⚡ Physics

Understand it.
Not just survive it.

Videos and problem sets for every unit. Plus the question types nobody warned you were going to be on the test.

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1.1
Units and Conversions
Dimensional analysis and unit conversion across numbers, tables, and graphs. Simple calculator only — so the method has to be automatic.
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1.2
Scientific Notation
Converting to and from scientific notation across data sets and graphs. Simple calculator only.
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2.1
Newton's Laws
The three laws from first principles. What each one actually means, when to use it, and how to set up any force problem from scratch.
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2.2
Kinematics and Motion Graphs
FBDs, motion graphs, and kinematic equations. All four problem types in one standard — and all four come back on every test. The one you do not want to be unprepared for.
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2.3
Newton's Laws and Forces
All three laws plus free body diagrams in different situations. Know which law applies, how to set up net force, and what each arrow on the FBD actually means.
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3.1
Definitions and Calculations
Torque, center of mass, rotational equilibrium, levers, mechanical advantage, and trusses. Qualitative and quantitative problems both appear.
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3.2
Balsa Wood Bridge Project
Engineer a truss bridge that minimizes forces on its members. The truss analysis carries directly into written exams — not just the build itself.
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4.1
Energy Definitions and Calculations
Work, power, kinetic and potential energy in a closed system, pulleys, and mechanical advantage. Multiple choice and short free response.
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4.2
Conservation of Energy
Multi-step closed system problems using energy bar charts. Setting up the right equation for an unfamiliar situation — and knowing what each bar actually represents.
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5.1
Momentum and Impulse
Elastic and inelastic collisions in 1D and 2D. Impulse-momentum theorem, conservation of momentum, force vs time graphs, and velocity vs time graphs.
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6.1
Forces and Circular Motion
Coulomb's law, Newton's law of gravitation, and circular motion of objects and charges. Solving for force, charge, mass, and separation — two objects and beyond.
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6.2
Fields
Electric and gravitational field diagrams for multiple objects. Direction, relative magnitude, attractive vs repulsive — and what those lines mean for the force on a charge or mass.
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7.1
Ohm's Law and Circuits
Current, voltage, and resistance in series, parallel, and mixed circuits. Complex multi-branch circuits at the top level. Layer by layer, they become solvable.
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7.2
Power, Capacitance, and Advanced Components
Electrical power, electric potential and energy, capacitance, diodes, and transistors. The components most students ignore until they see them on the test.
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8.1
Electromagnetism
Motors, generators, solenoids, right-hand rules, flux, Faraday's law, and Lenz's law. Magnetism and electricity as one connected system.
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9.1
Waves and Sound
Wave speed, sound, Doppler effect, resonance, Hooke's Law, earthquakes, and waves in different mediums. Everything that oscillates.
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9.2
Light and Color
EM spectrum, wave-particle duality, polarization, interference, refraction, and photoelectric effect. How light actually behaves — and why it breaks the rules you'd expect.
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⚡ Test Prep

The question types that actually show up.

These problems show up on every test. They are not in most textbooks. I tracked the patterns. Here are the walkthroughs.

Multi-step Projectile
Launching from a height with non-standard angles — the ones that need two phases to solve.
Atwood's Machine Variations
Pulley problems with added friction, inclines, or three-mass systems.
Energy with Friction Path
Conservation of energy when friction is doing work — the part that gets left out of most notes.
Wave Superposition
Constructive and destructive interference drawn and calculated at the same time.

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Practice problems & formula sheets.