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=Part 1: Preview to AP Mechanics C:=
 * The following movie is a good introduction to the approach we will be taking in the first month. We will start with Forces, because we could do advanced dynamics problems in this area without using calculus right away. This will give you time to learn a bit in Calculus class in September before we begin diving into calculus based problems. If you want to get a preview of what that material would look like, you can check out the following two introductory videos to Mechanics C.
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> > Weight, Perceived Gravity, and Weightlessnes > [|Go to this video] > > > > Frictional Forces > [|Go to this video] > > * Here is an introductory movie on contact forces between objects showing and explaining some **real problems and solutions from the AP C** **exam.** Its the same teacher as in the intro video. > Lecture 2.1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_Bomoft-ngg > Lecture 2.2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=micJwiOKcVo&feature=channel&list=UL > Lecture 2.3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3MSHLs7WX0&feature=relmfu > > * I will teach you in September about the "unit vectors" called i, j and k. It also shows the type of trigonometry and Physics I'd expect you to be comfortable with during the first 2 weeks. If you want a sneak preview of that try the Khan Acadamy at:http://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/v/unit-vector-notation > and part 2 at http://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/v/unit-vector-notation--part-2 > > * . Here is a movie on some other applications of Newton's laws involving inclined planes and pulleys using unit vector notation. Its from an animated online from the Open University series that covers the whole AP C course. This one involves trig and i,j,k unit vectors. > [] > > Well that's a lot. If you still want to see more. Check out what we will be doing in Electricity and Magnetism C.
 * MIT has open courseware for many courses they teach. Two of Professor Walter Lewin's lectures are here:

=Part 2: Preview to Electricity & Magnetism C= > > Lecture 1: What holds our world together? > [|Go to this video] > > Lecture 2: Electric Field and Dipoles > [|Go to this video] > > > The above lectures were nice, but you may be asking "Where's the Math? " Like Mechanics C, we can start with electricity problems that are more advanced than what you learned last year, but don't yet need calculus. For an idea of this, take a look at these videos on electrostatics > 3. Colulomb's Law and E-Fields: > [] > 4. For an advanced preview of current and circuits, go to the animated movie from the Open University: > [] > > A lot of E&M will have to wait until after Christmas, after which you'll be ready for an important calculus topic called "integration". I will teach you a bit about it before you see it in your calculus class. > >
 * Here's how MIT Professor Walter Lewine begins E & M: