Physics

Here you will find an outline of introductory topics in Physics. These notes are not comprehensive, rather they outline big ideas and provide support for review along with some practice problems.

1. Simple Motion
1.1 Speed and GUESS
1.2 Displacment and Velocity
1.3 Position versus Time Graphs

2. Accelerated Motion
2.1 Acceleration
2.2 Position v. Time Graphs and Acceleration
2.3 Velocity v. Time Graphs
2.4 Kinematic Equations
2.5 Freefall

3. Projectile Motion
3.1 Horizontal Projectile
3.2 Vectors
3.3 Projectile at an angle
3.4 Projectile from a Height

4. Newton's Laws
4.1 Newton's Laws
4.2 Forces
4.3 Free Body Diagrams
4.4 Analyzing Forces
4.5 Gravity

5. Momentum
5.1 Momentum
5.2 Impulse
5.3 Conservation

6. Energy
6.1 Work
6.2 Kinetic Energy
6.3 Gravitational Potential Energy
6.4 Conservation of Energy

7. Heat
7.1 Basics of Heat
7.2 Heat Transfer
7.3 Specific Heat Capacity
7.4 Calorimetry
7.5 Phase Change
7.6 Radioactive Decay
7.7 Fission and Fusion

8. Electrostatics
8.1 Intro to Electrostatics
8.2 Polarization
8.3 Charge by Contact
8.4 Charge by Induction
8.5 Electric Fields and Coulomb's Law

9. Circuits
9.1 Intro to Elecric Circuits
9.2 Series Circuits
9.3 Parallel Circuits
9.4 Power Concepts
9.5 Power Calculations
9.6 Complex Circuits

10. Magnetism
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6

11. Waves
11.1 Intro to Waves
11.2 Sound
11.3 Interference
11.4 Harmonics
11.5 Electromagnetic Spectrum
11.6 Reflection and Refraction
11.7 Wave-Particle Duality