Secondary 5 Physics
This page is a collection of resources for Secondary 5 Physics (203-001-05).
Math Review
Videos
- Khan Academy Video: Basic Trigonometry
- Youtube: Solving a linear system with two unknowns using a calculator (Sharp EL-W516X)
- Youtube: Solving a linear system with two unknowns using a calculator (Sharp EL-520X)
- Youtube: Solving a linear system with two unknowns using a calculator (Casio fx-991ES)
- Youtube: Solving a linear system with two or three unknowns using WolframAlpha
Simulation
Tools
Practice
Measurements
Videos
- Video: What's the difference between accuracy and precision? - Matt Anticole
- Video: SI-Prefixes
- Video: Introduction to unit conversion with dimensional analysis
- Video: Converting kilometers per hour to meters per second
Readings
1D Kinematics
Videos
- Video: Graphs Example
- Video: PhysicsEH - Distance (position) to Velocity Time Graph Physics Help
- Videos: Equations for motion with constant acceleration
- Video: Free-Fall Example
- Video: AP Physics 1: Kinematics Review
- Explore: Using the accelerometer of your smart phone
Readings
- OpenStax: Introduction to One-Dimensional Kinematics
- OpenStax: Displacement
- OpenStax: Vectors, Scalars, and Coordinate Systems
- OpenStax: Time, Velocity, and Speed
- OpenStax: Acceleration
- OpenStax: Graphical Analysis of One-Dimensional Motion
- OpenStax: Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One Dimension
- OpenStax: Acceleration
- OpenStax: Problem-Solving Basics for One-Dimensional Kinematics
- OpenStax: Falling Objects
- OpenStax: Introduction to Two-Dimensional Kinematics
- OpenStax: Kinematics in Two Dimensions: An Introduction
Simulation
Practice
- Geogebra: Create x-t and a-t graphs for various v-t graphs
- MathCelebrity: Kinematics Equations Calculator
Vectors
Videos
- Khan Academy Video: Introduction to Vectors and Scalars
- Video: Vectors in polar and rectangular form
- Video: Adding two vectors graphically
- Videos: Vector problem examples
Readings
- OpenStax: Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphical Methods
- OpenStax: Vector Addition and Subtraction: Analytical Methods
- OpenStax: Addition of Velocities
Simulations
Newton's Laws
Videos
- Video: Introduction to Newton's Laws of Motion
- Video: Newton's 2nd Law of Motion
- Video: Newton's 3rd Law of Motion
- Video: Free Body Diagrams
- Video: Normal Forces Part 1
- Video: Normal Forces Part 2
- Video: Tension Force
- Video: Step by Step example with Newton's 1st Law of Motion
- Video: Step by Step example with Newton's 2nd Law of Motion
- Video: Two-body example using Newton's 3rd Law of Motion
- Video: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Einstein vs Newton - Who Was Right?
Readings
- OpenStax: Introduction to Dynamics: Newton’s Laws of Motion
- OpenStax: Development of Force Concept
- OpenStax: Newton’s First Law of Motion: Inertia
- OpenStax: Newton’s Second Law of Motion: Concept of a System
- OpenStax: Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Symmetry in Forces
- OpenStax: Normal, Tension, and Other Examples of Forces
- OpenStax: Problem-Solving Strategies
- OpenStax: Further Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion
Simulations
Energy
Videos
- Video: Introduction to Laws of Conservation (Conservation of Energy)
- Video: Conservation of Energy in Mechanics
- Video: Mechanical Work
- Video: Work required to lift an object (Discovery of Potential Energy)
- Video: Work required to accelerate an object to velocity v (Discovery of Kinetic Energy)
Readings
- OpenStax: Introduction to Work, Energy, and Energy Resources
- OpenStax: Work: The Scientific Definition
- OpenStax: Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem
- OpenStax: Gravitational Potential Energy
- OpenStax: Conservative Forces and Potential Energy
- OpenStax: Nonconservative Forces
- OpenStax: Conservation of Energy
- OpenStax: Nonconservative Forces
Reflection and Refraction
Videos
- Video: Finding the mirror-image of an object
- Video: Finding the angle of refraction geometrically
- Video: Images of curved mirrors: Concave mirror (converging)
- Video: Images of curved mirrors: Convex Mirror (diverging)
Readings
- OpenStax: Introduction to Geometric Optics
- OpenStax: The Ray Aspect of Light
- OpenStax: The Law of Reflection
- OpenStax: Total Internal Reflection
- OpenStax: Dispersion: The Rainbow and Prisms
- OpenStax: Image Formation by Mirrors
Simulation
Thin Lenses
Videos
- Video: Converging and Diverging Lenses
- Video: Finding the images of thin lenses using ray tracing
- Video: Using the thin lens equation
- Video: Calculating the diopters of glasses for Myopia
- Video: Calculating the diopters of reading glasses
Readings
- OpenStax: Image Formation by Lenses
- OpenStax: Introduction to Vision and Optical Instruments
- OpenStax: Physics of the Eye
- OpenStax: Vision Correction