• Spring Letter 2009
• Summer Assignment 2009
• Course Overview
• Syllabus
• Course Expectations
• Student Information Form
• Advice from Past Students
• Emergency Graph Paper- a grid you can print.
• Remote Access & Forwarding
  of School Email
• Graphical Analysis Basic Instructions

• Textbook Website
• CollegeBoard AP Website
• The Physics Classroom- An online high school physics tutorial. Check out the Review Session too!
• Physics Applets- A terrific collection of java applets from U. Colorodo, Boulder: better than video games ;).
• Physclips - Multimedia Lectures on a variety of subjects. Bonus: terrific Australian accent!
• How Stuff Works- If you can stand the ads, really great answers to pressing questions like how does a toilet work.

Online AP Physics C: Mechanics Courses -- Who needs my class?

• MIT Online Lectures etc.
• Online Physics Lesson (Hippocampus)- This ones also cued to your textbook.
• Online AP Physics Lessons- Another link to the same online curruiculum.
• National Repository of Online Courses (Monterey Institute): Also cued to your book, good for practice quizzes etc.

• Physics Reference- Physics symbols, constants, and SI units, prefixes and rule.
• Math and Metric Review:
  • Fordham Prep: Lessons reviewing science specific math, self quizzes.
  • UNC Chemistry Department- Math review including calculator fundamentals
  • Numbers in Science- tutorial with self-tests.
  • Significant Figures Tutorial (Stephen L. Morgan, U. of SC)
  • Significant Figures Applet- A self-test.
  • Significant Figures- Another self-test (lots more)
• Orders of Magnitude in the Universe- Check it out, from quarks to galaxies.
• A View from the Back of the Envelope- All about the art of estimating and Fermi questions.

Unit 2: One Dimensional Kinematics

• Graph Sketching and Recognition- A self-test with full explanations of the answers!
• I Will Derive: Having trouble with that problem? Memorization won't help, but a little humor might!

Unit 3: Two Dimensional Kinematics

• Vector Addition
  • Vector Applet - Vector addition shown in real time!
  • Another Vector Applet- Good illustration of components.
• Projectile Motion- A fun simulator.
• Projectile Motion- A funner (?) simulator.

Unit 5: Applications of Newton's Laws

• Sound of Friction: Parody of Simon and Garfinkel :).
• Amazing SkyDiving Art: Norman Kent Productions

Unit 6: Work, Power and Energy

• Roller Coaster Simulation
• Energy Skatepark: be sure to check out the "thrusters" and zero-g

Unit 7: Momentum and Systems of Particles

• Forces, Acceleration and Car Crashes: Short video clips of crashes.
• Air Track Collisions: a simulation of our "Observing Collisions Lab"
• Billards Simulation: its all about momentum and energy conservation
• Billards Simulation: set the impact parameter, see the angles.

Unit 8: Rotation

• Tutorial on Rotational Kinematics
• Levers: Don't give up on this game. You'll know when you're finished.
• Wheels Rolling / No-Slip Condition

Unit 9: Gravitation and Oscillations

• The Cavendish Experiment
• Newton's Canon
• Kepler's Laws: Scroll down in the Mechanics section to the applet on Kepler's 1st and 2nd Laws.
• Orbit Simulation: Have fun setting up your own solar system
• Orbits 101: Great tutorial on oribital motion.
• Satellite Collision: From Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Multimedia Lecture on SHM: Click on "Simple Harmonic Motion"
• Damped Oscillator Simulation
• Forced Oscillator Simulation
• Pendulum Wave: In and out of Phase....