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Mechanics

Each topic is subdivided into a number of episodes.

An episode represents a coherent section of teaching – perhaps one or two lessons.

Each episode contains links to a number of activities.

Statics

  • Episode 200: Preparation for statics topic
  • Episode 201: Scalars and vectors
  • Episode 202: Forces in equilibrium
  • Episode 203: Turning effects

Kinematics

  • Episode 204: Preparation for kinematics topic
  • Episode 205: Describing motion
  • Episode 206: Uniform and non-uniform acceleration
  • Episode 207: Projectile motion

Drag forces

  • Episode 208: Preparation for drag forces
  • Episode 209: Drag, air resistance and terminal velocity

Newton’s laws

  • Episode 210: Preparation for Newton's laws of motion topic
  • Episode 211: Newton’s second law of motion
  • Episode 212: Newton's third law of motion

Work, energy and power

  • Episode 213: Preparation for work, energy and power topics
  • Episode 214: Work done by a force
  • Episode 215: Forces on vehicles
  • Episode 216: Energy changes
  • Episode 217: Conservation of energy
  • Episode 218: Mechanical power

Momentum

  • Episode 219: Preparation for momentum topic
  • Episode 220: Momentum and its conservation
  • Episode 221: Elastic collisions
  • Episode 222: Impulse of a force

Circular motion

  • Episode 223: Preparation for circular motion topic
  • Episode 224: Describing circular motion
  • Episode 225: Quantitative circular motion

Materials

  • Episode 226: Preparation foe materials topic
  • Episode 227: Hooke's law
  • Episode 228: The Young modulus
  • Episode 229: Stress-strain graphs
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