Welcome to the Physics 402/408 resource page! A list of major topics and subtopics are listed below. Click on the blue button to access video tutorials for each topic. The videos are carefully selected for quality of content, depth of coverage, and alignment with course material.* Use the videos to preview, review, or enhance your understanding of course content.
Topics
Hooke's Law and Springs
Young's Modulus
Simple Harmonic Motion
Pendulums
Energy in a Spring
Damped Oscillations
Driven Oscillations
Waves
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
Standing Waves
String Theory
Wave interference
Properties and Production of Sound
Speed of Sound
Decibel Scale
Ultrasound
Doppler Effect
What is Light?
Double Slit Experiment
Split Diffraction
Thin Film Interference
Ray Model of Light
Snell's Law
Law of Reflection
Mirrors
Images
Lenses
The Human Eye
Microscopes
Gases
Specific Heat
Conduction and Radiation
Thermodynamics
Coulomb's Law
Static Electricity
Electric Fields
Electrical Potential Energy
Magnetism
Faraday's Law
Ohm's Law
Batteries
Circuits in series and in parallel
Kirchoff's Law
AC and DC circuits
*The topics listed below are commonly covered in college-level introductory physics courses. This list may not be inclusive of all material covered in your class, but will cover the main ideas. Be sure to review topics not covered below on your own and review only the topics listed on your syllabus.
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