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Videos:
Units, dimensions, measurements
Powers of ten - on YouTube
Friction: A million to one - on YouTube
Rotational kinetic energy - Crab pulsar


Interactive simulations

Online: Really cool 
simulations - check them out!

1D motion with constant acceleration                        (Lecture 2)
Moving man - Explore position, velocity, acceleration (Lecture 2)
Freefall                                                                   (Lecture 3)
Projectile motion                                                     (Lectures 5 and 6)
Ladybug - Motion in a circle, velocity and acceleration vectors  (Lecture 7)
Advanced Ladybug - Motion in a circle                      (Lecture 7)
A game - use velocity and acceleration vectors to score a goal (Lecture 7)
Forces in one dimension. Friction                             (Lecture 9, 13)
Energy skate park - Conservation of energy              (Lectures 17-20)
Simple harmonic motion                                              (Lecture 21)
Torque, angular velocity and acceleration                     (Lecture 29)
Gravitation. Motion of planets.                                     (Lecture 36)


Lectures

Lecture 1 Sep. 9 Introduction. Units, measurements, uncertainties, dimensions. Ch. 1
Lecture 2 Sep. 10 Motion in 1D: Displacement, average and instantaneous velocity, acceleration. Graphical analysis. Ch. 2
Lecture 3 Sep. 11 Free fall. Vectors: Addition, subtraction, decomposition. Ch. 2,3
Lecture 4 Sep. 14 Vectors: Components, scalar and vector products. Decomposition of motion into horizontal and vertical components. Ch. 3
Lecture 5 Sep. 16 Motion in 2D. Projectile motion.  Ch. 4
Lecture 6 Sep. 17 Motion in 2D. Projectile motion. Velocity and acceleration vectors. Ch. 4
Lecture 7 Sep. 18 Circular motion. Centripetal acceleration. Perceived gravity. Ch. 4
Lecture 8 Sep. 21 Angular variables. Problem solving. Ch. 4
Lecture 9 Sep. 23 Newton's laws. Forces. Inertia. Ch. 5
Lecture 10 Sep. 24 Newton's 2-nd law. Weight. Weightlessness. Inertia. Ch. 5
Lecture 11 Sep. 25 Decomposition of forces into components. Ch. 5
Lecture 12 Sep. 28 Forces. Problem solving. Ch. 5
Lecture 13 Sep. 30 Friction. Ch. 6
Lecture 14 Oct. 1 Friction. Centripetal force. Ch. 6
Lecture 15 Oct. 2 Newton's laws. Centripetal force. Orbital flight. Ch. 6
Lecture 16 Oct. 5 Energy. Work. Conservation of energy. Conservative forces. Ch. 7,8
Lecture 17 Oct. 7 Conservation of energy. Zero of potential energy. Power. Ch. 7,8
Lecture 18 Oct. 8 Hooke's law. Energy of spring. Potential energy curve. Ch. 7,8
Lecture 19 Oct. 9 Work of gravity force. Pendulum. Force and potential energy. Ch. 7,8
Lecture 20 Oct. 12 Work and energy. Problem solving. Ch. 7,8
Lecture 21 Oct. 14 Work and energy. Problem solving. Simple harmonic motion. Ch. 7,8
Lecture 22 Oct. 15 Various types of energy. Energy transformations and usage.  Ch. 7,8
Lecture 23 Oct. 16 Review session. 
Oct. 19 Midterm 1
Lecture 24 Oct. 21 Momentum Ch. 9
Lecture 25 Oct. 22 Conservation of momentum. Center of mass Ch. 9
Lecture 26 Oct. 23 Momentum. Elastic and inelastic collisions. Impulse. Ch. 9
Lecture 27 Oct. 26 Momentum. Collisions in 2D. Rockets. Problems.  Ch. 9
Lecture 28 Oct. 28 Rotation. Moment of inertia. Kinetic energy of rotation.  Ch. 10
Lecture 29 Oct. 29 Rotation. Vectors of angular variables. Torque.  Ch. 10
Lecture 30 Oct. 30 Rolling. Linear-to-angular conversion. Kinetic energy. Newton's law.  Ch.10,11
Lecture 31 Nov. 2 Rotation problems. Moment of inertia. Yo-yo.   Ch.10,11
Lecture 32 Nov. 4 Angular momentum. Conservation of angular momentum. Pulsar. Ch.11
Lecture 33 Nov. 5 Gyroscope. Angular momentum and torque.   Ch.11
Lecture 34 Nov. 6 Rotation and angular momentum problems.   Ch.11
Lecture 35 Nov. 9 Rotation problems. Equilibrium. Pendulum oscillations.  
Lecture 36 Nov. 11 Gravitation. Newton's law. Potential energy. Escape speeds.   Ch.13
Lecture 37 Nov. 12 Gravitation. Kepler's laws.   Ch.13
Lecture 38 Nov. 13 Review session.  
Nov. 16 Midterm 2  
Lecture 39 Nov. 18 Fluids. Pressure. Pascal's principle.   Ch.14
Lecture 40 Nov. 19 Pressure. Atmospheric and water pressure. Archimedes' law.  Ch.14
Lecture 41 Nov. 20 Archimedes' law. Buoyancy. Bernoulli's equation.  Ch.14
Lecture 42 Nov. 23 Fluids. Problems.   Ch.14