Physics 605

How Things Work I  —  3 Credits
A Distance Learning Course for High School Physics and Physical ScienceTeachers

Sept 12 - Dec 14, 2005
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Class Materials

Lecture Slides

• Skating (Lecture 1 and 2)
• Falling Balls (Lecture 3)
• Ramps (Lecture 4)
• Seesaws (Lecture 5)
• Wheels (Lecture 6)
• Bumper Cars (Lecture 7)
• Bouncing Balls (Lecture 8)
• Carousels and Roller Coasters (Lecture 9)
• Bicycles (Lecture 10 and 11)
• Balloons (Lecture 11 and 12)
• Water Distribution (Lecture 13 and 14)
• Garden Watering (Lecture 14 and 15)
• Balls and Frisbees (Lecture 18 and 19)
• Airplanes (Lecture 20 and 21)
• Rockets (Lecture 22)
• Woodstoves (Lecture 23and 24)
• Incandescent Lightbulbs (Lecture 25 and 26)
• Air Conditioners (Lecture 27 and 28)
• Automobiles (Lecture 29 and 30)
• Water, steam, and ice (Lecture 31 and 32)
• Clocks (Lecture 33 and 34)
• Violins and Pipe Organs (Lecture 35 and 36)
• Sea and Surfing (Lecture 37 and 38)

• Complete Lecture Slides (85 pages, 2.4 MB)