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Series: Physics: Kinematics

About this Series

  • Lessons: 18
  • Total Time: 3h 14m
  • Use: Watch Online & Download
  • Access Period: Unlimited
  • Created At: 08/13/2009
  • Last Updated At: 07/20/2010

The goal of this 18-lesson unit is to describe the motion of objects. For example, you would like to predict the motion of a ball tossed in the air. The branch of physics that deals with the description of motion is known as kinematics.

We begin the study of kinematics by considering motion in one dimension. Examples of one-dimensional motion are a train traveling on a straight track, a car driving on a straight road, and a ball falling to the ground. The variables necessary to describe one-dimensional motion are time (t), which refers to an instant in time, and position (x), which refers to a location with respect to a defined coordinate system. After we understand these notions of motion, we'll then add in the concept of acceleration in a one-dimensional system.

After we master the concepts associated with modeling and understanding motion in one-dimension, we'll move on to look at the equations and basics of motion in two and three dimensions, including instances of two- or three-dimensional motion with acceleration. Last, we'll look at additional types of motion, including projectile motion, uniform circular motion and relative motion (motion that is subject to various frames of reference).

This lesson was selected from a broader, comprehensive course, Physics I. This course and others are available from Thinkwell, Inc. The full course can be found at http://www.thinkwell.com/student/product/physics. The full course covers kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum, the physics of extended objects, gravity, fluids, relativity, oscillatory motion, waves, and more. The course features two renowned professors: Steven Pollock, an associate professor of Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Ephraim Fischbach, a professor of physics at Purdue University.

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