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1 Foundations
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1.1 Dimensions and units
1.2 Mathematic skills
1.3 Graphing
1.4 Vectors
2 Mechanics
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2.1 Kinematics 1D
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2.1.1 Kinematics Intro
2.1.2 Acceleration
2.1.3 Graphing Motion
2.1.4 Equations of Motion
2.2 Kinematics 2D
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2.2.1 Relative Motion
2.2.2 Projectile Motion
2.3 Forces
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2.3.1 Newton's Laws
2.3.2 forces in equilibrium
2.3.3 Normal
2.3.4 Friction
2.3.5 Forces and Pulleys
2.4 Momentum and Energy
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2.4.1 Momentum
2.4.2 Energy
2.5 Rotational Mechanics
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2.5.1 Circular Motion
2.5.2 Angular Velocity
2.5.3 Circular applications
2.5.4 Torque
2.6 Gravity
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2.6.1 Gravitation
2.6.2 Orbital Motion
2.6.3 Kepler's Laws
2.6.4 Gravitation and Energy
3 Waves and Optics
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3.1 Wave Phenomena
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3.1.1 Wave Types
3.1.2 Superposition
3.1.3 Interference
3.1.4 Inverse Square Law
3.1.5 Modulation
3.2 Sound
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3.2.1 Beats
3.2.2 Doppler
3.2.3 Resonance
3.2.4 Standing Waves
3.3 Physical Optics
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3.3.1 Light - a history
3.3.2 Double Slit Diffraction
3.3.3 Light - its speed
3.3.4 Light as EMR
3.3.5 Polarisation
3.3.6 Spectroscopy
3.3.7 Scattering
3.4 Geometric Optics
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3.4.1 Reflection
3.4.2 Refraction
3.4.3 Lenses and Images
3.4.4 Dispersion
4 Thermodynamics
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4.1 Heat and Temperature
4.2 Specific Heat Capacity
4.3 Latent Heat
4.4 Blackbody Radiation
5 Electricity and Magnetism
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5.1 Electrostatics
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5.1.1 Charge
5.1.2 Coulomb's Law
5.1.3 Electric Field
5.1.4 Voltage
5.2 Circuits
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5.2.1 Ohm's Law
5.2.2 Series and Parallel Circuits
5.2.3 Electrical Power
5.3 Electromagnetism
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5.3.1 Moving Charges in Electric Fields
5.3.2 Ampere's Law
5.3.3 Charge in Magnetic Fields
5.3.4 Motor Effect
5.3.5 DC Motor
5.4 Electromagnetic Induction
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5.4.1 Magnetic Flux
5.4.2 Faraday's Law
5.4.3 Lenz' Law
5.4.4 Back EMF
5.4.5 Generators
5.4.6 Transformers
5.4.7 Induction Motors
6 Modern Physics
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6.1 Relativity
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6.1.1 Michelson Morley Experiment
6.1.2 Special Relativity
6.1.3 Special Relativity Evidence
6.2 Atomic Physics
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6.2.1 JJ Thomson and the electron
6.2.2 Millikan
6.2.3 Rutherford
6.2.4 Chadwick
6.3 Radioactivity
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6.3.1 What is Radioactivity
6.3.2 Half Life
6.3.3 Binding Energy
6.3.4 Strong Nuclear Force
6.3.5 Fission
6.3.6 Fusion
6.4 Quantum Physics
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6.4.1 Planck and the Blackbody
6.4.2 Photoelectric Effect
6.4.3 Bohr Model
6.4.4 de Broglie and Matter Waves
6.4.5 Compton Effect
6.4.6 Schrödinger Equation
6.4.7 Heisenberg
6.4.8 Lasers
6.4 Particle Physics
6.5 Solid State Physics
7 Astrophysics
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7.1 Olber's Paradox
7.2 Stellar Spectroscopy
7.3 Determining Stellar Distances
7.4 Star Magnitude
7.5 Star Temperature
7..6 HR Diagram
8 Medical Physics
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8.1 Ultrasound
8.2 X-ray
8.3 PET scans
8.4 MRI
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A
Accuracy.
