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Welcome to the Georgia Tech Wiki for Introductory Physics. This resources was created so that students can contribute and curate content to help those with limited or no access to a textbook. When reading this website, please correct any errors you may come across. If you read something that isn't clear, please consider revising it for future students!

Looking to make a contribution?

  1. Pick one of the topics from intro physics listed below
  2. Add content to that topic or improve the quality of what is already there.
  3. Need to make a new topic? Edit this page and add it to the list under the appropriate category. Then copy and paste the default Template into your new page and start editing.

Please remember that this is not a textbook and you are not limited to expressing your ideas with only text and equations. Whenever possible embed: pictures, videos, diagrams, simulations, computational models (e.g. Glowscript), and whatever content you think makes learning physics easier for other students.

Source Material

All of the content added to this resource must be in the public domain or similar free resource. If you are unsure about a source, contact the original author for permission. That said, there is a surprisingly large amount of introductory physics content scattered across the web. Here is an incomplete list of intro physics resources (please update as needed).

  • A physics resource written by experts for an expert audience Physics Portal
  • A wiki written for students by a physics expert MSU Physics Wiki
  • A wiki book on modern physics Modern Physics Wiki
  • The MIT open courseware for intro physics MITOCW Wiki
  • An online concept map of intro physics HyperPhysics
  • Interactive physics simulations PhET
  • OpenStax algebra based intro physics textbook College Physics
  • The Open Source Physics project is a collection of online physics resources OSP
  • A resource guide compiled by the AAPT for educators ComPADRE

Organizing Categories

These are the broad, overarching categories, that we cover in three semester of introductory physics. You can add subcategories as needed but a single topic should direct readers to a page in one of these categories.

Resources

Physics 1

Week 1

Vectors and Units

Interactions

Week 2

Week 3

Analytic Prediction with a Constant Force

Week 4

Fundamental Interactions

Week 5

Conservation of Momentum

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Work by Non-Constant Forces

Week 9

Week 10

Choice of System

Rotational and Vibrational Energy

Week 11

Different Models of a System

Models of Friction

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Physics 2

Week 1

Electric field

Electric force

Electric field of a point particle

Dipoles

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Field of a charged rod

Field of a charged ring/disk/capacitor

Week 5

Potential energy

Sign of a potential difference

Week 6

Electric field and potential in an insulator

Moving charges in a magnetic field

Moving charges, electron current, and conventional current

Week 7

Magnetic field of a wire

Magnetic field of a current-carrying loop

Atomic structure of magnets

Week 8

Steady state current

Node rule

Electric fields and energy in circuits

Week 9

Electric field and potential in circuits with capacitors

Electric and magnetic forces

Week 10

Magnetic force

Week 12

Week 13

Semiconductors

Week 14

Circuits revisited

Week 15

Sparks in the air

Physics 3

Week 1

Classical Physics

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Matter Waves

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

The Hydrogen Atom

Week 8

Week 9

Molecules

Week 10

Statistical Physics

Week 11

Condensed Matter Physics

Week 12

The Nucleus

Week 13

Week 14