Physics 8: Lectures

For each lecture, the PowerPoint file is available, along with a full-color 4-slide-per-page PDF version. If you want to print grayscale or black & white, you may be able to do so from the PowerPoint file.


Lecture 1: Course Introduction, Roadmap

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 2: Basic Physics I: Laws of Motion

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 3: Basic Physics II: Work, Energy, Power

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 4: Energy Flow and Human Energy Requirements

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 5: Springs, Oscillation, and Resonance

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 6: Electric Force, Fields, Current, & Bulbs

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 7: Ohm's Law, Basic Circuits, Bulbstravaganzza

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 8: AC Electricity, Transformers

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 9: Electrictronic Devices, Diodes, and More

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Transmitter Questions: First Half

PowerPoint Lecture | 9-slide PDF


Lecture 10: Sound and Sound Waveforms

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 11: Digital Information, Sampling, CDs

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 12: Transistors, Logic, Computers, Remote Controls

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 13: Radio: Electromagnetic Waves, AM, FM

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 14: Faraday Cages and Microwaves

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 15: Television, LCDs, etc.

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 16: Optics: Reflection and Refraction (Revised!)

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 17: Light, Color, and Spectra

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 18: Color Perception, and Natural Light Phenomena

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 19: Student-selected topics #1

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Lecture 20: Tides

PowerPoint Lecture | 4-slide PDF


Transmitter Questions: Second Half (updated with TV questions)

PowerPoint Lecture | 9-slide PDF


Back to Physics 8 Main Page