Lessons

I will post reviews of in-class lessons and key concepts as I write them.

Mechanics

1 Kinematics

1. 1.1—Vectors (Review)
2. 1.2—Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
3. 1.3—Motion with Constant Acceleration

2 Elementary Dynamics

1. 2.1—Force and Newton’s Laws
2. 2.2—Uniform Circular Motion
3. 2.3—Work and Kinetic Energy
4. 2.4—Friction
5. 2.5—Static Equilibrium

3 Energy and Momentum

1. 3.1—The Conservation of Energy and Potential Energy
2. 3.2—Equilibrium and Potential Energy Diagrams
3. 3.3—Momentum and Impulse
4. 3.4—Collisions

4 Angular Motion

1. 4.1—Center of Mass
2. 4.2—Introduction to Angular Kinematics
3. 4.3—Moment of Inertia
4. 4.4—A Little More on Angular Kinematics
5. 4.5—Torque
6. 4.6—Rolling Motion and Angular Momentum
7. 4.7—Precession

5 Miscellaneous Topics

1. 5.1—Simple Harmonic Motion and Damped Harmonic Motion
2. 5.2—Resistive Forces

6 Gravitation

1. 6.1—Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
2. 6.2—Kepler’s Laws
3. 6.3—Gravitational Potential Energy
4. 6.4—Satellite Motion

Electricity and Magnetism

1 Electrostatics

1. 1.1—Electrostatics and Coulomb’s Law
2. 1.2—Gauss’s Law
3. 1.3—Electric Potential
4. 1.4—Capacitance

2 Circuits

1. 2.1—Current, Resistance, and Basic Circuits with Ohm’s Law
2. 2.2—Combinations of Resistors and Capacitors
3. 2.3—Complex Circuits with Kirchhoff’s Laws
4. 2.4—Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Circuits

3 Basic Magnetism

1. 3.1—Moving Charge, Bar Magnets, and Magnetic Fields
2. 3.2—The Hall Effect
3. 3.3—The Biot-Savart Law

4 Applications of Magnetism

1. 4.1—Ampère’s Law
2. 4.2—Parallel Conductors, Solenoids, and Toroids
3. 4.3—Magnetic Flux and Gauss’s Law of Magnetism
4. 4.4—The Ampère-Maxwell Law: Displacement Current
5. 4.5—Lenz’s Law and Induced Emf
6. 4.6—Faraday’s Law
7. 4.7—Maxwell’s Equations: A Summary

5 Inductance

1. 5.1—Self-Inductance
2. 5.2—Inductor-Capacitor (LC) Circuits: Simple Harmonic Motion Again
3. 5.3—Resistor-Inductor-Capacitor (RLC) Circuits: Damped Harmonic Motion Again