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High School Physics Curriculum
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Following is a tentative curriculum by week. Topics will be added as necessary.
- Introduction: What is Physics?
- Physics and the Laws of Nature
- Unit of Length, Mass and Time
- Dimensional Analysis
- Significant Figures
- Converting Units
- Order of Magnitude Calculations
- Problem Solving in Physics
- One Dimensional Kinematics
- Position, Distance and Displacement
- Average Velocity and Velocity
- Instantaneous Velocity
- Acceleration
- Motion with Constant Acceleration
- Applications of the Equations of Motion
- Free Falling Objects
- Vectors in Physics
- Scalars versus Vectors
- The Components of Vectors
- Adding and Subtracting Vectors
- Position, Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration Vectors
- Relative Motion
- Two- Dimensional Kinematics
- Motion in Two Dimensions
- Projectile Motion: Basic Equations
- Zero Launch Angle
- General Launch Angle
- Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Force and Mass
- Newton’s Three Laws
- The Vector Nature of Forces: Forces in Two Dimensions
- Weight vs. Mass
- Normal Forces
- Applications of Newton’s Laws
- Frictional Forces
- Strings and Springs
- Translational Equilibrium
- Connected Objects
- Circular Motion
- Work and Kinetic Energy
- Work Done by a Constant Force
- Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem
- Work Done by a Variable Force
- Power
- Potential Energy and Conservative Forces
- Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces
- Potential Energy and the Work Done by Conservative Forces
- Conservation of Mechanical Energy
- Work Done by Non-Conservative Forces
- Linear Momentum and Collisions
- Linear Momentum
- Momentum and Newton’s Second Law
- Impulse
- Conservation of Linear Momentum
- Inelastic Collisions
- Elastic Collisions
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