See
Validity, Reliability and Accuracy in First Hand Investigations
Acoustic Impedance
Ampere's Law
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See
Magnetic Field around a wire
angular velocity
A
tomic mass unit
B
Beats
Binding energy
Blackbody Radiation
Black Bodies Explained with Planck
Bohr atom
De Broglie model
C
Centripetal Force
- see
Circular Motion
Circular Motion
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banking
Chadwick, James - discovery of the neutron
Charge
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Charge behaviour in E field
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Charge behaviour in B field
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nature
Closed Pipes
See
Standing waves in Closed Pipes
Conservation of Energy
Coulomb’s Law
CRAAP test
See
Validity, Reliability and Accuracy in Second Hand Investigations (Research)
CT Scans
Current balance
Cyclotron
D
De Broglie model
Dimensions and Units
Diffraction Grating
Dispersion
Doppler Effect
Double slit experiment
E
electric charge
Electric Fields
electromagnetic braking
- See
lenz law
Electromagnets
- See
Solenoids
Electron discovery
- Se
e
Thomson JJ, discovery of electron
Electron volt
Energy
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conservation
Equations of motion
Evaluating research.
See
Validity, Reliability and Accuracy in Second Hand Investigations (Research)
F
Faraday’s Law
Fission
Fleming Hand Rules
See
Hand rules
Flux
, magnetic
Force
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Normal Force
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Friction
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between current bearing wires
Frames of Reference
Fusion
G
Galvanometer
Geiger and Marsden
- See
Rutherford’s model
Gold Foil Experiment
- See
Rutherford’s model
Graphing
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choosing the right graph
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linearising data
Gravitation
, Law of
H
Half life
Hand rules
(eg Fleming)
Heat vs Temperature
HR Diagram
Huijgens
, Christiaan model of light
I
Impulse
Interference
J
K
Kepler’s Laws
Kinematics foundations
L
Laws of Motion
See
Newton's Laws
Leavitt, Henrietta
lenz's law
Light
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determining light speed
historical
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measuring the speed of light
(contemporary)
Longitudinal Waves
M
Magnetic Field around a wire
Magnetic
Flux
Maxwell and EMR
Mechanics
Michelson-Morley experiment
Millikan’s oil drop experiment
Momentum
See
Impulse
Motion Graphs
Motor effect
MRI Scan
N
Newton's Laws
Newton, Isaac model of light
Neutron, discovery
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See
Chadwick’s discovery of the neutron
O
Olber’s Paradox
Orbital Velocity
Orders of Magnitude and Estimation
P
Parallax
,
stellar
parallel circuits
particle accelerators
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Cyclotron
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Synchrotron
PET Scan
Piezoelectric Effect
Photoelectric Effect
Plasma Ball
Power
- Electrical Power
Polarisation
Prefixes
Projectile Motion
Q
Quark
evidence
R
Radioactivity
Refraction
Relative motion
Resonance
Rutherford,
Ernest
S
Satellites
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energy
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escape velocity
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orbital velocity
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potential energy
Schrodinger, Erwin - electron model
Scientific Notation
Series circuits
Specific Heat Capacity
Spectroscopy
Solenoids
Special relativity
Standard model
Standing Waves
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Closed Pipes
Stars
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Magnitude
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parallax
