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Course Notes and Videos
Pre-class notes and video lectures are contained in the pages below. The material is organized by class week. Notice that some weeks (e.g., Week 2) have more readings and videos than others (e.g., Week 4), so please plan accordingly. We have tried to ensure that each week's pre-class work will take less than 1 hour.
The organization of the course notes by week is a matter of convenience. It means that we do not expect you to have read about future material for the current week, but it does not mean that you will not go back and look at old material for current work.
Computational Modeling
The notes and videos on computational modeling will be useful throughout the course and should be viewed (at least once) during the first full week of the course.
Core Idea: Forces Cause Changes in Momentum
Week 1 - Modeling Motion with No Net Force
Week 2 - Modeling Motion with a Net Force
Week 3 - Modeling Motion with Non-Constant Forces: Springs
Week 4 - Modeling Motion with Non-Constant Forces: Newtonian Gravitation
Core Idea: Atomic Interactions Give Rise to Macroscopic Phenomenon
Week 5 - Modeling Contact Interactions: The Ball & Spring Model of Solids
Core Idea: Forces Cause Changes in Momentum
Week 6 - Modeling Curved Motion; Conservation of Linear Momentum in Multi-particle Systems
Core Idea: Energy is Conserved
Week 7 - Modeling Energy Transfer in Single Particle Systems: Total Particle Energy & Work
Week 8 - Modeling Energy Transfer in Multi-Particle Systems: Kinetic & Potential Energy
Week 9 - Modeling Energy Transfer in Multi-Particle Systems: Newtonian Gravitational Potential Energy
Week 10 - Modeling Energy Transfer in Multi-Particle Systems: Internal Energy & Heat Exchange
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