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LESSON #	LESSON TITLES	READINGS
0	Vectors	Chapter 3 (PDF - 4.0MB)
Week 1: Kinematics
1	1D Kinematics - Position and Velocity	Position and Displacement: Chapter 4.2 (PDF - 1.1MB) Velocity: Chapter 4.3 (PDF - 1.5MB)
2	1D Kinematics - Acceleration	Acceleration: Chapter 4.4 (PDF) Constant Acceleration: Chapter 4.5 (PDF - 1.7MB) 1D Kinematics and Integration: Chapter 4.6 (PDF - 2.4MB)
3	2D Kinematics - Position, Velocity, and Acceleration	Vector Description of Motion in 2D: Chapter 5.1 (PDF) Projectile Motion: Chapter 5.2 (PDF - 2.7MB)
Week 2: Newton's Laws
4	Newton's Laws of Motion	Newton's Laws of Motion: Chapter 7.1–7.3 (PDF)
5	Gravity	Force Laws: Chapter 8.1 (PDF - 1.4MB) Free Body Diagrams: Chapter 8.4 (PDF)
6	Contact Forces	Force Laws: Chapter 8.1 (PDF - 1.4MB) Constraint Forces: Chapter 8.3 (PDF - 1.2MB) Free Body Diagrams: Chapter 8.4 (PDF)
7	Tension and Springs	Force Laws: Chapter 8.1 (PDF - 1.4MB) Constraint Forces: Chapter 8.3 (PDF - 1.2MB) Free Body Diagrams: Chapter 8.4 (PDF)
Deep Dive 1	Friction	No Reading
Week 3: Circular Motion
8	Circular Motion - Position and Velocity	Circular Motion, Velocity and Angular velocity: Chapter 6.2 (PDF - 1.5MB)
9	Uniform Circular Motion	Tangential and Radial Acceleration: Chapter 6.3 (PDF - 1.1MB) Period and Frequency of Uniform Circular Motion: Chapter 6.4 (PDF)
10	Circular Motion - Acceleration	Tangential and Radial Acceleration: Chapter 6.3 (PDF - 1.1MB) Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration: Chapter 6.5 (PDF - 1.9MB)
11	Newton's 2^nd Law and Circular Motion	Universal Law of Gravitation: Chapter 9.2 (PDF) Worked Examples Circular Motion: Chapter 9.3 (PDF - 1.4MB)
Week 4: Drag Forces, Constraints and Continuous Systems
12	Pulleys and Constraints	Worked Example on Pulleys and Ropes Constraints Conditions: Chapter 8 (PDF - 6.3MB), Example 8.9 (PDF - 1.2MB)
13	Massive Rope	Worked examples on massive ropes: Chapter 8 (PDF - 6.3MB), Examples 8.3–8.4 (PDF - 1.3MB) Continuous Systems and Newton's Second Law as a Differential Equations: Chapter 8.5.2 (PDF) Worked Example-Capstan: Chapter 8 (PDF - 6.3MB), Example 8.11 (PDF)
14	Resistive Forces	Drag forces in Fluids: Chapter 8.6 (PDF - 1.6MB) Worked Example - Free Fall with Air Drag: Chapter 8 (PDF - 6.3MB), Example 8.12 (PDF)
Week 5: Momentum and Impulse
15	Momentum and Impulse	Momentum and Impulse: Chapter 10.2 (PDF) External and Internal Forces and the Change in Momentum of a System: Chapter 10.3 (PDF) System of Particle: Chapter 10.4 (PDF)
16	Conservation of Momentum	Constancy of Momentum and Isolated Systems: Chapter 10.7 (PDF) Momentum Changes and Non-Isolated Systems: Chapter 10.8 (PDF) Solved Examples: Chapter 10.9 (PDF - 1.7MB) and Chapter 10 (PDF - 2.8MB), Example 10.6 (PDF)
17	Center of Mass and Motion of the Center of Mass	Center of Mass: Chapter 10.5 (PDF - 1.3MB) Translational Motion of the Center of Mass: Chapter 10.6 (PDF) Solved Example: Chapter 10 (PDF - 2.8MB), Example 10.5 (PDF)
Week 6: Continuous Mass Transfer
