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Motion and Newton's laws
4 weeks (about 12 hrs/week)
Work through 8.01SC weeks 1–4 and read Volume 1 chapters 2–6. Then solve the odd-numbered problems of chapters 4–6 and the 8.01SC problem sets for weeks 1–4. Self-check: University Physics Volume 1, Answer Keys, chapters 4–6.
Proof required
Link the public repo with the odd-numbered problems of chapters 4–6 and the 8.01SC problem sets for weeks 1–4 written up (a typeset PDF, LaTeX source or notebook), and show the self-check: which answers matched and how you fixed the ones that did not.
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A public write-up of the odd-numbered problems of chapters 4–6 and the 8.01SC problem sets for weeks 1–4, with the self-check shown.
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README Physics 1: Mechanics, unit 1: Motion and Newton's laws Problems: Self-check result (matched / reworked): What I got wrong first and why:
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Energy and momentum
4 weeks (about 12 hrs/week)
Work through 8.01SC weeks 5–8 and read Volume 1 chapters 7–9. Then solve the odd-numbered problems of chapters 7–9 and the 8.01SC problem sets for weeks 5–8. Self-check: University Physics Volume 1, Answer Keys, chapters 7–9.
Proof required
Link the public repo with the odd-numbered problems of chapters 7–9 and the 8.01SC problem sets for weeks 5–8 written up (a typeset PDF, LaTeX source or notebook), and show the self-check: which answers matched and how you fixed the ones that did not.
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A public write-up of the odd-numbered problems of chapters 7–9 and the 8.01SC problem sets for weeks 5–8, with the self-check shown.
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README Physics 1: Mechanics, unit 2: Energy and momentum Problems: Self-check result (matched / reworked): What I got wrong first and why:
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Rotation and gravity
4 weeks (about 12 hrs/week)
Work through 8.01SC weeks 9–14 and read Volume 1 chapters 10–13. Then solve the 8.01SC problem sets for weeks 9–14, then the Saylor PHYS101 final exam. Self-check: Saylor PHYS101: Introduction to Mechanics, final exam.
Proof required
Link the public repo with the 8.01SC problem sets for weeks 9–14, then the Saylor PHYS101 final exam written up (a typeset PDF, LaTeX source or notebook), and show the self-check: which answers matched and how you fixed the ones that did not.
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A public write-up of the 8.01SC problem sets for weeks 9–14, then the Saylor PHYS101 final exam, with the self-check shown.
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README Physics 1: Mechanics, unit 3: Rotation and gravity Problems: Self-check result (matched / reworked): What I got wrong first and why:
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Measure g with a pendulum
4 weeks (about 12 hrs/week)
Make a measurement of the acceleration due to gravity with a home pendulum (a weight on a string), timed with a phone. Time 20 swings at five or more string lengths, repeat each three times, and fit period squared against length with a straight line; g = 4π²/slope, and the intercept absorbs any error in where the length is measured to. Safety: nothing with mains power, no laser above class 2 (read the label, never point it at an eye), no radioactive material, and no pressure or heat that can hurt. Under 18? Use the simulation or open-data route instead, or do it with an adult present. Simulation route: do the same fit in the PhET Pendulum Lab.
Proof required
Link the public repo with the method, raw measurements, a photo of the set-up (and the laser's class label, if one is used), the analysis and the result, the result with its uncertainty, and a README that says what you did and what limits the result.
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A measurement of the acceleration due to gravity with a home pendulum (a weight on a string), timed with a phone, in a public repo.
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README Physics 1: Mechanics — Measure g with a pendulum What I expected: Method: Result (value ± uncertainty): Accepted value and comparison: What limits the result:
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