| A Physics Toolkit | p. 2 |
| Launch Lab: Do all objects fall at the same rate? | p. 3 |
| Mathematics and Physics | p. 3 |
| Mini Lab: Measuring Change | p. 8 |
| Measurement | p. 11 |
| Graphing Data | p. 15 |
| Physics Lab: Exploring Objects in Motion | p. 20 |
| Mechanics | |
| Representing Motion | p. 30 |
| Launch Lab: Which car is faster? | p. 31 |
| Picturing Motion | p. 31 |
| Where and When? | p. 34 |
| Position-Time Graphs | p. 38 |
| How Fast? | p. 43 |
| Mini Lab: Instantaneous Velocity Vectors | p. 46 |
| Physics Lab: Creating Motion Diagrams | p. 48 |
| Accelerated Motion | p. 56 |
| Launch Lab: Do all types of motion look the same when graphed? | p. 57 |
| Acceleration | p. 57 |
| Mini Lab: A Steel Ball Race | p. 58 |
| Motion with Constant Acceleration | p. 65 |
| Free Fall | p. 72 |
| Physics Lab: Acceleration Due to Gravity | p. 76 |
| Forces in One Dimension | p. 86 |
| Launch Lab: Which force is stronger? | p. 87 |
| Force and Motion | p. 87 |
| Using Newton's Laws | p. 96 |
| Interaction Forces | p. 102 |
| Mini Lab: Tug-of-War Challenge | p. 103 |
| Physics Lab: Forces in an Elevator | p. 108 |
| Forces in Two Dimensions | p. 118 |
| Launch Lab: Can 2 N + 2 N = 2 N? | p. 119 |
| Vectors | p. 119 |
| Friction | p. 126 |
| Force and Motion in Two Dimensions | p. 131 |
| Mini Lab: What's Your Angle? | p. 135 |
| Physics Lab: The Coefficient of Friction | p. 136 |
| Motion in Two Dimensions | p. 146 |
| Launch Lab: How can the motion of a projectile be described? | p. 147 |
| Projectile Motion | p. 147 |
| Mini Lab: Over the Edge | p. 148 |
| Circular Motion | p. 153 |
| Relative Velocity | p. 157 |
| Physics Lab: On Target | p. 160 |
| Gravitation | p. 170 |
| Launch Lab: Can you model Mercury's motion? | p. 171 |
| Planetary Motion and Gravitation | p. 171 |
| Using the Law of Universal Gravitation | p. 179 |
| Mini Lab: Weightless Water | p. 182 |
| Physics Lab: Modeling the Orbits of Planets and Satellites | p. 186 |
| Rotational Motion | p. 196 |
| Launch Lab: How do different objects rotate as they roll? | p. 197 |
| Describing Rotational Motion | p. 197 |
| Rotational Dynamics | p. 201 |
| Equilibrium | p. 211 |
| Mini Lab: Spinning Tops | p. 213 |
| Physics Lab: Translational and Rotational Equilibrium | p. 218 |
| Momentum and Its Conservation | p. 228 |
| Launch Lab: What happens when a hollow plastic ball strikes a bocce ball? | p. 229 |
| Impulse and Momentum | p. 229 |
| Conservation of Momentum | p. 236 |
| Mini Lab: Rebound Height | p. 239 |
| Physics Lab: Sticky Collisions | p. 246 |
| Energy, Work, and Simple Machines | p. 256 |
| Launch Lab: What factors affect energy? | p. 257 |
| Energy and Work | p. 257 |
| Machines | p. 266 |
| Mini Lab: Wheel and Axle | p. 270 |
| Physics Lab: Stair Climbing and Power | p. 274 |
| Energy and Its Conservation | p. 284 |
| Launch Lab: How can you analyze a bouncing basketball? | p. 285 |
| The Many Forms of Energy | p. 285 |
| Conservation of Energy | p. 293 |
| Mini Lab: Energy Exchange | p. 301 |
| Physics Lab: Conservation of Energy | p. 302 |
| States of Matter | |
| Thermal Energy | p. 312 |
| Launch Lab: What happens when you provide thermal energy by holding a glass of water? | p. 313 |
| Temperature and Thermal Energy | p. 313 |
| Changes of State and the Laws of Thermodynamics | p. 323 |
| Mini Lab: Melting | p. 324 |
| Physics Lab: Heating and Cooling | p. 332 |
| States of Matter | p. 340 |
| Launch Lab: Does it float or sink? | p. 341 |
| Properties of Fluids | p. 341 |
| Mini Lab: Pressure | p. 345 |
| Forces Within Liquids | p. 349 |
| Fluids at Rest and in Motion | p. 352 |
| Solids | p. 359 |
| Physics Lab: Evaporative Cooling | p. 364 |
| Waves and Light | |
| Vibrations and Waves | p. 374 |
| Launch Lab: How do waves behave in a coiled spring? | p. 375 |
| Periodic Motion | p. 375 |
| Wave Properties | p. 381 |
| Wave Behavior | p. 387 |
| Mini Lab: Wave Interaction | p. 389 |
| Physics Lab: Pendulum Vibrations | p. 392 |
| Sound | p. 402 |
| Launch Lab: How can glasses produce musical notes? | p. 403 |
| Properties and Detection of Sound | p. 403 |
| The Physics of Music | p. 411 |
| Mini Lab: Sounds Good | p. 418 |
| Physics Lab: Speed of Sound | p. 420 |
| Fundamentals of Light | p. 430 |
