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Physics 101 - Energy and Momentum

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Physics 101 - Energy and Momentum

This course is part of Introduction to Mechanics Specialization

Instructor: Jason Hafner

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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2 weeks to complete

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

45 reviews

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Learners will be prepared to critically evaluate real-world data and information regarding energy and motion.
Learners can apply mathematical laws to the motions of objects under a variety of physical circumstances.
Learners will be prepared for more advanced courses in physics.

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This second course serves as an introduction to the physics of mechanical energy and momentum. Upon completion, learners will understand how mathematical laws and conservation principles describe the motions and interactions of objects around us. Learners will gain experience in solving physics problems with tools such as graphical analysis, algebra, vector analysis, and calculus. This first course covers Energy, Translational Momentum, Collisions, Statics, and Elasticity. Each of the three modules contains reading links to a free textbook, complete video lectures, conceptual quizzes, and a set of homework problems. Once the modules are completed, the course ends with an exam. This comprehensive course is similar in detail and rigor to those taught on-campus at Rice. It will thoroughly prepare learners for their upcoming introductory physics courses or more advanced courses in physics.

Module details

A new approach mechanics: tracking a quantity that describes the ability to do work.

What's included

20 videos4 readings12 assignments

20 videosTotal 107 minutes

Kinetic Energy6 minutes
Work5 minutes
Shoot, Drop, and Roll8 minutes
Varying Force5 minutes
Work - Kinetic Energy Theorem5 minutes
Negative Work?6 minutes
Power4 minutes
Why Physics is Cruel6 minutes
Gravitational Potential Energy5 minutes
Conservation of Mechanical Energy4 minutes
Bowling Ball Demo3 minutes
Another Bowling Ball Demo3 minutes
Keeping Energy in the Loop4 minutes
Spring Potential Energy5 minutes
Cross Bow Demo6 minutes
Potential Energy Diagrams10 minutes
Sliding Block6 minutes
Work by Friction8 minutes
Conservative Forces5 minutes
New Video2 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Welcome!10 minutes
Grading Philosophy and Advice10 minutes
University Physics10 minutes
University Physics10 minutes

12 assignmentsTotal 264 minutes

Energy Homework240 minutes
Airport Walkway2 minutes
Work or No Work?2 minutes
On Vacation2 minutes
Varying Forces2 minutes
Change due to Work2 minutes
Kilowatt-hours2 minutes
Child in Swing2 minutes
Pendulum Energy2 minutes
Energy Diagram4 minutes
Generating Heat2 minutes
Multiple Forces2 minutes

What's included

21 videos3 readings11 assignments

21 videosTotal 136 minutes

Three Ways To Do Mechanics3 minutes
Momentum and Newton's Laws5 minutes
Momentum Conservation Demo4 minutes
Watermelon Demo7 minutes
Impulse6 minutes
Beginner Rocketry7 minutes
Momentum of Collisions3 minutes
Energy of Collisions6 minutes
Perfectly Inelastic Collision6 minutes
Elastic Collision I7 minutes
Elastic Collision II11 minutes
Bouncy Balls7 minutes
More Bouncy Balls11 minutes
Average Position in Collisions4 minutes
Center of Mass7 minutes
Extended Object Center of Mass6 minutes
Center of Mass: Uniform Isoceles Triangle10 minutes
Walk the Plank 19 minutes
Walk the Plank 25 minutes
Advanced Rocketry8 minutes
TT Words That Will Reveal Your Southern Accent2 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

University Physics10 minutes
University Physics10 minutes
University Physics10 minutes

11 assignmentsTotal 263 minutes

Momentum & Collisions Homework240 minutes
Frictionless Skateboard5 minutes
Beach Ball and Marble2 minutes
Ion Propulsion2 minutes
Billiards2 minutes
Civic -vs- Escalade2 minutes
Forward Collision2 minutes
Mass at Center of Mass?2 minutes
Solid Objects2 minutes
Which frame?2 minutes
Conservation Laws of Rockets2 minutes

What's included

10 videos2 readings4 assignments

10 videosTotal 75 minutes

Static Equilibrium5 minutes
Sign on a Building8 minutes
Helping a Friend Move8 minutes
Wheelchair Over a Curb9 minutes
The Moving Load9 minutes
Finding the Center of Mass11 minutes
Elastic Moduli7 minutes
Material Response6 minutes
How Not to Make a Spring11 minutes
TT Other Reasons Rice Needs More Undergraduate Students2 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

University Physics10 minutes
University Physics10 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 92 minutes

Statics and Elasticity Homework30 minutes
3D Statics30 minutes
Finding the COM2 minutes
Hanging Cables30 minutes

This module contains the exam that covers Forces and Kinematics. The style is very similar to the homework problems sets, except you must complete it on your own.

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Jason Hafner

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Reviewed on May 17, 2021

I love all the lectures, especially the SPT (Stupid Physics Trick). Professor Hafner and team make Physics fun and and educational.ThanksNguyen Le

Reviewed on Feb 25, 2023

Excellent lecture videos, however, I do recommend having strong skills in algebra, as the professor will often skip some algebraic steps when solving equations.

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