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Deriving the Acceleration due to Gravity on any Planet and specifically Mt. Everest
Derive the acceleration due to gravity on any planet. Find the acceleration due to gravity on Mt. Everest. And determine how much higher you could jump on the top of Mt. Everest!
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Electromagnetic Induction - Review for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism review of electric flux to understand magnetic flux, an example of magnetic flux through a current carrying wire loop, Gauss’s Law for Magnetism, electromagnetic induction, Faraday’s law, Lenz’s...
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Demonstrating Rotational Inertia (or Moment of Inertia)
Thank you to Arbor Scientific for letting me borrow their Rotational Inertia Demonstrator to … uh … demonstrate rotational inertia.
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Kepler's Third Law of Planetary Motion
Kepler’s third law is described and demonstrated. This is an AP Physics C: Mechanics topic. Content Times: 0:00 Kepler’s Third Law 1:55 Comparing Planetary Data 3:58 Graphing Planetary Data
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Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion
Kepler’s second law is described and demonstrated. This is an AP Physics C: Mechanics topic. Content Times: 0:00 Kepler’s Second Law 1:27 Mild issues with the animation
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Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion
A brief history of geocentric and heliocentric solar system models are discussed. Kepler's first law is defined. How to draw an ellipse is demonstrated. Planet eccentricities are discussed. This is an AP Physics C: Mechanics topic....
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Rotational Form of Newton's Second Law - Introduction
A very basic introduction to the rotational form of Newton’s Second Law of Motion by way of its translational form.
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The Human Spine acts like a Compression Spring
A horizontal spring is attached to a cord, the cord goes over a pulley, and a 0.025 kg mass is attached to the cord. If the spring is stretched by 0.045 m, what is the spring constant of the spring?
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What are the Equations for Kinetic Energy and Angular Momentum of a Point Particle Moving in a Circle?
When a point particle is moving along a circle, should we use the translational or rotational kinetic energy equation? Should we use the point particle or rigid object with shape equation for angular momentum? The equations are also...
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Wave Superposition Introduction
The difference between wave and object interaction is demonstrated. Constructive interference, destructive interference, and total destructive interference via superposition are all demonstrated.
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Power using Derivative and Unit Vectors - Example
Example: A 0.280 kg object has a position described by the function, position as a function of time equals 5.00 t^3 - 8.00 t^2 - 30.0 t meters. What is the net power being delivered to the object at 2.00 seconds? Want Lecture Notes?...
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Are Linear and Angular Momentum Conserved during this Collision?
When a point particle collides with a rigid object with shape which is allowed to rotate on a stationary axis, is linear momentum of the system conserved? Is angular momentum of the system conserved? These questions are answered using...
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Electric Charges and Electric Fields - Review for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
My review of the entire AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism curriculum begins here with electric charge, the Law of Charges, Coulomb’s Law, conservation of charge, charging by friction, electric fields around point charges, the...
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Horizontal vs. Vertical Mass-Spring System
Demonstrating the difference between vertical and horizontal mass-spring systems
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Resonance Introduction using 9 Demonstrations
Resonance is introduced and demonstrated using a “singing rod”, a swing, a goblet, a hollow tube in water, a hollow tube open on both ends, a seashell, a broken speaker, a human body and a key fob, and a shorter “singing rod”....
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Understanding Longitudinal and Transverse Waves, Wavelength, and Period using Graphs
Four mechanical wave graphs are introduced and used to understand and demonstrate transverse waves, longitudinal waves, wavelength, and period.
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Introduction to Waves
An introduction to mechanical waves which are defined and demonstrated. The fact that the medium is not displaced is demonstrated. Both transverse waves and longitudinal waves are also defined and demonstrated.
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AP Physics C: Momentum, Impulse, Collisions and Center of Mass Review (Mechanics)
Calculus based review of conservation of momentum, the momentum version of Newton’s second law, the Impulse-Momentum Theorem, impulse approximation, impact force, elastic, inelastic and perfectly inelastic collisions, position, velocity...