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==Physics 1==
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=====Curving Motion=====
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=====Potential Energy=====
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*[[Potential Energy of Macroscopic Springs]]
*[[Potential Energy of Macroscopic Springs]]
*[[Spring Potential Energy]]
*[[Spring Potential Energy]]
**[[Ball and Spring Model]]
*[[Ball and Spring Model]]
*[[Gravitational Potential Energy]]
*[[Gravitational Potential Energy]]
*[[Energy Graphs]]
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*[[Work and Energy for an Extended System]]
*[[Work and Energy for an Extended System]]
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*[[Internal Energy]]
**[[Potential Energy of a Pair of Neutral Atoms]]
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=====Choice of System=====
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=====Thermal Energy, Dissipation and Transfer of Energy=====
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=====Rotational and Vibrational Energy=====
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=====Different Models of a System=====
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*[[Point Particle Systems]]
*[[Point Particle Systems]]
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=====Models of Friction=====
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=====Collisions=====
=====Collisions=====
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=====Rotations=====
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=====Angular Momentum=====
=====Angular Momentum=====
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===Week 14===


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=====Analyzing Motion with and without Torque=====
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===Week 15===
===Week 15===


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=====Introduction to Quantum Concepts=====
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*[[Bohr Model]]
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==Physics 2==
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====3D Vectors====
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*[[Vectors]]
*[[Right-Hand Rule]]
*[[Right Hand Rule]]
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====Electric force====
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*[[Electric Force]]
*[[Lorentz Force]]
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====Electric field of a point particle====
 
 
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*[[Point Charge]]
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'''Bold text'''====Superposition====
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*[[Superposition Principle]]
*[[Superposition principle]]
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====Dipoles====
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*[[Electric Dipole]]
*[[Magnetic Dipole]]
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===Week 2===
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====Interactions of charged objects====
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*[[Electric Field]]
*[[Electric Potential]]
*[[Electric Force]]
*[[Lorentz Force]]
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====Tape experiments====
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*[[Polarization]]
*[[Electric Polarization]]
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====Polarization====
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*[[Polarization]]
*[[Electric Polarization]]
*[[Polarization of an Atom]]
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===Week 3===
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====Insulators====
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*[[Insulators]]
*[[Potential Difference in an Insulator]]
*[[Charged Conductor and Charged Insulator]]
*[[Charged conductor and charged insulator]]
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====Conductors====
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*[[Conductivity]]
*[[Charge Transfer]]
*[[Resistivity]]
*[[Polarization of a conductor]]
*[[Charged Conductor and Charged Insulator]]
*[[Charged conductor and charged insulator]]
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====Charging and discharging====
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*[[Charge Transfer]]
*[[Electrostatic Discharge]]
*[[Charged Conductor and Charged Insulator]]
*[[Charged conductor and charged insulator]]
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===Week 4===
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====Field of a charged rod====
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*[[Charged Rod]]
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====Field of a charged ring/disk/capacitor====
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*[[Charged Ring]]
*[[Charged Disk]]
*[[Charged Capacitor]]
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====Field of a charged sphere====
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*[[Charged Spherical Shell]]
*[[Field of a Charged Ball]]
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===Week 5===
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====Potential energy====
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*[[Potential Energy - Claimed by Janki Patel]]
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====Electric potential====
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*[[Electric Potential]]
*[[Path Independence of Electric Potential]]
*[[Potential Difference Path Independence, claimed by Aditya Mohile]]
*[[Potential Difference in a Uniform Field]]
*[[Potential Difference of Point Charge in a Non-Uniform Field]]
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====Sign of Potential Difference====
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*[[Sign of Potential Difference]]
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====Potential at a single location====
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*[[Electric Potential]]
*[[Potential Difference at One Location]]
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====Path independence and round trip potential====
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*[[Path Independence of Electric Potential]]
*[[Potential Difference Path Independence, claimed by Aditya Mohile]]
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====Electric field and potential in an insulator====
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*[[Potential Difference in an Insulator]]
*[[Electric Field in an Insulator]]
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====Moving charges in a magnetic field====
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*[[Magnetic Field]]
*[[Magnetic Force]]
*[[Lorentz Force]]
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====Biot-Savart Law====
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*[[Biot-Savart Law]]
*[[Biot-Savart Law for Currents]]
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====Moving charges, electron current, and conventional current====
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*[[Moving Point Charge]]
*[[Current]]
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===Week 7===
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====Magnetic field of a wire====
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*[[Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Wire]]
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====Magnetic field of a current-carrying loop====
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*[[Magnetic Field of a Loop]]
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====Magnetic dipoles====
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*[[Magnetic Dipole Moment]]
*[[Bar Magnet]]
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====Atomic structure of magnets====
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*[[Atomic Structure of Magnets]]
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===Week 8===
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====Steady state current====
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*[[Steady State]]
*[[Non Steady State]]
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====Node rule====
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*[[Node Rule]]
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====Electric fields and energy in circuits====
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*[[Series circuit]]
*[[Node Rule]]
*[[Loop Rule]]
*[[Electric Potential Difference]]
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====Macroscopic analysis of circuits====
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*[[Series Circuits]]
*[[Parallel CIrcuits]]
*[[Parallel Circuits vs. Series Circuits*]]
*[[Loop Rule]]
*[[Node Rule]]
*[[Fundamentals of Resistance]]
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===Week 9===
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====Electric field and potential in circuits with capacitors====
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*[[Charging and Discharging a Capacitor]]
*[[RC Circuit]] *CLAIMED BY MARK RUSSELL SPRING 2016
*[[R Circuit]]
*[[AC and DC]]
 
