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Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
4 Topics
Introduction to How Things Work
Suggested Readings
Translations
Preliminary Assessment
8 Topics
Skating Introduction
Why Does a Motionless Skater Tend to Remain Motionless?
Why Does a Moving Skater Tend to Continue Moving?
How Can We Describe the Fluid Effortless Motion of a Coasting Skater?
How Does a Skater Start Stop or Turn?
Why Does a Skater Need Ice or Wheels in Order to Skate?
Skating Summary
Skating
9 Topics
Falling Balls Introduction
Why Does a Dropped Ball Fall Downward?
How Differently do Different Balls Fall?
How Would a Ball Fall on the Moon?
How Does a Falling Ball Move After it is Dropped?
How Can a Ball Move Upward and Still be Falling?
How Does a Ball's Horizontal Motion Affect its Fall?
Falling Balls Summary
Falling Balls
8 Topics
Ramps Introduction
Why Doesn't a Wagon Fall Through a Sidewalk?
Why Does a Sidewalk Perfectly Support a Wagon?
How Does a Wagon Move as You Let it Roll Freely on a Ramp?
Why is it More Exhausting to Lift a Wagon Up Than to Lower a Wagon Down?
Why is it Easier to Pull a Wagon Up a Ramp Than to Lift it Up a Ladder?
Ramps Summary
Ramps
9 Topics
Seesaws Introduction
How Does a Balanced Seesaw Move?
Why Does a Seesaw Need a Pivot?
Why Does a Lone Seesaw Rider Plummet to the Ground?
Why do the Riders' Weights and Positions Affect the Seesaw's Motion?
Why Do the Riders' Distances from the Pivot Affect the Seesaw's Responsiveness?
How Do the Seesaw's Riders Affect One Another?
Seesaws Summary
Seesaws
9 Topics
Wheels Introduction
Why Does a Wagon Need Wheels?
Why is Sliding a Box Across the Floor Usually Hardest at the Start?
How is Energy Wasted as a Box Skids to a Stop?
How Do Wheels Help a Wagon Coast?
How do Powered Wheels Propel a Bicycle or Car Forward?
How is Energy Present in a Wheel?
Wheels Summary
Wheels
8 Topics
Bumper Cars Introduction
Does a Moving Bumper Car Carry a Force?
How is Momentum Transferred From One Bumper Car to Another?
Does a Spinning Bumper Car Carry a Torque?
How is Angular Momentum Transferred From One Bumper Car to Another?
How Does a Bumper Car Move on an Uneven Floor?
Bumper Cars Summary
Bumper Cars
2 Topics
Closing out How Things Work and Keeping In Touch
Final Assessment
How Things Work: An Introduction to Physics
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