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This is a 16 week full-semester class that covers concepts in High School Physics. Although technically Part 1 and Part 2 can be taken in any order, I will be integrating previous concepts into later classes so that learners are able to see how concepts relate to each other and learn to solve problems by synthesizing together information from different concepts.  To succeed in the course, learners should have solid Algebra 1 skills.

Images, activities, and short experiments will help solidify the concepts in class.  During class I will teach by the Socratic method as much as possible while going over concepts and solving problems.  Toward the end of each class we will do a worksheet with problems and short answer questions together to help students master the topics for that class.  Also provided are optional homework problems with answers, reading assignments, and project-based assignments that learners can do at home as well as three optional tests with answers so learners can check their understanding.   We will not, however, be doing full physics lab experiments with lab reports.  

Week 1 - Linear Motion
Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Free Falling Objects, Objects Thrown Upward, Air Resistance

Week 2 - Projectile Motion 
Vectors and Scalars, Working with Vectors, Upwardly Launched Projectiles

Week 3 - Newton's Laws of Motion
Newton's Three Laws of Motion, Weight, Friction

Week 4 - Momentum
Changes in Momentum, Conservation of Momentum, Elastic and Inelastic Collisions, Momentum Vectors

Week 5 - Energy
Work, Power, Potential and Kinetic Energy, Conservation of Energy, Machines

Week 6 - Circular Motion and Center of Gravity
Rotational Speed, Centripetal and Centrifugal forces, Center of gravity

Week 7 - Rotational Mechanics
Torque, Rotational Inertia, Angular Momentum

Week 8 - Universal Gravitation and Gravitational Interactions
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, Gravitational Fields, Weight and Weightlessness, Ocean Tides, Black Holes

Week 9 - Special Relativity: Space and Time
Space-Time, The First and Second Postulates of Special Relativity, Time Dilation, Space and Time Travel

Week 10 - Special Relativity: Length, Momentum, and Energy
Length Contraction, Momentum and Inertia in Relativity, Equivalence of Mass and Energy, Kinetic Energy in Relativity, The Correspondence Principle

Week 11 - Solids and Liquids
Density, Elasticity, Compression and Tension, Liquid Pressure, Buoyancy, Floatation, Pascal's Principle

Week 12 - Gases
Atmospheric Pressure, Barometers, Boyle's Law, the Bernoulli Principle

Week 13 - Heat and Heat Transfer
Temperature, Heat, Specific Heat Capacity, Thermal Expansion, Conduction, Convection, Radiation

Week 14 - Thermodynamics
The First Law of Thermodynamics, Engines, Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Week 15 - Vibrations and Waves
Anatomy of a Wave, Transverse and Longitudinal Waves, Interference, Standing Waves, The Doppler Effect

Week 16 - Sound
Sound in Air, Loudness, Resonance, Interference, Beats