Electric fields Electric field lines - between plates Electric field lines around particles Electric field between charged particles Coulomb’s law Calculating with Coulomb’s law Electric field strength Electric fields & work Speed of charged particles in electric fields

VCE Physics Podcast

Electric fields

Dynamic microphone, Condenser microphone, Carbon microphone, Frequency response curves, Sound recording, Amplifiers, Loudspeakers

Sound recording & playback

A guide to preparing for & completing the upcoming VCE Physics exam.

Exam time

Definitions, Why optical fibres?, Light emitting diodes, Light dependent resistors, A light sensing circuit, Photodiodes, Phototransistors, Remote control circuit, Digital data, Binary numbers, Pulse Code Modulation, Light modulation

Photonics

Australia’s energy usage, Why is sustainable energy important?, Energy transformations & efficiency, Solar energy, Photovoltaic cells, Solar energy calculations, Wind power, Wind power calculations, Hydro power, Hydro power calculations, Biofuels.

Sustainable energy sources

What is light?, The electromagnetic spectrum, Waves, Wave equations, Light as electromagnetic radiation, Polarisation, Colour, Colour addition, Colour subtraction, Interference & structural colour

Light waves: Polarisation & Colour

The human eye, Near point, Lens power, Short sightedness (Myopia), Long sightedness (Hypermetropia), Using lenses

Optics & vision

Refraction, Converging lens, Diverging lens, Images in convex (converging) lenses, The human eye, Images in concave (diverging) lenses, The lens & mirror equation, Image formation - summary

Lenses

Reflection - formation of images, Reflection in concave mirrors, Reflection in convex mirrors, The lens & mirror equation

Mirrors

Reflection, Formation of images, Refraction, Refractive index, Snell’s law, Total internal refraction, Critical angle, Apparent depth, Dispersion of colour

Reflection & refraction

Energy, Work, Gravitational potential energy, Kinetic energy, Work calculations, Ramps, Energy transformations, Elastic potential energy, Efficiency, Power

Work & energy

Momentum, Calculating momentum changes, Impulse, Force & time - Airbags, Conservation of momentum, Conservation of momentum calculation

Momentum

Gravity & Newton’s third law, Tension & pulleys, Car towing a trailer, Inclined planes

Calculating forces

Forces, Forces as vectors, Resolving vectors, Explaining motion - Aristotle vs Newton, Newton’s first law, Newton’s second law, Weight, Calculating acceleration, Newton’s third law, Moving forward, Gravity & Newton’s third law

Newton's laws of motion

Displacement, velocity & acceleration, Velocity-time graph, The five kinematics equations, Solving kinematics problems, Gravity

Equations of motion

A podcast focusing on different concepts in VCE Physics. Check out the additional resources at: http://www.vcephysics.com/

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