Physics Lessons

Unit #1 Forces:

• Newton's Laws
• mass vs weight
• The equations for Force and Weight
• The different types of forces
• Free Body Diagrams
• Net force

Unit #2 Motion:

• distance vs displacement
• speed vs velocity
• acceleration
• graphs
• vectors
• equations

Unit #3 Projectile Motion:

• vectors revisited
• gravity
• falling
• horizontal motion
• vertical motion
• launch angle

Unit #4 Circular Motion:

• Period and frequency
• Tangential or linear velocity
• centripetal acceleration
• centripetal force

Unit #5 - Momentum Stuff:

• momentum
• conservation of momentum
• elastic collisions
• inelastic collisions
• recoil
• impulse

Unit #6 - Work, Energy, Power:

• work
• energy
• power
• conservation of energy
• work energy theorem
• work done by friction
• heat loss

Unit #7 - Gravity and Electrostatics

• Universal Gravity
• The Electrostatic Force
• Relationships
• Inverse Square Law

Unit #8 - Electricity & Circuits

• Ohm's Law
• V, I, R
• Series Circuits
• Parallel Circuits
• Power
• Energy

Unit #9 - Magnetism & Electromagnetism

• Magnets
• electromagnets
• history
• examples
• and electricity

Unit #10 - Waves

• velocity
• frequency
• period
• wavelength
• amplitude
• sound
• reflections, refraction, diffraction

Unit #11 - Light and Optics

• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Colors
• Refraction
• Polarization
• Optics