The Physics Method

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About your Class

Pluto Academy offers concise, 10-15 minute videos covering all topics in Physics 1: Mechanics. Students taking physics 1 in college or AP Physics in high school can learn simple, effective methods for solving problems and start getting As on their homework and test assignments.

About your Instructor

Danylo Sovgut is a passionate and dedicated full-time tutor with 8 years of experience, including 3 years as a college-level Teaching Assistant and 5 years as a full-time tutor. He has taught over 1,000 physics students, with 99% giving his teaching approach a 5-star rating (can be verified on the Wyzant tutoring platform). Danylo holds a degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated with honors at the top of his physics class and earned awards for one of the best undergraduate astrophysics research projects.

Course curriculum

1. How to use this course
1. Units
2. Units
3. Proportionality
4. Proportionality
5. Vectors
6. Vectors
1. Intro to Kinematics
2. Distance vs Displacement
3. Average Velocity vs Speed
4. Relative Velocity
1. Kinematics in 1D (accelerated motion)
2. One-Dimensional Motion
3. Free Fall
1. Kinematics in 2D
2. Kinematics in 2D
3. Extra Problem
1. Motion Graphs Conceptual Problems
2. Motion Graphs Conceptual Problems
3. Motion Graphs - Quantitative Problems
4. Motion Graphs
1. Newton's 1st and 2nd Law
2. Newton's 1st and 2nd Law Overview
3. Static and Kinetic Friction
1. Advanced Force Techniques
2. Forces at an Angle
3. Inclined Plane
4. Inclined Plane + Another Box
1. Newton's 3rd Law
2. Newton's 3rd Law
1. Circular Motion
2. Circular Motion Overview
3. Period and Velocity
1. Universal Gravitational Law
2. Universal Gravitational Law
3. Orbital Motion
1. Work & Power
2. Work & Power
3. Work Graphs
4. Work Graphs
1. Energy Conservation Introduction
2. Energy Conservation Introduction
3. Energy Conservation Problems
4. Energy Conservation - Springs
5. Energy Conservation Spring
1. Work-Energy Theorem
2. Work-Energy Theorem
1. Momentum Conservation
2. Momentum Conservation
3. Elastic Collisions
4. Elastic Collisions
5. Momentum in 2D
6. Momentum Conservation 2D
1. Impulse
2. Impulse
3. Impulse Graph
4. Impulse - Graphs
1. Pendulums
2. Pendulum and Spring Oscilators
3. Pendulum Graphing Problem (Lab Practice)
1. Simple Harmonic Motion - Energy Conservation
2. Simple Harmonic Motion - Energy Conservation
1. Graphing Simple Harmonic Motion
2. Simple Harmonic Motion Graphs
1. Rotational Motion
2. Rotational Kinematics
1. Torque
2. Torque Introduction
3. Torque Advanced Problem (the beam)
4. Torque and Pulleys
5. Torque Ladder Problem
1. Rotational Kinetic Energy and Momentum
2. Rotational Kinetic Energy and Momentum
3. Conservation of Angular Momentum
4. Angular Impulse - when Angular Momentum is not conserved

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75 lessons
8 hours of video content