The whole year, readable in five minutes.

1Subject

1. 01

   Describing Motion

   Read and draw motion graphs, and move between position, velocity and acceleration.

   • Position, displacement and distance
   • Speed, velocity and acceleration
   • Motion graphs, and what they tell you
   • The equations of uniformly accelerated motion
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   • Vectors, and how to resolve them
   • Relative motion

   6 practice classes

2. 02

   Newton’s Laws

   Draw a correct free-body diagram and apply all three of Newton's laws.

   • Force, and what it really does
   • The first law and inertia
   • The second law
   • The third law
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   • Free-body diagrams
   • Connected bodies: pulleys and strings

   5 practice classes · An assessment

3. 03

   Friction and Circular Motion

   Solve friction and inclined-plane problems, and handle circular motion.

   • Static and kinetic friction
   • The coefficient of friction
   • Motion on an inclined plane
   • Uniform circular motion
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   • Centripetal force
   • Banked tracks and vertical circles

   6 practice classes

4. 04

   Work, Energy and Power

   Apply the work–energy theorem, and calculate work, energy and power.

   • Work done by a constant force
   • Work done by a variable force
   • Kinetic energy and the work–energy theorem
   • Potential energy and conservative forces
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   • Power and efficiency
   • Lesson 24

   5 practice classes · An assessment

5. 05

   Momentum and Collisions

   Use conservation of momentum and impulse, in elastic and inelastic collisions.

   • Linear momentum
   • Impulse
   • Conservation of momentum
   • Elastic collisions
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   • Inelastic collisions
   • Collisions in two dimensions

   6 practice classes

6. 06

   Rotational Mechanics

   Work with torque, moment of inertia and angular momentum.

   • Centre of mass
   • Torque
   • Moment of inertia
   • Angular momentum and its conservation
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   • Rolling without slipping
   • Rotational kinetic energy

   5 practice classes · An assessment

7. 07

   Gravitation and Oscillation

   Apply the law of gravitation to orbits, escape velocity and simple harmonic motion.

   • The law of gravitation
   • Gravitational field and potential
   • Orbits, satellites and escape velocity
   • Simple harmonic motion
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   • The pendulum and the spring
   • Damping and resonance

   6 practice classes

8. 08

   Problem-Solving Craft

   Choose the right law for a problem — forces or energy — before starting on it.

   • Choosing the right conservation law
   • When to use energy, and when to use forces
   • Choosing coordinates that simplify the problem
   • Checking an answer by dimensions and limits
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   • The problems that trip everyone up
   • Lesson 48

   5 practice classes · An assessment

Practice classes go over the lesson before them: worked problems, revision and doubts. Assessments sit at the midpoint and the end of the year.