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Temperature
Superposition
Synchrotron
T
Temperature vs Heat
Thomson JJ, discovery of electron
Torque
Total Internal Reflection
Transformers
Transverse Waves
U
Ultrasound
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A scan
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B Scan
V
Validity
See
Validity, Reliability and Accuracy in First Hand Investigations
Vectors
voltage
W
Waves
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Transverse
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Longitudinal
Wien’s Law
Work
X
X- Rays
Y
Young’s Double slit experiment
Z
Home
Lessons
1 Foundations
>
1.1 Dimensions and units
1.2 Mathematic skills
1.3 Graphing
1.4 Vectors
2 Mechanics
>
2.1 Kinematics 1D
>
2.1.1 Kinematics Intro
2.1.2 Acceleration
2.1.3 Graphing Motion
2.1.4 Equations of Motion
2.2 Kinematics 2D
>
2.2.1 Relative Motion
2.2.2 Projectile Motion
2.3 Forces
>
2.3.1 Newton's Laws
2.3.2 forces in equilibrium
2.3.3 Normal
2.3.4 Friction
2.3.5 Forces and Pulleys
2.4 Momentum and Energy
>
2.4.1 Momentum
2.4.2 Energy
2.5 Rotational Mechanics
>
2.5.1 Circular Motion
2.5.2 Angular Velocity
2.5.3 Circular applications
2.5.4 Torque
2.6 Gravity
>
2.6.1 Gravitation
2.6.2 Orbital Motion
2.6.3 Kepler's Laws
2.6.4 Gravitation and Energy
3 Waves and Optics
>
3.1 Wave Phenomena
>
3.1.1 Wave Types
3.1.2 Superposition
3.1.3 Interference
3.1.4 Inverse Square Law
3.1.5 Modulation
3.2 Sound
>
3.2.1 Beats
3.2.2 Doppler
3.2.3 Resonance
3.2.4 Standing Waves
3.3 Physical Optics
>
3.3.1 Light - a history
3.3.2 Double Slit Diffraction
3.3.3 Light - its speed
3.3.4 Light as EMR
3.3.5 Polarisation
3.3.6 Spectroscopy
3.3.7 Scattering
3.4 Geometric Optics
>
3.4.1 Reflection
3.4.2 Refraction
3.4.3 Lenses and Images
3.4.4 Dispersion
4 Thermodynamics
>
4.1 Heat and Temperature
4.2 Specific Heat Capacity
4.3 Latent Heat
4.4 Blackbody Radiation
5 Electricity and Magnetism
>
5.1 Electrostatics
>
5.1.1 Charge
5.1.2 Coulomb's Law
5.1.3 Electric Field
5.1.4 Voltage
5.2 Circuits
>
5.2.1 Ohm's Law
5.2.2 Series and Parallel Circuits
5.2.3 Electrical Power
5.3 Electromagnetism
>
5.3.1 Moving Charges in Electric Fields
5.3.2 Ampere's Law
5.3.3 Charge in Magnetic Fields
5.3.4 Motor Effect
5.3.5 DC Motor
5.4 Electromagnetic Induction
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5.4.1 Magnetic Flux
5.4.2 Faraday's Law
5.4.3 Lenz' Law
5.4.4 Back EMF
5.4.5 Generators
5.4.6 Transformers
5.4.7 Induction Motors
6 Modern Physics
>
6.1 Relativity
>
6.1.1 Michelson Morley Experiment
6.1.2 Special Relativity
6.1.3 Special Relativity Evidence
6.2 Atomic Physics
>
6.2.1 JJ Thomson and the electron
6.2.2 Millikan
6.2.3 Rutherford
6.2.4 Chadwick
6.3 Radioactivity
>
6.3.1 What is Radioactivity
6.3.2 Half Life
6.3.3 Binding Energy
6.3.4 Strong Nuclear Force
6.3.5 Fission
6.3.6 Fusion
6.4 Quantum Physics
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6.4.1 Planck and the Blackbody
6.4.2 Photoelectric Effect
6.4.3 Bohr Model
6.4.4 de Broglie and Matter Waves
6.4.5 Compton Effect
6.4.6 Schrödinger Equation
6.4.7 Heisenberg
6.4.8 Lasers
6.4 Particle Physics
6.5 Solid State Physics
7 Astrophysics
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7.1 Olber's Paradox
7.2 Stellar Spectroscopy
7.3 Determining Stellar Distances
7.4 Star Magnitude
7.5 Star Temperature
7..6 HR Diagram
8 Medical Physics
>
8.1 Ultrasound
8.2 X-ray
8.3 PET scans
8.4 MRI
curriculum specific
NSW
>
NSW curriculum
>
Year 11
Year 12
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HSC Exam review
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Resources
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Formula Sheet
tools
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Calculator
Oscilloscope
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for students
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