This page provides access to all of the lectures for the on-line lecture course Non-Calculus Based Physics I. No formal lectures will be delivered in a classroom—all lecture material is provided in this web site. The assigned lecture times will be used to discuss the material in these web lectures and to answer questions. For students who desire more information or an alternate approach or discussion of the relevant material, any text on College Physics (or Algebra-Based Physics) available in the campus bookstore or in the library will provide suitable material.
The lectures are grouped into four Parts. The list below provides an overview of the course material coverage.
Very broadly, the course topics are as follows:
Units Kinematics Translational Dynamics Energy Considerations
Rotational Dynamics Simple Harmonic Motion
Fluids and Thermal Physics Wave Physics
L3: Average vs. Instantaneous Speed and Velocity
L4: Acceleration and 1-D Kinematics
L5: More with 1-D Kinematics and Free Fall
L8: Forces and Newton’s Three Laws of Motion
L9: Weight, the Normal Force, and the Tension Force
L10: Friction and the Spring Force
L11: The Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
L12: Work, Power, and Potential Energy
L13: The Conservation of Energy
L14: Linear Momentum and Conservation
L15: Angular Variables and Angular Kinematics; Torque
L16: Center-of-Mass and Static Equilibrium
L17: Newton’s Second Law for Rotation and Angular Momentum
L18: Hooke’s Law, Simple Harmonic Motion, and Resonance
L19: Fluid Statics: Pressure and the Buoyant Force
L20: Fluid Dynamics and Bernoulli’s Equation
L21: Temperature, Thermal Expansion, and the Ideal Gas Law
L22: Phases of Matter and Calorimetry
L23: Standing Waves and Sound Waves
To access a particular lecture, simply click on the appropriate Lecture Groups button in the upper left margin of this page or on the appropriate lecture link in the list above.