The first lecture began with the distribution (in three locations several hundred kilometres apart) of textbooks, questionnaires, course outlines, and a sheet of useful data and formulae. The skeleton of the course is described below, with more detail to come in subsequent posts.
Week One - Introduction
- Units
- Scientific Notation
- Rounding
- Vectors
Week Two - Kinematics
- Definitions of s,v and a
- Graphs of s,v and a
- Equations of motion
- Projectile motion
Week Three - Energy
- Forms of energy
- Work and power
- Kinetic energy
- Gravitational potential energy
- Conservation of mechanical energy
- Elastic potential energy
Week Four - Forces and Newton’s Laws
- Forces
- Newton’s first
- Newton’s second
- Newton’s third
- Inclined plane
- Friction
Week Five - Momentum, Circular Motion
- Conservation of momentum
Week Six - Circular Motion
- Circular motion
- Torque
- Angular momentum
There are readings and several problems from the course textbook (Walding, Rapkins and Rossiter’s New Century Senior Physics) for each topic covered.