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AP Physics 1 & 2

This page provides the links to my videos on this site and are arranged according to the AP Physics - the algebra course.
NOTE: These videos are not created with AP physics outcomes specifically in mind. However the videos hopefully will be useful if you are studying AP Physics 
Some TOPICS don't have videos, though in quite a few cases my videos cover more than one TOPIC
​More will be added over time, including AP Physics C courses

​If you are wanting something expedited, contact me 

 
Those with an *asterisk have an associated worked sample

 
  • Dimensions and Units
    • Special units - atomic mass unit. eV, ​eV/c2
  • Prefixes and Scientific Notation
  • Significant Figures
  • Graphing - choosing the right graph, linearizing data
  • Errors
  • Orders of Magnitude and Estimation
  • Validity, Reliability and Accuracy in First Hand Investigations
  • Validity, Reliability and Accuracy in Second Hand Investigations (Research)
 

AP Physics 1

Unit 1: Kinematics

Unit 2: Dynamics

TOPIC 1.1 Position, Velocity, and Acceleration
  • What is Mechanics?
  • Kinematics foundations
  • Understanding Vectors ​
  • Understanding Frames of Reference
  • * Relative motion  ​​
TOPIC 1.2 Representations of Motion
  • What is acceleration?
  • * Motion Graphs Explained 
  • * Equations of motion 
  • RUDE - a way of solving mathematical problems​
TOPIC 2.1 Systems
  • What are Newton's Laws?  
  • Understanding the Normal Force 
  • The Gravitational Field
TOPIC 2.3 Contact Forces
  • Friction explained 
TOPIC 2.4 Newton’s First Law
TOPIC 2.5 Newton’s Third Law and Free-Body Diagrams
  • 3rd Law reviewed
TOPIC 2.6 Newton’s Second Law
  • * Forces in equilibrium
TOPIC 2.7 Applications of Newton’s Second Law
  • * Inclines analysis with 2nd Law  ​

Unit 3: Circular Motion and Gravitation

 Unit 4: Energy

TOPIC 3.1 Vector Fields
TOPIC 3.2 Fundamental Forces
TOPIC 3.3 Gravitational and Electric Forces
  • Law of Gravitation
TOPIC 3.4 Gravitational Field/Acceleration Due to Gravity on Different Planets
TOPIC 3.5 Inertial vs. Gravitational Mass
TOPIC 3.6 Centripetal Acceleration and Centripetal Force
  • *Circular Motion Explained
TOPIC 3.7 Free-Body Diagrams for Objects in Uniform Circular Motion
TOPIC 3.8 Applications of Circular Motion and Gravitation
  • *The Conical Pendulum and banking explained
  • The physics of rollercoasters​
  • Orbital Velocity
  • Potential Energy (includes gravity variation)
  • Kepler’s Laws Explained
  • Understanding Energy of Satellites 
  • How well do you know gravitation?​
TOPIC 4.1 Open and Closed Systems: Energy

TOPIC 4.2 Work and Mechanical Energy
  • What is work and Work-Energy Theorem?
TOPIC 4.3 Conservation of Energy, the Work-Energy Principle, and Power
  • Conservation of Energy Explained
  • ​Conservation of Energy and Collisions​
  • *Work and Power

Unit 5: Momentum

Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Motion

TOPIC 5.1 Momentum and Impulse
* What is Impulse?
TOPIC 5.2 Representations of Changes in Momentum
TOPIC 5.3 Open and Closed Systems: Momentum
TOPIC 5.4 Conservation of Linear Momentum

  • * Conservation of Momentum (ACSPH066)​
  • How Well do you know Momentum?

TOPIC 6.1 Period of Simple Harmonic Oscillators
TOPIC 6.2 Energy of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator
​

Unit 7: Torque and Rotational Motion

Unit 8: Electric Charge and Electric Force

TOPIC 7.1 Rotational Kinematics
  • Intro to angular motion
TOPIC 7.2 Torque and Angular Acceleration 
  • Torque Explained
TOPIC 7.3 Angular Momentum and Torque
TOPIC 7.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
​

TOPIC 8.1 Conservation of Charge
TOPIC 8.2 Electric Charge
  • Intro to electric charge 
  • How an electroscope works

TOPIC 8.3 Electric Force
  • Coulomb’s Law Explained​


 

Unit 9: DC Circuits

Unit 10: Mechanical Waves and Sound

TOPIC 9.1 Definition of a Circuit
​TOPIC 9.2 Resistivity
TOPIC 9.3 Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule (Resistors in Series and Parallel)

TOPIC 9.4 Kirchhoff’s Junction Rule, Ohm’s Law (Resistors in Series and Parallel)
  • Ohm’s Law and its limitations
  • Series and parallel circuits explained using an analogy
  • Series and parallel circuits explained using mathematics ​
TOPIC 10.1 Properties of Waves
TOPIC 10.2 Periodic Waves
  • Transverse Waves explained 
  • Longitudinal Waves explained
TOPIC 10.3 Interference and Superposition (Waves in Tubes and on Strings)
  • Superposition explained (one dimensional) 
  • Interference (no maths)​
  • Resonance explained - with demonstration
  • * Understanding Standing Waves 
  • * Standing waves in Closed Pipes 



