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Physics archive

The physics archive contains legacy physics content, and is not being updated with new content. Exercises and mastery mechanics will be removed from the physics archive in July 2024. For our most up-to-date, mastery-enabled courses, check out high school physics and AP Physics!

Unit 1: One-dimensional motion

Introduction to physics: One-dimensional motionDisplacement, velocity, and time: One-dimensional motionAcceleration: One-dimensional motion
Kinematic formulas and projectile motion: One-dimensional motionOld videos on projectile motion: One-dimensional motion

Unit 2: Two-dimensional motion

Two-dimensional projectile motion: Two-dimensional motionOptimal angle for a projectile: Two-dimensional motion

Unit 3: Forces and Newton's laws of motion

Newton's laws of motion: Forces and Newton's laws of motionNormal force and contact force: Forces and Newton's laws of motionBalanced and unbalanced forces: Forces and Newton's laws of motion
Slow sock on Lubricon VI: Forces and Newton's laws of motionInclined planes and friction: Forces and Newton's laws of motionTension: Forces and Newton's laws of motionTreating systems : Forces and Newton's laws of motion

Unit 4: Centripetal force and gravitation

Circular motion and centripetal acceleration: Centripetal force and gravitationCentripetal forces: Centripetal force and gravitationNewton's law of gravitation: Centripetal force and gravitation

Unit 5: Work and energy

Work and energy: Work and energySprings and Hooke's law: Work and energy

Unit 6: Impacts and linear momentum

Momentum and Impulse: Impacts and linear momentumElastic and inelastic collisions: Impacts and linear momentumCenter of mass: Impacts and linear momentum

Unit 7: Torque and angular momentum

Rotational kinematics: Torque and angular momentumTorque, moments, and angular momentum: Torque and angular momentum

Unit 8: Oscillations and mechanical waves

Simple harmonic motion: Oscillations and mechanical wavesSimple harmonic motion (with calculus): Oscillations and mechanical wavesIntroduction to mechanical waves: Oscillations and mechanical waves
Sound: Oscillations and mechanical wavesThe Doppler effect: Oscillations and mechanical wavesWave interference: Oscillations and mechanical waves

Unit 9: Fluids

Density and Pressure: FluidsBuoyant Force and Archimedes' Principle: FluidsFluid Dynamics: Fluids

Unit 10: Thermodynamics

Temperature, kinetic theory, and the ideal gas law: ThermodynamicsSpecific heat and heat transfer: ThermodynamicsLaws of thermodynamics: Thermodynamics

Unit 11: Electric charge, field, and potential

Charge and electric force (Coulomb's law): Electric charge, field, and potentialElectric field: Electric charge, field, and potentialElectric potential energy, electric potential, and voltage: Electric charge, field, and potential

Unit 12: Circuits

Ohm's law and circuits with resistors: CircuitsCircuits with capacitors: Circuits

Unit 13: Magnetic forces, magnetic fields, and Faraday's law

Magnets and Magnetic Force: Magnetic forces, magnetic fields, and Faraday's lawMagnetic field created by a current: Magnetic forces, magnetic fields, and Faraday's lawElectric motors: Magnetic forces, magnetic fields, and Faraday's law
Magnetic flux and Faraday's law: Magnetic forces, magnetic fields, and Faraday's law

Unit 14: Electromagnetic waves and interference

Introduction to electromagnetic waves: Electromagnetic waves and interferenceInterference of electromagnetic waves: Electromagnetic waves and interference

Unit 15: Geometric optics

Reflection and refraction: Geometric opticsMirrors: Geometric opticsLenses: Geometric optics

Unit 16: Special relativity

Michelson and Morley's luminiferous ether experiment: Special relativity Minkowski spacetime: Special relativity Lorentz transformation: Special relativity
Einstein velocity addition: Special relativity

Unit 17: Quantum Physics

Photons: Quantum PhysicsAtoms and electrons: Quantum PhysicsQuantum numbers and orbitals: Quantum Physics
Nuclei: Quantum Physics

Unit 18: Discoveries and projects

Discovery of magnetism: Discoveries and projectsDiscovery of magnetic fields: Discoveries and projectsMeasuring magnetic fields: Discoveries and projectsDiscovery of batteries: Discoveries and projectsDiscovery of electromagnetism: Discoveries and projects
Discovery of resistors: Discoveries and projectsElectric motor: Discoveries and projectsElectrostatics: Discoveries and projectsProjectile launcher: Discoveries and projectsThermo can: Discoveries and projectsSimple machines explorations: Discoveries and projects

Unit 19: Review for AP Physics 1 exam

AP Physics 1 concept review: Review for AP Physics 1 examAP Physics 1 free response questions 2015: Review for AP Physics 1 exam