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====Velocity and Momentum====
====Velocity and Momentum====
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*[[Newton's First Law of Motion]]
*[[Newton’s First Law of Motion]]
*[[Velocity]]
*[[Velocity]]
*[[Mass]]
*[[Mass]]
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===Week 2===
===Week 2===
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====Momentum and the Momentum Principle====
=====Momentum and the Momentum Principle=====
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*[[Momentum Principle]]
*[[Momentum Principle]]
*[[Inertia]]
*[[Inertia]]
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====Iterative Prediction with a Constant Force====
=====Iterative Prediction with a Constant Force=====
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*[[Newton's Second Law of Motion]]
*[[Newton’s Second Law of Motion]]
*[[Iterative Prediction]]
*[[Iterative Prediction]]
*[[Kinematics]]
*[[Kinematics]]
*[[Newton's Laws and Linear Momentum]]
*[[Newton’s Laws and Linear Momentum]]
*[[Projectile Motion]]
*[[Projectile Motion]]
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===Week 3===
===Week 3===
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====Analytic Prediction with a Constant Force====
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=====Analytic Prediction with a Constant Force=====
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*[[Analytical Prediction]]
*[[Analytical Prediction]]
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====Iterative Prediction with a Varying Force====
=====Iterative Prediction with a Varying Force=====
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*[[Predicting Change in multiple dimensions]]
*[[Predicting Change in multiple dimensions]]
*[[Spring Force]]
*[[Spring Force]]
*[[Hooke's Law]]
*[[Hooke’s Law]]
*[[Simple Harmonic Motion]]
*[[Simple Harmonic Motion]]
*[[Iterative Prediction of Spring-Mass System]]
*[[Iterative Prediction of Spring-Mass System]]
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===Week 4===
===Week 4===
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====Fundamental Interactions====
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=====Fundamental Interactions=====
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*[[Gravitational Force]]
*[[Gravitational Force]]
*[[Electric Force]]
*[[Reciprocity]]
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===Week 5===
===Week 5===
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====Conservation of Momentum====
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=====Conservation of Momentum=====
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*[[Conservation of Momentum]]
*[[Conservation of Momentum]]
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====Properties of Matter====
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=====Properties of Matter=====
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*[[Kinds of Matter]]
*[[Kinds of Matter]]
**[[Ball and Spring Model of Matter]]
**[[Ball and Spring Model of Matter]]
*[[Density]]
*[[Density]]
*[[Length and Stiffness of an Interatomic Bond]]
*[[Length and Stiffness of an Interatomic Bond]]
*[[Young's Modulus]]
*[[Young’s Modulus]]
*[[Speed of Sound in Solids]]
*[[Speed of Sound in Solids]]
*[[Malleability]]
*[[Malleability]]
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===Week 6===
===Week 6===
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====Identifying Forces====
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=====Identifying Forces=====
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*[[Free Body Diagram]]
*[[Free Body Diagram]]
*[[Compression or Normal Force]]
*[[Compression or Normal Force]]
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====Curving Motion====
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=====Curving Motion=====
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*[[Curving Motion]]
*[[Curving Motion]]
*[[Centripetal Force and Curving Motion]]
*[[Centripetal Force and Curving Motion]]
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===Week 7===
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====Energy Principle====
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=====Energy Principle=====
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*[[The Energy Principle]]
*[[The Energy Principle]]
*[[Conservation of Energy]]
*[[Conservation of Energy]]
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===Week 8===
===Week 8===
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====Work by Non-Constant Forces====
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=====Work by Non-Constant Forces=====
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*[[Work Done By A Nonconstant Force]]
*[[Work Done By A Nonconstant Force]]
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====Potential Energy====
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=====Potential Energy=====
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*[[Potential Energy]]
*[[Potential Energy]]
*[[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]]
*[[Energy Graphs]]
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===Week 9===
===Week 9===
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====Multiparticle Systems====
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=====Multiparticle Systems=====
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*[[Center of Mass]]
*[[Center of Mass]]
*[[Multi-particle analysis of Momentum]]
*[[Multi-particle analysis of Momentum]]
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*[[Work and Energy for an Extended System]]
*[[Work and Energy for an Extended System]]
*[[Internal Energy]]
*[[Internal Energy]]
**[[Potential Energy of a Pair of Neutral Atoms]]
*[[Potential Energy of a Pair of Neutral Atoms]]
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===Week 10===
===Week 10===
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====Choice of System====
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=====Choice of System=====
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*[[System & Surroundings]]
*[[System & Surroundings]]
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====Thermal Energy, Dissipation and Transfer of Energy====
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=====Thermal Energy, Dissipation and Transfer of Energy=====
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*[[Thermal Energy]]
*[[Thermal Energy]]
*[[Specific Heat]]
*[[Specific Heat]]
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====Rotational and Vibrational Energy====
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=====Rotational and Vibrational Energy=====
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*[[Translational, Rotational and Vibrational Energy]]
*[[Translational, Rotational and Vibrational Energy]]
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===Week 11===
===Week 11===
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====Different Models of a System====
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=====Different Models of a System=====
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*[[Point Particle Systems]]
*[[Real Systems]]
*[[Real Systems]]
*[[Point Particle Systems]]
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====Models of Friction====
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=====Models of Friction=====
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*[[Friction]]
*[[Friction]]
*[[Static Friction]]
*[[Static Friction]]
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===Week 12===
===Week 12===
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====Collisions====
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=====Collisions=====
*[[Newton's Third Law of Motion]]
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*[[Newton’s Third Law of Motion]]
*[[Collisions]]
*[[Collisions]]
*[[Elastic Collisions]]
*[[Elastic Collisions]]
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===Week 13===
===Week 13===
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====Rotations====
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=====Rotations=====
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*[[Rotation]]
*[[Rotation]]
*[[Angular Velocity]]
*[[Angular Velocity]]
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====Angular Momentum====
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=====Angular Momentum=====
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*[[Total Angular Momentum]]
*[[Total Angular Momentum]]
*[[Translational Angular Momentum]]
*[[Translational Angular Momentum]]
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===Week 14===
===Week 14===
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====Analyzing Motion with and without Torque====
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=====Analyzing Motion with and without Torque=====
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*[[Torque]]
*[[Torque]]
*[[Torque 2]]
*[[Torque 2]]
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===Week 15===
===Week 15===
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====Introduction to Quantum Concepts====
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=====Introduction to Quantum Concepts=====
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*[[Bohr Model]]
*[[Bohr Model]]
**[[Energy graphs and the Bohr model]]
*[[Energy graphs and the Bohr model]]
*[[Quantized energy levels]]
*[[Quantized energy levels]]
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Physics 1

Week 1

Vectors and Units

Week 2


Week 3

Analytic Prediction with a Constant Force

Week 4

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