Power
VII. Momentum
Force and Momentum
Conservation of Momentum
Collision and Impulse
Center of Mass
VIII. Rotational Motion
Angular Momentum
Rolling Motion
Torque
Inertia, Kinetic Energy
IX. Equilibrium and Internal Forces
Statics
Stress, Strain, Shear and Fracture
X. Fluids
Density and Specific Gravity
Pressure
Pascal's Principle
Archimede's Principle
Bernoulli's Principle
XI. Waves
SHM
Periods and pendulums
DHM
Resonance
Wave Characteristics
Types of Waves
Energy and Waves
Reflection and Interference
Refraction and Diffraction
XII. Sound
Characteristics of Sound
Intensity and the dB scale
Human Ear and its Response
Doppler Effect
Applications of Sound technology
XIII. Temperature and Heat
Kinetic Theory
Thermal Behavior
Zeroth Law
Expansion
Waters anomalous behavior
Gas Laws/ Absolute Temperature
Ideal gas Law
Heat as Energy Transfer
Laws of Thermodynamics
EntropyXIV. Electric Charge and Fields
Static Charge and the Field Concept
Charge Behavior
Insulators and Conductors
Induced Charge
Coulomb's law
Field Lines
Potential Difference and Voltage
Dipoles
Current
Batteries
Ohm's Law
Resistance and Superconductivity
Electric Power
DC circuits
Series and Parallel
Capacitors
Kirchoffs Rules
XV. Magnetism
Magnetic vs. Electric Fields
Forces on Current - Right Hand Rules
Inducing a Current
Faraday's Law
Lenz's Law
XVI. Electromagnetic Waves
Maxwell's Theories
Production of EM Waves
Calculation of Speed EM Waves
Light and the EM spectrum
XVII. Light
Ray Model
Snell's Law
Total Internal Reflection
Wave Nature of Light
XVIII. Relativity (optional)
Postulates of the General Theory
Time Dilation and Length Contraction
XIX. Nuclear Physics
Structure and Properties of Atomic Nuclei
Binding Energy and Mass Defect
Half Life and rate of decay
