Mechanics, Waves and Heat
You learn the physics of motion and force -- how things move, why they move, and the ideas of energy and momentum that hold it all together -- then rotation, gravity, oscillations, waves and heat.
Class 1Units, vectors and measurement
How physics describes the world with numbers and directions.
Class 2Motion in a straight line
Position, velocity and acceleration along one line.
Class 3Motion in two dimensions and projectiles
Motion that curves, like a thrown ball.
Class 4Newton's laws of motion
The three rules that explain why things move.
Class 5Applying Newton's laws
Using the laws on real situations with friction and circles.
Class 6Work and kinetic energy
What work means in physics, and the energy of motion.
Class 7Potential energy and conservation of energy
Stored energy, and why total energy never changes.
Class 8Momentum, impulse and collisions
The quantity that is conserved when things collide.
Class 9Rotational motion and torque
How things spin, and what makes them spin.
Class 10Gravitation and orbits
The force that holds planets and drops apples.
Class 11Oscillations and waves
Things that repeat, and the waves they send out.
Class 12Heat and thermodynamics
Temperature, heat, and the laws that govern them.