Unit One: About Science
Physics Defined, The Scientific Method
Unit Two: Linear Motion
Distance versus Displacement, Speed versus Velocity, Acceleration and
Free Fall
Unit Three: Projectile Motion
Scalar versus Vector, Projectile Motion, Satellites
Unit Four: Newton's First Law
The Famous Four: Aristotle, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton; Inertia,
Equilibrium
Unit Five: Newton's Second Law of Motion
F = ma, Friction, Pressure
Unit Six: Newton's Third Law of Motion
Action - Reaction Pairs
Unit Seven: Momentum
Impulse and Momentum, Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
Work, Power, Potential versus Kinetic Energy, Machines,
Efficiency, Conservation of Energy, Simple Machines
Unit Nine: Circular Motion
Rotation versus Revolution, Centripetal versus Centrifugal
Forces
Unit Ten: Center of Gravity
Center of Gravity versus Center of Mass, Toppling, Stability
Unit Eleven: Rotational Mechanics
Torque, Rotational Inertia, Angular Momentum
Unit Twelve: Universal Gravitation
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Unit Thirteen: Gravitational Interactions
Gravitational Fields, Weight and Weightlessness, Ocean Tides,
Black Holes
Unit Fourteen: Satellite Motion
Earth Satellites, Circular Orbits, Elliptical Orbits, Escape Speed
Part II: Properties of Matter
Unit Fifteen: Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Elasticity, Compression and Tension, Scaling, Buoyancy,
Archimedes' Principle Pascal's Principle, and Bernoulli's Principle
