PH 202

Week One PH202 Winter 2026

If you don't have access to course materials through Canvas and would like to begin work, then please use this page to do so. Note that this list is incomplete and you will not be able to submit any work except online homework until you have access to Canvas.

Read

• • Knight, Jones, Field chapters 1 through 6, 9, 10 (as a review)

  • Tip sheets

    • Science defined

    • Symbols in physics (skim and save for future use)

    • Significant digits and uncertainty

    • Perils of dimensional analysis

    • Math and units

    • Kinematics

    • Newton's laws

    • Circular motion and universal gravity

    • Rotation and equilibrium

    • Impulse and momentum

    • Energy

    • Oscillations (first two pages for week 2)

    • Thermodynamics (for weeks 3 and 4)

Videos

• Mechanics lightboard videos (including some rotation and oscillation ones)

• Thermodynamics lightboard videos

Homework

Go to MyOpenMath and sign up for "PH202: General Physics Winter 2026". The Course ID is 305181 and the access code is "physicsisfun!". You should be able to begin the online homework.