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Physics • Series

AP Physics C Mechanics All Covered (Summer Crash Course)

Jadon G

Series Details

Sessions

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This series ended on October 14, 2023. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

Series Details

About

We'll go through all topics in AP Physics C Mechanics, from basic kinematics all the way to rotations and gravitation. Feel free to join even if you have no calculus background since we'll go through all math prerequisites as a part of this course (it won't turn into a calculus series).  Without calculus, this course's content is very similar to AP Physics 1. Problem solving sessions where we go over specific problems after each topic will also be hosted between "lecturey" sessions. Also, the specific time and frequency of the sessions are undertermined, so the sessions you see now are only valuable in terms of its content.

Tutor Qualifications

I've scored a 5 on both AP Physics Cs and global rank 9 on PUPC Premier.

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

If you are new to physics, make sure that you follow each session. Also, doing practice problems I give out as assessments of this course is VERY VERY important. I will only assign a couple of them each week, some of them will be simple plug-in-variable questions while others will be more challenging, perhaps slightly beyond normal difficulty of AP Physics C. But I assure you they are very GOOD problems that will allow you think actively and understand more about the physics. In physics, it's 50% understanding the concepts and 50% practicing with problems, but the main thing is to have fun with it and I'll try as much as I can to make the problems and sessions interesting.

Dates

July 22 - October 14

Learners

49 / 50

Total Sessions

About the Tutor

Hi! My name is Jadon, and I'm a high school student in Shanghai, China. Academically, I love learning physics and especially like to ponder about hard problems. Favorite physicist (weird): Richard Feynman. I was actually very inspired to learn physics in an interview with Richard Feynman explaining things called "Fun to Imagine." Aside from that, here are some things that are also important about me. Favorite sport(s): Basketball & soccer (Lebron & Messi the GOATs) Favorite movie: Interstellar (best sci-fi film ever) Favorite TV show: Peaky Blinders I also like to read random books and articles that I find on a bookshelf or the internet. These may contain topics such as AI (I'm rather scared of it), philosophy, and literature (currently reading works by Raymond Carver, who doesn't like simple stories?).

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Upcoming Sessions

Past Sessions

Jul

Session 1

Orientation

Sat Jul 22, 2023, 2:00 PM

We'll introduce the course and start with some fun stuff. It's like a pop quiz but without any consequences and with the intention of exercizing our brains a little. Don't worry, it won't be a paper quiz or anything close to that.

Jul

Session 2

Physics

Sat Jul 29, 2023, 2:00 PM

(targeted for anyone who doesn't have a basic understanding of calculus) We'll formally start with some basic maths. We'll UNDERSTAND limits, differentiations, and integrations. I won't be flying all over the place, talking really fast and trying to summarize every equation in AP Calculus. Instead, we'll look at what these concepts really MEAN . You won't be able to calculate the derivative of tan(x) at the end of this session, but I argue we don't need to know that to know the physics. More importantly, there are equation sheets on the exam that directly tells us that, so we only have to know the SPIRIT of calculus in this physics course. Of course some basic equations will be derived, but that's all.

Aug

Session 3

Office Hours

Wed Aug 2, 2023, 2:00 PM

I'll prepare problems so we can solve together and deepen our understanding. Anyone can also prepare problems to ask me during it.

Aug

Session 4

Physics

Sat Aug 5, 2023, 2:00 PM

We'll begin the actual physics with an introduction of a concept called VECTORS. Then I'll give an introduction on the properties of these vectors (how to add these things). Lastly, I'll introduce forces and how it is also a vector.

Aug

Session 5

Office Hours

Wed Aug 9, 2023, 2:00 PM

I'll prepare problems so we can solve together and deepen our understanding. Anyone can also prepare problems to ask me during it. I'm thinking of including office hours each week, but concerning on the attendance I'll only plan a couple in the starting weeks now. If the attendance is good we'll open future office hours (or problem solving sessions).

Aug

Session 6

Physics

Sat Aug 12, 2023, 2:00 PM

We'll continue our discussion of forces: Newton's Laws, free body diagrams, static equilibrium, etc (I'll post more detailed descriptions of sessions here and after later).

Aug

Session 7

Physics

Sat Aug 19, 2023, 2:00 PM

Since force is a rather important concept, we'll reserve this session for further review on forces.

Aug

Session 8

Office Hours

Wed Aug 23, 2023, 2:00 PM

Office Hours. I'll prepare problems for force and dynamics as well.

Aug

Session 9

Physics

Sat Aug 26, 2023, 2:00 PM

We'll start kinematics, the suvat equations, and why you don't need to memerize them. Then we'll cover projectiles and practice with problems.

Aug

Session 10

Office Hours

Wed Aug 30, 2023, 2:00 PM

Office Hours.

Sep

Session 11

Physics

Sat Sep 2, 2023, 2:00 PM

We will begin the topic of momentum. Specific topics include: Momentum and Impulse, Conservation of Momentum, Elastic and Inelastic Collisions, Two-Dimensional Collisions. Problems will be covered.

Sep

Session 12

Physics

Sat Sep 9, 2023, 2:00 PM

We will begin talking about the concept of energy and its conservation.  More specific topics include: Energy Conservation and the Work-Energy Theorem, Potential Energy, Potential Energy vs. Displacement Graphs. Problems and skills of problem-solving will be covered.

Sep

Session 13

Physics

Sat Sep 16, 2023, 2:00 PM

We'll review the energy topic from last week and introduce the law of gravitation, its force and the corresponding formulas of energies. Problem solving will be a majority for this session as the knowledge is rather simple.

Sep

Session 14

Physics

Sat Sep 23, 2023, 2:00 PM

We'll continue from last session and combine gravitation with circular motions. We'll then start a new topic: rotations, see its similarities with kinematics and forces we learned previously. Problem solving will also be a great part of this since a lot of problems may seem really weird and hard to approach.

Sep

Session 15

Physics

Sat Sep 30, 2023, 2:00 PM

We'll continue on rotations and go through previous years' hard problems on it. If time allows we will then begin our last topic: simple harmonic oscillations, which is rather an easy topic in AP Physics C Mechanic.

Oct

Session 16

Review

Sat Oct 7, 2023, 2:00 PM

The last two sessions will be dedicated to reviews. We'll go over previous years of problems and the approach for them. Honestly, STEM APs don't have much tricky problems that require some weird manipulation, it's all very systematic. So I'm sure these two completely test-oriented sessions will help a lot.

Oct

Session 17

Review

Sat Oct 14, 2023, 2:00 PM

The last two sessions will be dedicated to reviews. We'll go over previous years of problems and the approach for them. Honestly, STEM APs don't have much tricky problems that require some weird manipulation, it's all very systematic. So I'm sure these two completely test-oriented sessions will help a lot.

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