Supplemental Content
The following are items of interest from the news and other media,
relavant to the class content. They are organized by textbook chapter.
See also: Resources Page
Ch 1: Units and Measurement
- News
- Extreme
Numbers Get New Names (Nov 2022) – General Conference on Weights and
Measures (CGPM) voted to introduce four new prefixes to the SI units on
Nov 18: ronna (R) and quetta (Q) represent \(10^{27}\) and \(10^{30}\), and ronto (r) and quecto (q)
signify \(10^{−27}\) and \(10^{−30}\). The Earth weighs around one
ronnagram; an electron’s mass is about one quectogram.
- The
Definition of a Kilogram Has Changed (Nov 2018) – It no longer
depends on the mass of a physical object. Also changed were the kelvin,
mole, and ampere. Watch the Veritasium video
(10 min) on this.
- Videos
- Other Media
- Extras
Ch 2: Vectors
- Extras
- Simulations
- Lecture Videos
Ch 3: One Dimensional Motion
- Extras
- Lecture videos
- Example Problems:
Ch 4: Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
- Simulations
- Videos
- Lecture videos
Ch 5: Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Simulations:
- videos:
- Lecture videos
- Example problem videos
Ch 6: Applications of Newton’s Laws
- videos:
- Simulations:
- Lecture videos
- Example problem videos
Ch 7: Work and Energy
Ch 8: Potential Energy
Ch 9: Momentum
Ch 10: Fixed-Axis Rotation
Ch 11: Angular Momentum
Ch 12: Static Equilibrium
Ch 13: Gravitation
Ch 15: Oscillations
Ch 16: Waves
- PhET simulations:
- interactive figures:
- tracking
ocean waves describes the origin of ocean swells and the amazing
distances they travel
- videos:
General Topics
- The
Mechanical Universe – A 1985 television series with 56 half-hour
episodes covering first-year Physics. The videos make heavy use of
historical dramatizations and visual aids to explain physics concepts.
More informtion and episode descriptions at the wikipedia
page.
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