Flipping Physics
2018 #1 Free Response Question - AP Physics 1 - Exam Solution
My solutions to Free Response Question #1 from the 2018 AP Physics 1 Exam. Also included are my reflections on how to get more points on the exam. This Short Answer question also works as a part of the AP Physics C: Mechanics curriculum.
Looking Glass Universe
What is Spin? - Quantum Mechanics
Research assignment: Teach me about spin. Below there are suggested questions, recommended sources and my social media accounts: QUESTIONS: Questions that require less research: 1. This is our first real example of quantization, the...
Curated Video
Why this football pass seems physically impossible
The way a football moves through the air is almost paradoxical. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When a football player throws a tight spiral pass, the ball glides through the air...
Curated Video
The Physics of Motocross - Smarter Every Day 30
This is most often described in terms of angular momentum. I decided to use the rotational energy approach. I'm shooting with a high speed camera made by Vision Research. http://www.visionresearch.com/Contact-Us/Contact-Form/ - Click...
Curated Video
Sneak Peek of Flipping Cat Math | SED 58 Intro
WATCH THIS IN HD - I thought this intro by Sarah and Gordon was too pretty not to post on its own. How do cats flip without violating the conservation of angular momentum? "Flipping cat math" allows us to see the farthest objects in the...
Gresham College
Rotation in Space - Professor Carolin Crawford
Rotation is a fundamental physical process throughout the Universe. So much is spinning, from planets and stars revolving on their axes, to whole spiral galaxies rotating around their centre. We shall start by looking at the fundamentals...
Numberphile
Catching Kendama - Numberphile
Tadashi's back (for the final video in this mini series) demonstrating the Kendama and some angular momentum. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Tadashi Tokieda will be back on Numberphile soon. Here's a playlist of his...
The Royal Institution
Why Doesn't the Earth Fall into the Sun? - Monthly Mailbag #7
Where does the Earth's angular momentum come from? Why do all planets move in the same direction? How did the solar system form in the first place? Jon answers questions from the comments. Subscribe for regular science videos:...
Flipping Physics
2017 #3 Free Response Question - AP Physics 1 - Exam Solution
My solutions to Free Response Question #3 from the 2017 AP Physics 1 Exam. Also included are my reflections on how to get more points on the exam. This Quantitative/Qualitative Translation question also works as a part of the AP Physics...
Looking Glass Universe
The de Broglie Equation and Why There Is No Wave-Particle Duality
The wave-particle duality seems to used all the time to explain quantum mechanics to the public, but it is one of my pet peeves. It represents an outmoded way of thinking (old quantum theory), which is replaced by our current...
Curated Video
Kinematics of rotational motion about a fixed axis
This nugget explains the kinematic of rotational motions and three equivalent of motion for bodies in a rotational motion.
Curated Video
How To X-Ray A Black Hole
Black holes are everywhere, including at the center of our galaxy. But because they’re invisible they’re quite difficult to study. Looking at the disks of material surrounding them, however, can give us tons of clues about how they...
SciShow
Do We Need a Negative Leap Second?
Did you know that last year we had 28 of the fastest days ever recorded? Earth's rotation can be affected by a number of things, and scientists think we might someday need an unprecedented adjustment: deleting a second!
SciShow
Do We Need a Negative Leap Second?
Did you know that last year we had 28 of the fastest days ever recorded? Earth's rotation can be affected by a number of things, and scientists think we might someday need an unprecedented adjustment: deleting a second!
SciShow
Will the Moon Ever Leave the Earth's Orbit?
Every year the moon’s orbit gets a little bigger and it moves just a little farther away. Should we worry about the Moon breaking free?
Curated Video
Quantum Physics in a Mirror Universe
When you look in mirror, and see what you think is a perfect reflection, you might be looking at universe whose laws are fundamentally different.
SciShow
Dark Matter is Slowing Down the Milky Way
The effects of dark matter on galaxies is a mystifying and difficult thing to study, but the Milky Way's galactic bar might present an exciting way to quantify how much of it exists!
Curated Video
The Fastest Human-Made Object Ever
The record for the fastest thing ever created by humans is a tie between the Helios 2 probe and a manhole cover.
SciShow
Will the Moon Ever Leave the Earth's Orbit?
Every year the moon’s orbit gets a little bigger and it moves just a little farther away. Should we worry about the Moon breaking free?
Curated Video
Electrons DO NOT Spin
Quantum mechanics has a lot of weird stuff - but there’s thing that everyone agrees that no one understands. I’m talking about quantum spin. Let’s find out how chasing this elusive little behavior of the electron led us to some of the...
SciShow
SciShow Talk Show: Henry Reich & Rook the Raven
Hello and welcome to SciShow Talk Show where we talk to interesting people about interesting things! This week we discuss why we know why we don't know how bicycles stay up with Minute Physics host Henry Reich. Special guest Jessi...
3Blue1Brown
Feynman's Lost Lecture (ft. 3Blue1Brown)
This video recounts a lecture by Richard Feynman giving an elementary demonstration of why planets orbit in ellipses. See the excellent book by Judith and David Goodstein, "Feynman's lost lecture”, for the full story behind this lecture,...
Curated Video
When Quasars When Quasars Collide STJC
In this video, we discuss the reports about the detection of a pair of supermassive black holes orbiting only one light year apart from each other. Studying the dance of these giants should tell us a ton about how black holes grow.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What on Earth is spin? - Brian Jones
Why does the Earth spin? Does a basketball falling from a spinning merry-go-round fall in a curve, as it appears to, or in a straight line? How can speed be manipulated while spinning? In short, why is the spinning motion so special?...