Introduction
What is Physics?
from the Greek phisike,
Physics is the scientific study of matter and energy and attempts to develop a unified description of how they behave and interact with each other. Nature is complex and beautiful and physics attempts to describe natural phenomena in terms of all-embracing fundamental concepts.
Physics the subject was previously known as Natural Philosophy.
Physics is why stuff does stuff.
There are 8 forms of energy
Before we do that we need to check on our measurements the ones we already know, many more will be explored in our course.
And Numeracy
Some Simulations / online software that will help your study of physics
Many thanks to Walter Fendt
http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/
Data Grapher thanks to Zona
http://id.mind.net/~zona/simpleDataGrapher/simpleDataGrapher.html
a physics experiment simulation site
join the edmodo.com group ....
Revision
EXAM TIPS FROM RTE.ie
Some Clever Tactical help from RTE for Leaving Cert students http://www.rte.ie/radio1/gettingitright/
click on the pod casts
subscribe to the Getting it Right podcast
the Other physics teacher Noel Cunninghams site
and his Revision Site
Revision notes from Pat Doyle
Stuck about how to graph?