Principles of Physics II
Spring 2021 Course will be online
Principles of Physics II is a course in the fundamental principles and applications of physics. Topics include fluids, thermal physics, electricity, magnetism, optics, nuclear physics and astrophysics. Suitable for students intending to pursue other scientific studies or engineering.
For this second part of the course, lectures and the videos are broken into smaller chunks to make them more manageable to watch.
Unit 1 - Fluids
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1.4 - Examples
lecture slides Assignment 1 - Hydrostatics LAB 1 - Archimedes's Principle (home version) (lab version) Extra Questions |
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1.4 - Fluid Flow
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1.5- Torricelli's Theorem
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1.6 - Bernoulli's Equation
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Unit 2 - Thermal Physics
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2.1 - Heat, temperature and thermometers
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2.2 - Heat transfer
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2.3 - Specific Heat Capacity
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2.4 - Changing State
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Unit 3 - Electricity
First part taught in the lab
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3.1 - Voltage, Charge and Current
This a re-recording made after the in-lab lecture. The actual lecture had practical demonstrations and experiments. presentation |
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3.2 - Ohm's Law
This a re-recording made after the in-lab lecture. The actual lecture had practical demonstrations and experiments. presentation |
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3.3 - Resistivity
This a re-recording made after the in-lab lecture. The actual lecture had practical demonstrations and experiments. presentation Assignment 6 Ohm's Law |
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3.4 - Energy and Power
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3.5 - Series and Parallel
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Unit 4 - Magnetism
first part taught in the lab
first part taught in the lab
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4.4 - Force on a Particle in a Magnetic Field
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4.5 - Induction
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Unit 5 - Optics
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5.1 - Nature of Light
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5.2 - Reflection
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5.4 - Refraction
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5.5 - Lenses
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Unit 6 - Nuclear Physics
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6.1 - Atomic Structure
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6.2 - Nuclear Radiation
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6.4 - Nuclear Fission
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6.5 - Nuclear Fusion
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6.6 - Mass and Energy
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Spring 2020 - Videos
We went into lockdown towards the end of the Physics II course. As one of the students had been embodied by the Bermuda Regiment, I recorded the online zoom lectures. The quality is generally poor (sorry) as I had not figured stuff out at that point. I had already done make up lectures in preparation for a two week absence for the school holiday, so we were ahead of schedule when lockdown started. However, the students elected to do extra lectures as they were a bit bored! So, the course was extended to include nuclear physics and astrophysics. Lectures were also split into 1.5 hours instead of 3 hours, hence the odd numbering system.
Exam 2020 - Online and open book (COVID)
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For solutions - see video run through
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Sample exam - answers
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Lecture 15.5 - Nuclear Physics
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Assignment 10 - Answers
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Lecture 14.5 - Energy Resources
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Lecture 14 - Stars
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Lecture 13.5 - Astrophysics
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Lecture 13 - The Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Lecture 12.5 - Optics
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Time (mins) |
Activity |
Comment |
10 |
Intro and Discussion |
Admin and questions about labs/assignments |
10/15 |
Lecture |
This may be either live or pre-recorded |
10 |
Discussion |
Points raised from the lecture |
10 |
Examples |
Teacher to go through some example questions. Including lab work? |
20 |
Breakout |
Small groups working on interactive simulation, shared google slides or a jamboard |
15 |
Discussion |
Students to go through the questions, discuss any difficulties |
10 |
Summary |
Recap the main points covered and applications. |