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====Magnetic forces on charges and currents====
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*[[Magnetic Force]]
*[[Lorentz Force]]
*[[Applying Magnetic Force to Currents]]
*[[Magnetic Force in a Moving Reference Frame]]
*[[Right-Hand Rule]]
*[[Analysis of Railgun vs Coil gun technologies]]
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====Electric and magnetic forces====
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*[[Electric Force]]
*[[Magnetic Force]]
*[[Lorentz Force]]
*[[VPython Modelling of Electric and Magnetic Forces]]
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====Velocity selector====
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*[[Lorentz Force]]
*[[Combining Electric and Magnetic Forces]]
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===Week 10===
 
====Student Content====
 
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==== Hall Effect ====
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*[[Hall Effect]]
*[[Motional Emf]]
*[[Magnetic Force]]
*[[Magnetic Torque]]
 
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===Week 13===
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==== MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS ====
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*[[Gauss's Law]]
 
==== Changing Field Patterns ====
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*[[Faraday's Law]]
 
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===Week 14===
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==== Electromagnetic Radiation ====
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*[[Electromagnetic Radiation]]
 
 
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==Physics 3==
==Physics 3==


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====Classical Physics====
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====Special Relativity====
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*[[Frame of Reference]]
*[[Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity]]
*[[Time Dilation]]
*[[Einstein's Theory of General Relativity]]
*[[Albert A. Micheleson & Edward W. Morley]]
*[[Magnetic Force in a Moving Reference Frame]]
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===Week 3===
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====Photons====
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*[[Spontaneous Photon Emission]]
*[[Light Scattering: Why is the Sky Blue]]
*[[Lasers]]
*[[Electronic Energy Levels and Photons]]
*[[Quantum Properties of Light]]
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===Week 4===
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====Matter Waves====
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*[[Wave-Particle Duality]]
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===Week 5===
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====Wave Mechanics====
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*[[Standing Waves]]
*[[Wavelength]]
*[[Wavelength and Frequency]]
*[[Mechanical Waves]]
*[[Transverse and Longitudinal Waves]]
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===Week 6===
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====Rutherford-Bohr Model====
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*[[Rutherford Experiment and Atomic Collisions]]
*[[Bohr Model]]
*[[Quantized energy levels]]
*[[Energy graphs and the Bohr model]]
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===Week 7===
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====The Hydrogen Atom====
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*[[Quantum Theory]]
*[[Atomic Theory]]
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===Week 8===
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====Many-Electron Atoms====
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*[[Quantum Theory]]
*[[Atomic Theory]]
*[[Pauli exclusion principle]]
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===Week 9===
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====Molecules====
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===Week 10===
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====Statistical Physics====
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===Week 11===
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====Condensed Matter Physics====
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===Week 12===
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====The Nucleus====
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===Week 13===
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====Nuclear Physics====
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*[[Nuclear Fission]]
*[[Nuclear Energy from Fission and Fusion]]
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===Week 14===
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====Particle Physics====
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*[[Elementary Particles and Particle Physics Theory]]
*[[String Theory]]
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Physics 1

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Vectors and Units

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Analytic Prediction with a Constant Force

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Conservation of Momentum

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Work by Non-Constant Forces

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Week 10

Choice of System
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Different Models of a System
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