Physics: A First Course

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2: Laws of Motion

Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Freefall Laboratory
Shoot the Monkey!

3: Conservation Laws

Energy of a Pendulum
Estimating Population Size
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Roller Coaster Physics

4: Machines, Work, and Energy

Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Levers
Pulley Lab
Wheel and Axle

5: Forces in Equilibrium

Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Force and Fan Carts
Torque and Moment of Inertia

6: Systems in Motion

Center of Mass
Golf Range!
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Shoot the Monkey!
Uniform Circular Motion

7: Temperature, Energy, and Matter

Calorimetry Lab
Conduction and Convection
Heat Absorption
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Phase Changes
Radiation
Temperature and Particle Motion

8: Physical Properties of Matter

Archimedes' Principle
Boyle's Law and Charles' Law
Density Laboratory
Phase Changes

9: The Atom

Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Electron Configuration
Element Builder

10: Energy Flow and Systems

Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Energy of a Pendulum
Food Chain
Heat Absorption
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects

11: Changes in Matter

Covalent Bonds
Ionic Bonds
Nuclear Decay

13: Electric Circuits

Advanced Circuits
Circuits

15: Electrical Charges and Forces

Charge Launcher
Coulomb Force (Static)

16: Magnetism

Magnetism

17: Electromagnets and Induction

Magnetic Induction

18: Fields and Forces

Magnetism
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Pith Ball Lab

19: Harmonic Motion

Pendulum Clock
Period of Mass on a Spring
Period of a Pendulum
Period of a Pendulum - Large Angle
Simple Harmonic Motion

20: Waves

Longitudinal Waves
Phased Array
Sound Beats and Sine Waves

21: Sound

Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Hearing: Frequency and Volume
Sound Beats and Sine Waves

22: Light and Color

Additive Color v2
Color Absorption
Herschel Experiment
Radiation
Subtractive Color v2

23: Optics

Laser Reflection
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
Refraction

24: The Physical Nature of Light

Photoelectric Effect

Content correlation last revised: 9/17/2009