| Launch Lab: How can you determine the path of light through air? | p. 431 |
| Illumination | p. 431 |
| The Wave Nature of Light | p. 439 |
| Mini Lab: Color by Temperature | p. 441 |
| Physics Lab: Polarization of Light | p. 448 |
| Reflection and Mirrors | p. 456 |
| Launch Lab: How is an image shown on a screen? | p. 457 |
| Reflection from Plane Mirrors | p. 457 |
| Mini Lab: Virtual Image Position | p. 462 |
| Curved Mirrors | p. 464 |
| Physics Lab: Concave Mirror Images | p. 474 |
| Refraction and Lenses | p. 484 |
| Launch Lab: What does a straw in a liquid look like from the side view? | p. 485 |
| Refraction of Light | p. 485 |
| Convex and Concave Lenses | p. 493 |
| Mini Lab: Lens Masking Effects | p. 495 |
| Applications of Lenses | p. 500 |
| Physics Lab: Convex Lenses and Focal Length | p. 504 |
| Interference and Diffraction | p. 514 |
| Launch Lab: Why does a compact disc reflect a rainbow of light? | p. 515 |
| Interference | p. 515 |
| Diffraction | p. 524 |
| Mini Lab: Retinal Projection Screen | p. 531 |
| Physics Lab: Double-Slit Interference of Light | p. 532 |
| Electricity and Magnetism | |
| Static Electricity | p. 540 |
| Launch Lab: Which forces act over a distance? | p. 541 |
| Electric Charge | p. 541 |
| Electric Force | p. 546 |
| Mini Lab: Investigating Induction and Conduction | p. 549 |
| Physics Lab: Charged Objects | p. 554 |
| Electric Fields | p. 562 |
| Launch Lab: How do charged objects interact at a distance? | p. 563 |
| Creating and Measuring Electric Fields | p. 563 |
| Applications of Electric Fields | p. 569 |
| Mini Lab: Electric Fields | p. 573 |
| Physics Lab: Charging of Capacitors | p. 580 |
| Current Electricity | p. 590 |
| Launch Lab: Can you get a lightbulb to light? | p. 591 |
| Current and Circuits | p. 591 |
| Mini Lab: Current Affairs | p. 599 |
| Using Electric Energy | p. 601 |
| Physics Lab: Voltage, Current, and Resistance | p. 606 |
| Series and Parallel Circuits | p. 616 |
| Launch Lab: How do fuses protect electric circuits? | p. 617 |
| Simple Circuits | p. 617 |
| Mini Lab: Parallel Resistance | p. 623 |
| Applications of Circuits | p. 627 |
| Physics Lab: Series and Parallel Circuits | p. 632 |
| Magnetic Fields | p. 642 |
| Launch Lab: In which direction do magnetic fields act? | p. 643 |
| Magnets: Permanent and Temporary | p. 643 |
| Mini Lab: 3-D Magnetic Fields | p. 650 |
| Forces Caused by Magnetic Fields | p. 652 |
| Physics Lab: Creating an Electromagnet | p. 660 |
| Electromagnetic Induction | p. 670 |
| Launch Lab: What happens in a changing magnetic field? | p. 671 |
| Electric Current from Changing Magnetic Fields | p. 671 |
| Changing Magnetic Fields Induce EMF | p. 679 |
| Mini Lab: Motor and Generator | p. 682 |
| Physics Lab: Induction and Transformers | p. 686 |
| Electromagnetism | p. 696 |
| Launch Lab: From where do radio stations broadcast? | p. 697 |
| Interactions of Electric and Magnetic Fields and Matter | p. 697 |
| Mini Lab: Modeling a Mass Spectrometer | p. 702 |
| Electric and Magnetic Fields in Space | p. 705 |
| Physics Lab: Electromagnetic Wave Shielding | p. 714 |
| Modern Physics | |
| Quantum Theory | p. 722 |
| Launch Lab: What does the spectrum of a glowing lightbulb look like? | p. 723 |
| A Particle Model of Waves | p. 723 |
| Mini Lab: Glows in the Dark | p. 724 |
| Matter Waves | p. 735 |
| Physics Lab: Modeling the Photoelectric Effect | p. 738 |
| The Atom | p. 746 |
| Launch Lab: How can identifying different spinning coins model types of atoms? | p. 747 |
| The Bohr Model of the Atom | p. 747 |
| Mini Lab: Bright-Line Spectra | p. 755 |
| The Quantum Model of the Atom | p. 760 |
| Physics Lab: Finding the Size of an Atom | p. 766 |
| Solid-State Electronics | p. 774 |
| Launch Lab: How can you show conduction in a diode? | p. 775 |
| Conduction in Solids | p. 775 |
| Electronic Devices | p. 784 |
| Mini Lab: Red Light | p. 788 |
| Physics Lab: Diode Current and Voltage | p. 790 |
| Nuclear Physics | p. 798 |
| Launch Lab: How can you model the nucleus? | p. 799 |
| The Nucleus | p. 799 |
| Nuclear Decay and Reactions | p. 806 |
| Mini Lab: Modeling Radioactive Decay | p. 813 |
| The Building Blocks of Matter | p. 815 |
| Physics Lab: Exploring Radiation | p. 824 |
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