Honors and Regents Physics

Name: High School Physics - Ramps and Inclines Category: Dynamics Date Added: 23 April 2013 - 02:42 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief look at analysis of objects on ramps and inclines using Newton's Laws of Motion. This video is a bit longer than most tutorials (20 minutes), but I thought the extra sample problems were worth the added time investment. View Video

Name: High School Physics - Friction Category: Dynamics Date Added: 23 April 2013 - 02:38 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief overview of frictional forces and the coefficient of friction for high school students. View Video

Name: Regents Physics - Newton's 3rd Law Category: Dynamics Date Added: 23 April 2013 - 02:37 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief overview of Newton's 3rd Law of Motion for high school students, especially NY Regents Physics Students and Honors Physics students. View Video

Name: High School Physics - Newton's 2nd Law Category: Dynamics Date Added: 23 April 2013 - 02:36 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief overview of Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, static equilibrium, and the difference between mass and weight. View Video

Name: High School Physics - Free Body Diagrams Category: Dynamics Date Added: 23 April 2013 - 02:36 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to free body diagrams for students in algebra-based physics courses. A brief introduction to free body diagrams for students in algebra-based physics courses. View Video

Name: High School Physics - Newton's 1st Law of Motion Category: Dynamics Date Added: 23 April 2013 - 02:35 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to Newton's 1st Law of Motion in high school and honors physics. A brief introduction to Newton's 1st Law of Motion in high school and honors physics. View Video

Name: High School Physics: Relative Motion Category: Kinematics Date Added: 20 April 2013 - 10:46 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to relative motion and relative velocity for high school honors physics students. View Video

Name: High School Physics: Projectile Motion Category: Kinematics Date Added: 20 April 2013 - 10:46 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to projectile motion for high school honors physics students. View Video

Name: High School Physics: Free Fall Category: Kinematics Date Added: 20 April 2013 - 10:45 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to free fall problems in high school and honors physics. View Video

Name: High School Physics: Graphing Motion Category: Kinematics Date Added: 20 April 2013 - 10:44 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to particle diagrams and motion graphs. View Video

Name: High School Physics: Defining Motion Category: Kinematics Date Added: 20 April 2013 - 10:43 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to defining motion in high school physics, focusing on position, distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration. View Video

Name: Scientific Notation Category: General Date Added: 20 April 2013 - 10:42 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to scientific notation View Video

Name: Significant Figures Category: General Date Added: 20 April 2013 - 10:41 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to significant figures. View Video

Name: The Metric System Category: General Date Added: 20 April 2013 - 10:40 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to the metric system and unit conversions. View Video

Name: What Is Physics? Category: General Date Added: 20 April 2013 - 10:39 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: A brief introduction to the study of physics, with a focus on matter, energy, and their interactions. View Video

Name: Regents Physics: Kinematic Equations Category: Kinematics Date Added: 20 April 2013 - 02:15 PM Submitter: FizziksGuy Short Description: Introduction to kinematic equation for algebra-based physics students. View Video

File Name: WS: Centripetal Acceleration File Submitter: FizziksGuy File Submitted: 19 Apr 2013 File Category: UCM & Gravity Basic worksheet to practice centripetal acceleration

File Name: LAB: Ohm's Law File Submitter: FizziksGuy File Submitted: 19 Apr 2013 File Category: Electricity Overview: Basic introduction to Ohm's Law lab in which students utilize a voltage source, an ammeter, and varying resistors to determine the resistance of each resistor. Calculated (empirical) resistance is then compared to the printed resistance, illustrating the variation in electrical components. Materials: Voltage source Switch Ammeter 5, 10, 20-ohm resistors connecting wires

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Hello, hopefully I am posting in the right area. I apologize if not. I am studying the physics iBook "Physics - fundamentals and problem solving" , which is an absolutely amazing book by the way.. i had no idea one could teach through a book with a few videos and get the same results as a full on physics classroom. But anyway, there is a concept I am having trouble grasping. I understand that the force of the gravitational pull is mass times acceleration of gravity but what I'm having trouble with is what we are measuring when we stand on a scale. I was browsing the net and I got onto the Wikipedia site, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass) , where it says…

Procedure: 1.) we fist gathered our materials, stop watch, meterstick and ball 2.) we timed the ball dropping a meter from the surface of the floor 3 times 3.) we used average of the times to then use in our kinematic equations to find acceleration do to gravity. 4.) Then we calculated our percent error from the actual acceleration do to gravity. Procedure for secoond mini lab: 1.) We calculated height of our jumping abilities. 2.) We then used our time and equations of kinematics to get a calculated height. 3.) Finally we compared our calculated heights to our actual and dtermined our percent error. Deliverables determining g: This was a very enjoyable lab howeve…

Students at Irondequoit High School have done it again. They’ve discovered a new and innovative way to determine the acceleration due to gravity using everyday tools such as a stopwatch, meter stick, and a basketball. To begin, brave student Danielle McKay climbed to the ceiling in order to measure the height of the room. “It was pretty cold up there,” McKay told us, “But it was worth it for science.” She dropped the basketball from the ceiling and timed how long it took to reach the ground. Scientist Emma Schum stood nearby taking down the measurements. After three trials, the times were averaged to .91 seconds of freefall. The basketball has not released a statem…

[glow=red,2,300]Regents Physics Lab Deliverable #4: Determining Maximum Height[/glow] Without using the term "human error," explain why measuring the maximum vertical leap of an athlete using a stopwatch and kinematic equations has such a high percent error. If this could be re-designed using more accurate state-of-the-art measuring equipment, describe the more modern experimental setup and methodology. Post your solution in paragraph form.

[glow=red,2,300]Regents Physics Lab Deliverable #1: Determining g[/glow] Create a news article relaying the breaking news – that young physicists at Irondequoit High School have calculated the acceleration due to gravity, g, in a novel manner. Be sure to include details regarding the procedure and accuracy of their measurements. Post your news article by replying to this message.