Standard Physics

This page provides an outline and links to all of the site pages related to a standard physics course. 

The information is organized into, borrowing from the business and technology industries, decks. Decks begin with the broad categories and the drill-downs will offer more and more details. 

Foundations 

Foundations of Science   

What is Physics? 

Units, Variables, and Formulas   

Frame of Reference

Finding Elapsed Time  

Matter and Its Interactions

• Structure and properties of matter

• Chemical reactions

• Nuclear process

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

• Forces and motion

Motion in One Dimensions

Concepts of Motion 

Finding Displacement from Average Velocity and Elapsed Time

Finding Average Velocity

Concepts of Acceleration 

Acceleration and Final Velocity 

Acceleration and Displacement 

 

Physics of Motion "Cheat Sheet" (Formulas and hints)    

 

Motion in Two Dimensions

Overviewing Vectors

Understanding Vectors and Vector Math 

Projectile Motion 

Projectile Motion Where Initial Vertical Displacement Is Not Zero

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Force and Motion

Concepts of Force

Adding Forces (Vectors) 

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• Types of interactions

• Stability and instability in physical systems

Energy

• Definitions of energy

• Conservation of energy and energy transfer

• Relationship between energy and forces

• Energy in chemical processes and everyday life

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

• Wave properties

• Electromagnetic radiation

• Information technologies and instrumentation

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While applicable to any standard physics course, these topics are organized around the Tennessee standards.