AP Physics 2

Unit 1: Fluids

TOPIC 1.1 Fluid Systems
TOPIC 1.2 Density 
TOPIC 1.3 Fluids: Pressure and Forces
TOPIC 1.4 Fluids and Free-Body Diagrams

TOPIC 1.5 Buoyancy
TOPIC 1.6 Conservation of Energy in Fluid Flow
TOPIC 1.7 Conservation of Mass Flow Rate in Fluids

Unit 3: Electric Force, Field, and Potential

TOPIC 3.1 Electric Systems
​TOPIC 3.2 Electric Charge
TOPIC 3.3 Conservation of Electric Charge
  • Intro to electric charge 
  • How an electroscope works
TOPIC 3.4 Charge Distribution: Friction, Conduction, and Induction
  • How an electroscope works
TOPIC 3.5 Electric Permittivity
TOPIC 3.6 Introduction to Electric Forces
TOPIC 3.7 Electric Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
TOPIC 3.8 Describing Electric Force 
  • Coulomb’s Law Explained​
TOPIC 3.9 Gravitational and Electromagnetic Forces
TOPIC 3.10 Vector and Scalar Fields
  • Understanding Vectors ​
TOPIC 3.11 Electric Charges and Fields
  • Electric Fields Explained
  • Understanding voltage​
TOPIC 3.12 Isolines and Electric Fields
​
TOPIC 3.13 Conservation of Electric Energy

Unit 5: Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

TOPIC 5.1 Magnetic Systems
​TOPIC 5.2 Magnetic Permeability and Magnetic Dipole Moment
TOPIC 5.3 Vector and Scalar Fields 
TOPIC 5.4 Monopole and Dipole Fields
TOPIC 5.5 Magnetic Fields and Forces
  • *Charge behaviour in B field
TOPIC 5.6 Magnetic Forces
  • Magnetic Field around a wire demonstrated 
  • Solenoids Explained
  • Hand rules explained
  • *Motor effect explained
  • The current balance - testing the motor effect
  • Motor effect applications 
    • the galvanometer
    • the speaker
  • *Understanding Force between current bearing wires
  • How well do you know the Motor Effect​
TOPIC 5.7 Forces Review
TOPIC 5.8 Magnetic Flux
  • Flux explained includes Faraday’s Law
  • Faraday’s Law Demonstrated​

Unit 7: Quantum, Atomic and Nuclear Physics

TOPIC 7.1 Systems and Fundamental Forces
TOPIC 7.2 Radioactive Decay
  • Half life explained with beer
TOPIC 7.3 Energy in Modern Physics (Energy in Radioactive Decay and E = mc 2)
  • the atomic mass unit
  • Understanding Binding energy
  • Understanding Strong Force
TOPIC 7.4 Mass–Energy Equivalence
  • the eV as a unit of mass
TOPIC 7.5 Properties of Waves and Particles 
  • The De Broglie model
TOPIC 7.6 Photoelectric Effect
  • *Photoelectric Effect Explained. - includes a couple of other videos that demosncate the photoelectric effect
TOPIC 7.7 Wave Functions and Probability
  • Schrodinger’s model

Unit 2: Thermodynamics

TOPIC 2.1 Thermodynamic Systems
​TOPIC 2.2 Pressure, Thermal Equilibrium, and the Ideal Gas Law
TOPIC 2.3 Thermodynamics and Forces
TOPIC 2.4 Thermodynamics and Free-Body Diagrams 
TOPIC 2.5 Thermodynamics and Contact Forces
TOPIC 2.6 Heat and Energy Transfer
  • Temperature vs Heat
TOPIC 2.7 Internal Energy and Energy Transfer
TOPIC 2.8 Thermodynamics and Elastic Collisions: Conservation of Momentum
TOPIC 2.9 Thermodynamics and Inelastic Collisions: Conservation of Momentum
TOPIC 2.9 Thermodynamics and Inelastic Collisions: Conservation of Momentum 
TOPIC 2.10 Thermal Conductivity
TOPIC 2.11 Probability, Thermal Equilibrium, and Entropy
  • *Specific Heat Capacity 
  • Latent Heat Explained
  • Energy transfer - conduction, convection, radiation ​Climate science (applications of thermodynamics)
    • ​Do icebergs melting cause sea level rise?
    • What causes sea levels to rise?
    • ​What is the Blue Ocean Event?

Unit 4: Electric Circuits

TOPIC 4.1 Definition and Conservation of Electric Charge
TOPIC 4.2 Resistivity and Resistance
TOPIC 4.3 Resistance and Capacitance
TOPIC 4.4 Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule
​TOPIC 4.5 Kirchhoff’s Junction Rule and the Conservation of Electric Charge
  • Ohm’s Law and its limitations
  • Series and parallel circuits explained using an analogy
  • Series and parallel circuits explained using mathematics

Unit 6: Geometric and Physical Optics

TOPIC 6.1 Waves
TOPIC 6.2 Electromagnetic Waves
TOPIC 6.3 Periodic Waves 
  • Transverse Waves explained 
  • Longitudinal Waves explained
TOPIC 6.4 Refraction, Reflection, and Absorption
  • Refraction explained 
  • Total Internal Reflection explained 
  • The Reason Behind Dispersion
TOPIC 6.5 Images from Lenses and Mirrors
  • Lenses and Virtual Images
  • Lenses and Real Images
TOPIC 6.6 Interference and Diffraction
  • *Young’s Double slit experiment
  • Diffraction Grating Explained


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