Description
Advanced
Physics in everyday life
Explore motion, forces, energy, waves, and electricity through 50 lessons. Work through examples, practise calculations, and experiment in the launch lab.
10 lessons · 134 min
Lessons
- 1
Vectors and projectile motion
Resolve motion into perpendicular components and predict a horizontal launch.
14 min
- 2
Uniform circular motion
Find the inward acceleration and net force needed to follow a circular path.
13 min
- 3
Torque and equilibrium
Calculate turning effects and balance forces and torques in static situations.
12 min
- 4
Springs and oscillations
Use Hooke's law and elastic energy to explain an ideal spring's motion.
13 min
- 5
Gravitation beyond the surface
Apply inverse-square relationships using distance from a body's centre.
13 min
- 6
Ideal gases and absolute temperature
Relate gas pressure, volume, and temperature under stated constraints.
13 min
- 7
The first law of thermodynamics
Account for heat, work, and internal energy with a consistent sign convention.
14 min
- 8
Electric forces and fields
Calculate electrostatic force magnitudes and connect field strength to force on charge.
14 min
- 9
Induction and ideal transformers
Relate changing magnetic flux to induced voltage and calculate transformer ratios.
14 min
- 10
Photons and light energy
Connect light frequency, wavelength, and the energy of a single photon.
14 min