Vectors & Scalars:

• Scalars and Vectors (text)

• Intro to vectors and scalars (video) | Khan Academy (video)

• Scalars and Vectors (video)

 

Vector Components & Addition:

• Vector Addition

• Vector Addition: The Order Does NOT Matter

• MCAT Physics Adding Vectors Using Angles and Components - Translational Motion Vid 4 (video)

 

Force:

• The Meaning of Force (text)

• Types of Forces (text)

• Determining the Net Force (text)

• Forces in MCAT Physics Tutorial Video Series (video)

 

Newton’s 1st Law: The Law of Inertia

• Newton's Laws of Motion Tutorial (text)

• More on Newton's first law of motion (video) | Khan Academy (video)

• Newton's First Law (Inertia) | Newton's Three Laws of Mechanics | Doc Physics

• Newton's First Law of Motion in MCAT Physics Forces (vid 2) (video)

 

Centers of Mass, Gravity & Buoyancy:

• Centre of buoyancy demonstration

• Center of mass (video) | Khan Academy

• Center of Buoyancy: Definition & Formula - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

 

Newton’s 2nd Law: F = ma

• Newton's Second Law of Motion

• Newton's second law of motion (video) | Khan Academy (video)

• Newton's Second Law of Motion: F = ma (video)

 

Newton’s 3rd Law: Action-Reaction

• Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion made SUPER simple! Everything you need to know for Physics MCAT

• Newton's third law of motion (video) | Khan Academy

• Newtons Third Law - Force - MCAT Content

• Newton's Third Law

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Linear Motion:

• MCAT Physics Kinematic Equations and Knowing Which To Use (video)

• 6.2: Linear motion - Physics LibreTexts (text)

• Physics - Linear Motion Introduction

 

Linear Motion Graphs:

• PMO 1.2: Linear Motion: Graphs

• Linear Motion Graph

• Physics - Analysing Motion Graphs

 

Air Resistance:

• Free Fall and Air Resistance

• Air Resistance Formula

• Air Resistance | University Physics

• What is Air Resistance?

• Air Resistance | Examples of Air Resistance | How to Reduce Air Resistance

 

Gravity:

• Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

• Gravity, Universal Gravitation Constant - Gravitational Force Between Earth, Moon & Sun, Physics

• Weight, Force, Mass & Gravity | Forces & Motion | Physics | FuseSchool

• Potential Energy

 

Friction:

• Intuition on static and kinetic friction comparisons (video) | Khan Academy

• Friction Static And Kinetic - Force - MCAT Content.

• Static Friction and Kinetic Friction Physics Problems With Free Body Diagrams

• What is friction? (article) | Khan Academy

 

Inclined Planes:

• Inclined planes review (article) | Khan Academy (text)

• Inclined Planes (text)

• Introduction to Inclined Planes

 

Tension:

• What is tension? (article)

• Tension (Physics): Definition, Formula, How to Find (w/ Diagrams & Examples

• Tension Force Physics Problems

• Introduction to tension | Forces and Newton's laws of motion | Physics | Khan Academy

• Intro to Tension Forces - Nerdstudy Physics

 

Springs/Hooke’s Law/Elastic Potential Energy

• Springs – The Physics Hypertextbook

• What is Hooke's Law? (article) | Khan Academy

• Intro to springs and Hooke's law (video) | Khan Academy

• Hooke's Law and Elastic Potential Energy

• GCSE Physics - Elastic Potential Energy and F = ke Equations #45

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Pendulums:

• Simple pendulum review (article) | Khan Academy

• The Simple Pendulum

• The Simple Pendulum

• Pendulums | Oscillations and mechanical waves | Physics | Khan Academy

 

Simple Harmonic Motion:

• Harmonic Motion

• Introduction to simple harmonic motion review (article) | Khan Academy

• How To Solve Simple Harmonic Motion Problems In Physics

• Simple Harmonic Motion: Hooke's Law

• Simple Harmonic Motion, Mass Spring System - Amplitude, Frequency, Velocity - Physics Problems

 

Density & Specific Gravity:

• Specific Gravity and Density of Mixtures - Fluids Physics Problems

• Density Specific Gravity - Fluids - MCAT Content (text)

• Density and Specific Gravity (video)

 

Archimedes’ Principle & The Buoyant Force:

• Archimedes Principle: Explained in Really Simple Words (video)

• Archimedes Principle (video)

• Buoyancy Archimedes Principle - Fluids - MCAT Content (text)

• Archimedes Principle, Buoyant Force, Basic Introduction - Buoyancy & Density - Fluid Statics

• Buoyancy and Buoyant Force Equation (video)

• What is buoyant force? (article) | Fluids | Khan Academy (text)

 

Fluid Pressure:

• Introduction to Pressure & Fluids - Physics Practice Problems

• 14.1 Fluids, Density, and Pressure | University Physics Volume 1 (Fluids, Density and Pressure)

• Fluids Pressure for Fluids at Rest

• Hydrostatic Pressure - Fluids - MCAT Content

• Hydrostatics – Hydrostatic Pressure

 

Fluid Flow:

• Viscosity Poiseuille Flow - Fluids - MCAT Content

• Poiseuille's Law + What is Laminar and Turbulent Flow? | MCAT 2021

 

Bernoulli’s Equation:

• Bernoullis Equation - Fluids - MCAT Content

• Bernoulli's Equation Example Problems, Fluid Mechanics - Physics

• Bernoulli Equation

 

Equilibrium:

• Equilibrium and Statics

• Static and Dynamic Equilibrium

 

Torque:

• Introduction to torque (video) | Khan Academy

• Torque Physics: Lever Arm and Force

• Torque, Basic Introduction, Lever Arm, Moment of Force, Simple Machines & Mechanical Advantage

 

Energy and Work

• Work, Energy, and Power - Basic Introduction

• Introduction to Elastic Potential Energy with Examples

• Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy

• Work, Energy, and Power

• MCAT Physics Chapter 2: Work and Energy

• Work example problems | Work and energy | Physics | Khan Academy

• Introduction to work and energy (video) | Khan Academy

 

Hydraulic lift & Pascal's Principle

• Hydraulic Lift Physics Explained

• Pascal's Principle, Hydraulic Lift System, Pascal's Law of Pressure, Fluid Mechanics Problems

• Pascal's Principle and Hydraulic Lift

 

Power:

• Power (Basic definition of power)

• What is power? (article) | Work and energy | Khan Academy

• Force, Work and Power Physics Formulas and Units made super simple Physics MCAT

• Energy, Work & Power (24 of 31) Power, An Explanation

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Charge:

• Electric current (Tutorial on electric charge.)

• Physics Tutorial: Triboelectric Charging (Charging with static electricity via friction.)

• Coulomb's Law (video) | Khan Academy (Khan video covering charge and Coulomb’s Law.)

• Introduction to Electric Charge (Friction, Conduction, Induction) | Doc Physics

• MCAT Study Guide Physics Ch. 7 – Electricity – Mcatforme

 

Conductance:

• Conductors and Insulators (Conductors and Inductors

• Conductors and Insulators | Physics | Khan Academy

 

Electric Fields: Field Lines & Equipotential Lines, Dipoles

• Electric field (video) | Khan Academy (Overview of electric fields.)

• Electric Field E - Electrostatics - MCAT Content

• Electric Dipole Moment, Force, Torque, Potential Energy, Work, Electric Field, Physics

• Electric potential energy (video) | Khan Academy (Khan video on electrical potential; Sal also uses the same comparison we employ in the manual between gravitational fields and electric fields.)

