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Physics: Isaac Newton
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Isaac Newton. Who was he? Why do we need to know about him? In a physics course, no less? Well, he's only the most famous physicist in history, and...

Physics: The Basics of Trigonometry
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What are the basics of trigonometry? And why are we learning about this in a physics course? Both good questions. In this video, you'll learn about...

Physics: Unit Analysis and Graphical Data Analysis
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It's time to make our liters and meters work together. Enough of the bickering, right? In this video, we'll do some unit analysis, covering SI Unit...

Physics: Putting Momentum and Energy Together: Let’s Bang Stuff Against Other Stuff
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What is the second law of thermodynamics? That's the one about a Thermos being the most dynamic of all drinking containers, right? Uh, wrong. Basic...

Physics: Potential and Kinetic Energy in Free Fall: Getting Things Moving
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What's the difference between potential and kinetic energy? Well, potential energy is energy that has just that - potential. It's present when an o...

Physics: Newton's First Law
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Newton's first law is the one about objects at rest tending to stay at rest and objects in motion tend to stay in motion.

Physics: Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation
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Time to dive into Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation. We'll get into inverse square laws, orbital velocities, and all sorts of things Newton use...

Physics: Conservation of Momentum
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The Law of Conservation of Momentum says that total momentum always stays the same in a closed system. In an open system, though, all hell usually...

Physics: Calculating the Force of Friction
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In this video, we'll calculate the force of friction - both static and kinetic. And we'll answer that age-old question: fact or friction?

Physics: Electrical Charge Transfer
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What is electrical charge transfer? Y'know that shock you get shuffling your feet along the carpet and then touching an electrical socket? Yeah, do...

Physics: Projectile Prediction: Galileo, Trigonometry, and an Experiment
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It's experiment time. We'll be rolling a marble down a ramp... and we'll see what it tells us about gravity, acceleration, and velocity.

Physics: Impulse and Newton's Second Law
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What is Newton's Second Law, and how long do you go to prison if you break it? Long enough to study friction, buoyancy, closed systems, and more.

Physics: Practicing Perfect Projectiles
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Time for some fun with 2-D motion. We'll use horizontal speed and distance to find vertical motion, and more. So... a 2-D experiment, but 3-D excit...

Physics: Scalars vs. Vectors
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Scalars v. vectors. Speed v. velocity. Distance v. displacement. Kramer v. Kramer. We'll cover all the big smackdowns.

Physics: Displacement Graphs and Motion Maps
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Displacement Graphs and Motion Maps. Ooh - graphs and maps. It's time to draw, everyone! But... no bunnies or unicorns. Instead, we'll be drawing v...

Physics: Circular Motion
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In this video, we'll cover inertia, centripetal force, circular motion, and what Newton liked to eat for breakfast in the morning (Apple Jacks).

Physics: Importance of Measurement
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Meet "SI Units" - the gold standard of scientific measurement. Also meet sig figs, which Isaac Newton used to make the world's first "fig Newton."

Physics: Work and Power
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What are work and power, when it comes to physics? We'll get into force, energy, joules, watts - all that good stuff.

Physics: Newton's Third Law: Actions and Reactions
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Newton's Third Law states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Something to keep in mind when trolling online.

Physics: Acceleration and the Pull of Gravity
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So what's the relationship between acceleration and gravity? And where does velocity fit in? And who invited future velocity?

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