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Department Chair
Dr. Anthony G. Calamai
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Physics Program Coordinator
Dr. Patricia E. Allen
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Astronomy Program Coordinator
Dr. Joseph T. Pollock
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Graduate Program Coordinator
Dr. J. Sidney Clements
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1A-Measurement
10.  Basic Units
1A10.20  Calibrated Masses
1A10.40  Metronome
1A10.50  One-Liter Cube
1A10.5x  One Meter Cube
1A10.60  Avagadro's Number Box
1A10.65  Mole Samples
20.  Error and Accuracy
1A20.41  Vernier Calipers
40.  Vectors
1A40.10  Components of a Vector
60.  Scaling
1A60.10  Powers of Ten (Video)


1C-Motion in One Dimension

10.  Velocity
1C10.20  PASCO Dynamic Cart
1C10.25  Air Track and Glider
20.  Uniform Acceleration
1C20.20  Equal Time Equal Distance Drop
30.  Measuring g
1C30.41  Falling Drops

1D. Motion in Two Dimensions
15.  Velocity, Position and Acceleration
1D15.20  High Road Low Road
40.  Motion of the Center of Mass
1D40.10  Throw Object
1D40.12  Throw Hammers
50.  Central Forces
1D50.10  Ball and String
1D50.20  Ball on a String
1D50.25  Conical Pendulum
1D50.40  Pail of Water
1D50.45  Penny and Coat Hanger
52.  Deformation by Central Forces
1D52.10  Flattening Earth
1D52.30  Balls in Centrifuge
60.  Projectile Motion
1D60.10  Ball and Howitzer
1D60.20  Simultaneous Fall
1D60.30  Monkey and Hunter
1D60.60  Parabolic Trajectory

1F-Newton's First Law
10.  Measuring Inertia
1F10.25  Foam Bricks
20.  Inertia of Rest
1F20.10  Inertia Weights
1F20.20  Smash Your Hand
1F20.30  Tablecloth Pull
1F20.34  Card Snap
1F20.35  Eggs and Pizza Pan
1F20.36  Chalk and Hoop
1F20.38  Dollar Bill and Bottles

1G-Newton's Second Law
10.  Force, Mass, and Acceleration
1G10.10  Acceleration Cart
20.  Accelerated Reference Frames
1G20.76  Water Accelerometer

1H-Newton's Third Law
10.  Action and Reaction
1H10.15  Reaction Gliders
1H10.20  Newton's Sail
11.  Recoil
1H11.10  Floor Cart and Medicine Ball


1J-Statistics of Rigid Bodies

10.  Finding Center of Gravity
1J10.12  Hanging Board
11.  Exceeding Center of Gravity
1J11.10  Leaning Tower of Pisa
1J11.11  Toppling Cylinders
1J11.15  Tipping Block on Incline
1J11.20  Leaning Tower of Lire
1J11.50  Rolling Uphill
20.  Stable, Unstable, and Neutral Equilibrium
1J20.20  Spoon and Match
1J20.40  Balancing Rod
1J20.45  Clown on a Rope
1J20.451  Balancing Bird
1J20.60  Wine Butler
1J20.61  Balancing Hammer
30.  Resolution of Forces
1J30.10  Suspended Block
1J30.53  Force Table
40.  Static Torque
1J40.10  Torque Bar

1K-Applications of Newton's Laws
10.  Dynamic Torque
1K10.30  Walking the Spool
20.  Friction
1K20.10  Friction Block
1K20.30  Static vs. Sliding Friction
1K20.35  Angle of Repose
1K20.40  Front and Rear Brakes

1M-Work and Energy
40.  Conservation of Energy
1M20.10  Block and Tackle
1M40.10  Nose Basher
1M40.15  Stopped Pendulum
1M40.20  Loop the Loop
1M40.25  Energy Well Track
1M40.41  Ballistic Pendulum
1M40.75  Obedient Can

1N-Linear Momentum
10.  Impulse and Thrust
1N10.20  Egg in Sheet
22.  Rockets
1N22.10  Fire Extinguisher Wagon
1N22.20  Water Rocket
30.  Collisions in One Dimension
1N30.10  Collision Balls
1N30.30  Collision Carts

1Q-Rotational Dynamics
10.  Moment of Inertia
1Q10.10  Inertia Wands
1Q10.30  Ring and Disc
1Q10.50  Racing Soups
20.  Rotational Energy
1Q20.10  Whirlybird
30.  Transfer of Angular Momentum
1Q30.90  Gee-Haw Whimmy Diddle
40.  Conservation of Angular Momentum
1Q40.10  Rotating Stool and Weights
1Q40.30  Rotating Stool and Bicycle Wheel
50.  Gyros
1Q50.20  Bicycle Wheel Gyro
1Q50.35  Gyro in Gimbals
1Q50.45  Air Bearing Gyro

1R-Properties of Matter
10.  Hooke's Law
1R10.10  Stretching a Spring
1R10.25  Pull on a Horizontal Spring
20.  Tensile and Compressive Stress
1R20.60  Bologna Bottles
1R20.70  Prince Rupert's Drops
40.  Coefficient of Restitution
1R40.30  Happy and Sad Balls
50.  Crystal Structure
1R50.20  Crystal Models

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