18	Relative Velocity and Recoil	Reference Frames: Chapter 11.1–11.4 (PDF - 1.8MB)
19	Continuous Mass Transfer	Momentum and the Flow of Mass: Chapter 12.1–12.3 (PDF - 3.0MB)
Week 7: Kinetic Energy and Work
20	Kinetic Energy and Work in 1D	The Concept of Energy and Conservation of Energy: Chapter 13.1 (PDF) Kinetic Energy: Chapter 13.2–13.3 (PDF) Work: Chapter 13.4–13.5 (PDF - 1.4MB) Work Kinetic Energy Theorem: Chapter 13.6 (PDF) Power: Chapter 13.7 (PDF) Worked Examples: Chapter 13.10 (PDF)
21	Kinetic Energy and Work in 2D and 3D	Work and Scalar Product: Chapter 13.8 (PDF - 1.2MB) Work Done by a Non-constant Force Along an Arbitrary Path: Chapter 13.9 (PDF) Worked Examples: Chapter 13.10 (PDF) Work Kinetic Energy Theorem in 3D: Chapter 13.11 (PDF)
22	Conservative and Non-conservative Forces	Conservation of Energy: Chapter 14.1 (PDF) Conservative and Non-conservative Forces: Chapter 14.2 (PDF)
Week 8: Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
23	Potential Energy	Changes in Potential Energy of a System: Chapter 14.3 (PDF) Changes in Potential Energy and Zero Point of Potential Energy: Chapter 14.4 (PDF)
24	Conservation of Energy	Mechanical Energy and Conservation of Mechanical Energy: Chapter 14.5 (PDF) Change of Mechanical Energy for Closed System with Internal Non-conservative Forces: Chapter 14.7 (PDF) Dissipative Forces: Friction: Chapter 14.8 (PDF) Worked Examples: Chapter 14.9 (PDF - 2.0MB)
25	Potential Energy Diagrams	Spring Force Energy Diagrams: Chapter 14.6 (PDF)
Week 9: Collision Theory
26	Types of Collision	Collision Theory: Chapter 15 (PDF - 3.5MB)
27	Elastic Collisions	Collision Theory: Chapter 15 (PDF - 3.5MB)
Deep Dive 2	Center of Mass Reference Frame	No Reading
Week 10: Rotational Motion
28	Motion of a Rigid Body	Two dimensional Rotational Kinematics: Chapter 16.1–16.2 (PDF)
29	Moment of Inertia	Two dimensional Rotational Kinematics: Chapter 16.3–16.4 (PDF - 1.8MB)
30	Torque	Two dimensional Rotational Dynamics: Chapter 17.1–17.3 (PDF - 1.9MB) Static Equilibrium: Chapter 18 (PDF - 2.0MB)
31	Rotational Dynamics	Two dimensional Rotational Dynamics: Chapter 17.4–17.5 (PDF - 2.4MB) Static Equilibrium: Chapter 18 (PDF- 2.0MB)
Week 11: Angular Momentum
32	Angular Momentum of a Point Particle	Angular Momentum: Chapter 19.1–19.2 (PDF- 2.0MB)
33	Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body about a Fixed Axis	Angular Momentum: Chapter 19.6–19.7 (PDF - 2.4MB)
34	Torque and Angular Impulse	Angular Momentum: Chapter 19.3–19.5 (PDF - 1.2MB), Chapter 19.8–19.9 (PDF - 1.6MB)
Week 12: Rotations and Translation - Rolling
35	Rolling Kinematics	Kinematics of translation and rotation: Chapter 20 (PDF - 3.2MB)
36	Rolling Dynamics	Dynamics of translation and rotation: Chapter 21 (PDF - 4.1MB)
37	Rolling Kinetic Energy and Angular Momentum	Kinematics of translation and rotation: Chapter 20 (PDF - 3.2MB) Dynamics of translation and rotation: Chapter 21 (PDF - 4.1MB)
Deep Dive 3	Gyroscopes	No Reading

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