• Voltage (video) | Khan Academy (Khan video on voltage)

• Electric Fields: Crash Course Physics #26

 

Magnetism:

• Magnetism, Magnetic Field Force, Right Hand Rule, Ampere's Law, Torque, Solenoid, Physics Problems (overview)

• Magnetism: Crash Course Physics #32

• Introduction to magnetism (video) | Khan Academy

• Magnetism - Part 1 (video)

• Magnetism - Part 2 (video)

• Magnetism - Part 3 (video)

• Magnetic field (image)

• Faraday's Law (image)

• Right Hand Rule and Introduction to Magnetic Forces on Moving Charges | Doc Physics

• Magnetic Force and Right Hand Rule

 

Current, Resistance & Voltage:

• Current, Voltage/Electromotive Force, and Resistance

• Voltage Current and Resistance

• Resistance - Circuit Elements - MCAT Content

• Current and resistance (article) | Khan Academy

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFxYooPA7AM

 

Ohm’s Law:

• Ohm's Law - Physics Tutorial

• Resistance - Circuit Elements - MCAT Content.

• Ohm's Law (Review of Ohm’s Law and Kirchoff’s two rules)

• Introduction to circuits and Ohm's law (video) | Khan Academy

• Ohm's Law

 

Circuits:

• MCAT Physics Ch. 6: Circuits (text)

• Physics Tutorial: What is an Electric Circuit? (text)

 

Capacitors and Capacitance

• How Capacitors Work | Parallel Plate Capacitors, Insulators, and Capacitance Equation

• Capacitors and capacitance (video) | Khan Academy

• Introduction to Capacitors, Capacitance and Charge

• http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circuits/u9l4a.cf (Circuit Components)

• Capacitance (Capacitance, Capacitors and Adding Capacitors in Series and Parallel)

• Charging a Capacitor

• Capacitance (video) | Circuits (Khan video on capacitance.)

 

Resistors:

• Resistors in series (video) | Circuits | Khan Academy

• Resistors in parallel (video) | Circuits | Khan Academy

• Resistors In Series and Parallel Circuits - Keeping It Simple!

• Physics Tutorial: Series Circuits

• Physics Tutorial: Parallel Circuits

 

Wave Characteristics/Variables:

• Physics Tutorial: What is a Wave? (Great introduction to the basics of waves. The important point that waves transport energy but not matter is an MCAT favorite.)

• Introduction to waves (video) | Khan Academy

• What are the characteristics of Sound Waves?

• Properties of periodic waves (video) | Khan Academy

• Waves and Periodic Motion - MCAT Review

• Physics Tutorial: Energy Transport and the Amplitude of a Wave (Amplitude and energy transport.)

 

Types of Waves: Transverse vs. Longitudinal,

• Transverse and Longitudinal Waves

• Transverse And Longitudinal Waves Wavelength And Propagation Speed - Periodic Motion - MCAT Content

• Difference Between Longitudinal and Transverse Wave

 

Mechanical vs. Electromagnetic

• Wave Propagation: Mechanical Waves vs. Electromagnetic Waves | Study.com

• Propagation of an Electromagnetic Waves (Intro to electromagnetic waves and how they propagate.)

• Longitudinal and Transverse Wave Motion

 

Superposition of Waves:

• https://isaacphysics.org/concepts/cp_superpositionstage=all (Explains superposition)

• Superposition of Waves

• Wave Superposition Introduction

• Principle of Superposition

 

Constructive/Destructive

• Constructive and Destructive interference (video) | Khan Academy

• Destructive and Constructive Interference

• Constructive and Destructive Interference

 

Standing Waves VS TRAVELING WAVES

• Physics Tutorial: Traveling Waves vs. Standing Waves (Differentiation between standing waves and traveling waves.)

• Physics Tutorial: Formation of Standing Waves (Excellent tutorial on standing waves.)

• Physics Tutorial: Nodes and Anti-nodes (Nodes and antinodes in standing waves.)

 

Beat waves

• Beat Frequencies (Good intro to wave interference and beat frequency.)

• Beat frequency (video) | Wave interference | Khan Academy

• Sound Decibels and Beats Equations

 

The Doppler Effect:

• Doppler effect introduction (video) | Khan Academy

• Doppler Effect & Doppler Equation Everything you need to know for MCAT Physics

• Doppler Effect | Sample Scenarios Explained

• The Doppler Effect Equation - Top Online General

 

Sound:

• Physics Tutorial: Sound as a Mechanical Wave (Intro to sound waves.)

• Sound Properties: Amplitude, period, frequency, wavelength (video) | Khan Academy

• Sound as a Longitudinal Wave (More on sound waves.)

