Physics
Sequence of Topics
2004-2005

The following is a list of the topics we will cover during the school year.  Under each topic you will find links that should be helpful to you.  Some of these links will give you information, some will give you practice at the equations we are studying, and some just are interesting tidbits.

Not only will these links be helpful in your understanding of physics, but if you choose to take the online quizzes, then you can also earn extra credit.

Have a great year!

    Science fundamentals
      Sig. figs & more
       Dimensional Analysis

    Velocity
       From the UK
       A little higher level info
       Good summary

       Terminal Velocity

    Acceleration
       Great tutorial
       Galileo's interpretation
       Hypertext Book

    Gravity
         Gravity Theory
         Very thorough discussion

         Bits and Pieces of gravity

    The basics of vectors
         Vectors???
         Starts with the basics and then...
    Vector addition & subtraction
         Vector calculator
   

Projectiles
         Complete coverage of projectiles
        Horizontal
          Projectile basics
        2D projectiles
          Great information!
          Analyzing motion
   

Forces
        Force diagrams
           Step by step info
           Info & Practice
        Newton's laws
          Newton's Laws with equations
        Friction
          Great Java applet
          More from the Physics Classroom

Momentum
         Impulse momentum
         Conservation of momentum
         Java Applet on collisions
         Good lecture on momentum and collisions
 

Energy
       Potential energy
       Kinetic energy
 

Thermodynamics

       Temperature

       The Laws

Work & power
       A good place to start..
       The basics

 Fluids
         Aerodynamics
         Buoyancy
         Hydrostatics
         Fluid flow

 Waves
      Summarizes all waves

      Waves and their behavior
        Sound
          Sound & Music
          Tutorial on sound
        Light
            EM spectrum
            Summary of Index of Refraction
            Intro to Snell's Law

            Java Applet on Snell's Law
            Optics
                Reflection
                Ray diagrams - concave mirrors
                Ray diagrams - convex mirrors
                Ray diagrams for lenses
 

Electricity
             Starts with electricity...ends with magnetism

             Overview of electricity and magnetism
      Static
           Start here...

           Good Overview

           More on static
      Current
            Circuits
               Explains the basics of circuits
               Very thorough includes calculations
       Electromagnetism

                The Lorentz Force
       Magnetism
             Great summaries of the basics

             Magnetic Fields