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• Linear Motion (Kinematics)
• Vectors and Projectiles
• Forces, Statics, and Dynamics
• Torque (Static Equilibrium Part 2)
• Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation
• Work and Energy
• Linear Momentum
• Buoyancy (mini unit)
• Static Electricity
• Electric Circuits
• Simple Harmonic Motion
• Waves and Sound
• Waves and Light

• Final Exam Review

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• BigStopWatch iPod touch/iPhone app
• Android Ultimate Stopwatch (AndroidLib)

• Cycloid Trough
• Sparker Tower
• Motion Sensor
• Vector Walk (pdf)
• Vector Hitch
• Dog dish (2D-projectile)
• Pumpkin lab (2D-projectile)

  for reference 2D-Projective Investigation (pdf)

• Cart on an Incline/Crane
• Friction Force with Logger Pro
• Half-Atwood
• Meter stick torque
• Meter stick mobile
• Spring Force - Hooke's Law
• Stopper on a turntable
• Cenco centripetal force apparatus
• Spring energy
• Pullies and mechanical advantage
• Half-atwood with energy
• Air cart collisions
• 2-D collision
• Buoyancy
• Electrostatics computer activity (pdf)
• DC Circuits PhET Lab (pdf)
• Introduction of electrical circuits, voltmeters, and ammeters
• Resistivity Lab
• Period of a Spring-Mass Oscillator
• Period of a Simple Pendulum
• Speed of Sound in Air (resonance)
• Light Bulb Lab

Physics World News feed

• Invisibility cloaking goes thermodynamic (February 22, 2012 09:12)
• Lab study could aid inkjet printing (February 22, 2012 08:31)
• UK overtakes US in research impact (February 21, 2012 07:35)
• Researchers make single-atom transistor (February 21, 2012 06:47)
• Cyclotrons make commercial quantities of technetium (February 20, 2012 10:48)

Slashdot Science Feed

• Biologists Debunk the "Rotting Y Chromosome" Theory (February 22, 2012 18:25)
• Faulty Cable To Blame For Superluminal Neutrino Results (February 22, 2012 15:18)
• FDA To Review Inhalable Caffeine (February 22, 2012 12:25)
• Solid Buckeyballs Detected In Space (February 22, 2012 10:31)
• The Recycling of the Tevatron (February 22, 2012 09:34)

Other science links

• The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond Videos on Demand from Annenberg CPB. This is an excellent series. We'll use videos from the series in class periodically, but they're all worth watching.

• Einstein Archive - Manuscripts (both scientific and non-scientific), articles, and pictures from the live of Albert Einstein.

• PHeT - UC Bolder's Interactive Simulations for Physics Education and Teaching