Welcome to the PHYS 401 & 407 resource page! A list of major topics and subtopics are listed below. 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.
Physics Help Center
- The Physics Help Center provides support for PHYS 401/402/407/408 students. Staffed by Physics Faculty, Graduate students, and Society of Physics Students. Work on homework problems and get help if you get stuck.
- Location: DeMeritt 238 and online via Zoom
- Hours: Consult the schedule
- Contact: Francois Foucart (francois.foucart@jmswierski.com)
Physics Honor Society
- Society members work at the Physics Help Center
- Students are welcome to email the Physics Honor Society directly to find tutors for 1:1 sessions; may have a fee for service
- Location: Online
- Contact: Anderson Steckler (anderson.steckler@jmswierski.com)
Physics 401 & 407 Video Library
Frame of Reference - Professor Dave Explains video
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Frame of Reference - Khan Academy video
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Speed vs. Velocity - Professor Dave Explains video
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Speed vs. Velocity - Khan Academy video
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Distance vs. Displacement - NinetyEast video
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Distance vs. Displacement - Khan Academy video
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Vectors vs. Scalars - NinetyEast video
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Vectors vs. Scalars - Khan Academy video
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SI Units & Conversions- Teacher's Pet video
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Physics 401/407, SI Units & Conversions - Crash Course video
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Motion Graphs II - When the Bleep Are We Going to Use That? video
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Motion Graphs II - Professor Dave Explains video
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Motion Graphs I - Bozeman Science video
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Motion Graphs I - Khan Academy video
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Acceleration - Professor Dave Explains video
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Acceleration - Khan Academy video
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Instantaneous Velocity - Krista King - using derivatives video
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Instantaneous Velocity - Khan Academy video
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Projectile (2D) Motion - Crash Course video
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Projectile (2D) Motion - Professor Dave Explains video
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Kinematic Strategy - Khan Academy video
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Kinematic Strategy - Professor Dave Explains video
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Free Fall - Flipping Physics video
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Free Fall - Professor Dave Explains video
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Kinematics Equations - Crash Course video
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Kinematics Equations - Professor Dave Explains video
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Friction - Flipping Physics - formula video
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Friction - Flipping Physics - intro video
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Normal Force in Elevator - TedEd video
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Normal Force in Elevator - Khan Academy video
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Free Body Diagrams - Matt Anderson video
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Free Body Diagrams - Nerdstudy video
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Normal Force - Nerdstudy (also see part 2) video
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Normal Force - Khan Academy video
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Newton's Laws - Crash Course up to 6:00 video
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Newton's Laws - TedEd video
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Physics 401/407, Solving JEE Pulley Problems
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Problem Solving Strategy - Michael Kocher video
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Pulleys - Khan Academy - pulley on table video
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Pulleys - Khan Academy video
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Tension - Flipping Physics video
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Tension - Khan Academy (see part 2) video
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Inclined Planes - Crash Course video
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Inclined Planes - Khan Academy video
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Balanced & Unbalanced Forces - FuseSchool video
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Balanced & Unbalanced Forces - Khan Academy video
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Mass vs. Weight - Flipping Physics videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRSJ8w8FrDw
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Mass vs. Weight - Khan Academy video
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Gravity - Crash Course video
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Gravity - Khan Academy video
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Centripetal Force Problems - Khan Academy 2 video
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Centripetal Force Problems - Khan Academy video
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Uniform Circular motion - Crash Course video
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Uniform Circular motion - DoodleScience video
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Energy Summary - Flipping Physics video
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Energy Summary - Crash Course video
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Conservative Forces - Khan Academy - Friction video
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Conservative Forces - Khan Academy video
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Conservation of Energy - Khan Academy video
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Conservation of Energy - Professor Dave Explains video
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Power - Flipping Physics video
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Power - Khan Academy video
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Work - Khan Academy - Work & Energy video
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Work- Khan Academy video
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Kinetic & Potential Energy - DoodleScience video
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Kinetic & Potential Energy - Professor Dave Explains video
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2D Momentum - DrPhysicsA video
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2D Momentum - Matt Anderson video
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Force vs. Time Graphs - Bozeman Science video
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Force vs. Time Graphs - Khan Academy video
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Elastic/Inelastic Collisions - Crash Course video
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Elastic/Inelastic Collisions - Khan Academy video
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Linear Momentum & Impulse - Bozeman Science video
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Linear Momentum & Impulse - Khan Academy video
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Physics 401/407, Angular Momentum - Khan Academy video
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Physics 401/407, Angular Momentum - Bozeman Science video
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Physics 401/407, Inertia - Matt Anderson video
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Physics 401/407, Inertia - Khan Academy video
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Physics 401/407, Tangential vs. Angular units - Professor Dave Explains video
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Physics 401/407, Tangential vs. Angular units - Flipping Physics video
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Physics 401/407, Rotational Motion - Crash Course video
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Physics 401/407, Rotational Motion - Bozeman Science video
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Physics 401/407, Torque - Crash Course video
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Physics 401/407, Torque - Bozeman Science video
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