• Sound - MCAT Review

• Sound Waves and the Eardrum (Excellent explanation of sound waves striking the eardrum; a precursor to later biology lessons where you will need to know the inner bones of the ear and how they transmit sound to the oval window.)

 

Harmonics:

• Harmonic Motion

• Physics Tutorial: Harmonics and Patterns (Intro to harmonics.)

• Introduction to harmonic motion (video) | Khan Academy

• Harmonic Functions (video) | Laplacian | Khan Academy

• Simple Harmonic Motion

• Physics Tutorial: Guitar Strings (Examples of a problem type that has been asked on the MCAT previously

• MCAT Physics: Simple Harmonic Motion Pendulums | The Princeton Review example problem

 

Energy of a Photon

• What Is a Photon in Physics? (More on photons from the same source.)

• Photon Energy (video)

 

Calculating energy of photon

• Calculating the energy of a photon

• How To Calculate The Energy of a Photon Given Frequency & Wavelength in nm Chemistry

 

Young’s Double-Slit Experiment:

• Young's double slit introduction (video) | Khan Academy

• Young's double slit equation (video) | Khan Academy

• Young's double slit problem solving (video) | Khan Academy

• Double Slit Interference (More on double-slit interference.)

 

Electromagnetic Spectrum:

• Electromagnetic Spectrum Explained - Gamma X rays Microwaves Infrared Radio Waves UV Visble Light

• Electromagnetic waves and the electromagnetic spectrum (video) | Khan Academy

• Classification Of Electromagnetic Spectrum Photon Energy E Hf - Light And Electromagnetic Radiation - MCAT Content

 

Snell’s Law: Index of Refraction, Formula, Total Internal Reflection

• Snell's Law & Index of Refraction - Wavelength, Frequency and Speed of Light

• Refraction and Snell's law (video) | Khan Academy

• Specular and diffuse reflection (video) | Khan Academy (Good conceptual intro to reflection with real-life examples.)

• Geometric Derivation of Snell's Law for Refraction | Doc Physics (Thorough explanation of the derivation of Snell’s Law. Great for gaining a conceptual understanding.)

 

Virtual vs. Real Images:

• MCAT Physics Ch. 8 PART 1: Light and Optics

• Advanced Tips for solving Mirror and Lens Problems (Virtual, Real, inverted Images) MCAT

• Virtual image (video) | Mirrors | Khan Academy

• Reflection and Mirrors - Detailed Help

• Difference Between Real Image and Virtual Image

• A Summary of Images Formed by Mirrors | Geometric Optics | Doc Physics (Good summary of what images are formed when.)

 

Lenses: Converging vs. Diverging, Assume Parallel Rays, etc.

• Convex lenses (video) | Geometric optics | Khan Academy (Intro to convex lenses.)

• Concave lenses (video) | Geometric optics | Khan Academy (Intro to concave lenses.)

• Concave Lens Vs Convex Lens with Thin Lens Equation: AP Physics and MCAT Physics – Moosmosis

• Image Formation by Lenses (Intro to converging and diverging lenses.)

• https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/U14L5c.cfm Demonstrates several important clarifications that are vital to a thorough conceptual understanding.

• Convex lens examples (video) | Lenses | Khan Academy (THIS IS A MUST-VIEW. You may want to watch it a couple of times.

 

Mirrors:

• Parabolic mirrors and real images (video) | Khan Academy

• Plane Mirrors | Geometric Optics | Doc Physics (Very thorough coverage of mirrors.)

• Mirrors and Lens Equation 1/f = 1/do + 1/di and Magnification EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW MCAT

 

Lens/Mirror Calculations:

• MCAT: Finding Image Distance, Magnification, and Height of Image for Convex Mirror

• https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/waves-and-optics/v/object-image-and-focal-distance-relationship--proof-of-formula Video describing how the thin lens equation is derived from simple geometric relationships.

 

Near-Sighted vs. Far-Sighted:

• Farsighteness vs. Nearsightedness, An Explanation

• Nearsightedness and Farsightedness