Arapahoe High School Physics Podcasts: Recent Episodes

Jeff Smith

Podcasts created to aid all levels of Mr. Jeff Smith's physics classes at Arapahoe High School, including content appropriate for Intro Physics, AP Physics B, and AP Physics C students.

This podcast explains how to evaluate definite integrals at given limits of integration, and how this idea relates to finding the area under the curve when a function is graphed.

This podcast introduces integrals with the idea "un-doing" a derivative, and then works several examples based on the reverse of the power rule.

This podcast explains how to apply your understanding of derivatives to the problem of finding the maximum or minimum value of a function.

This podcast introduces how to perform derivatives for some more complicated functions, specifically how to use the chain rule for derivatives of composite functions, and how to use the product rule for the derivative of the product of two functions.

This podcast introduces common derivatives that can't be performed with the power rule, such as derivatives of some trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions.

This podcast introduces the concept of derivatives, at a depth appropriate for students beginning a calculus-based physics course. This includes a brief description of what a derivative means, and how to find derivatives using the power rule.

This podcast explains standing waves on strings, including an explanation for how to calculate which frequencies of vibration will 'work' to cause a certain string to resonate at all of its different harmonic frequencies.

This podcast introduces the idea of static equilibrium, once students are already familiar with torque concepts.

This podcast describes several sound wave properties, and introduces the sound wave phenomena of Doppler Effect and Beat Frequency. Simple calculations are also briefly discussed.

This podcast explains how to examine forces and torques while an object is rolling.

This podcast explains what torque is, and how to calculate it. Newton's 2nd Law is also revisited, from a rotational perspective.

This podcast is a quick review of Gauss' Law, including conductors in electrostatic equilibrium, E-field due to spherical conductors & non-conductors, E-field due to sheets of charge, and E-field due to lines of charge.

This podcast introduces the formula for calculating rate of heat transfer through conduction, with an example problem to help demonstrate how the formula is used.

This podcast explains the definition of heat, and how it differs from internal energy. It also explains conduction, convection, and radiation as the three methods of heat transfer.

This podcast discusses calculations for the linear and volume expansion of objects when heated.

This podcast deals with the similarities between simple harmonic motion and uniform circular motion. Problem-solving is discussed, using functions for position, velocity, and acceleration of a simple harmonic oscillator.

This podcast explains how to think about the energy of a simple harmonic oscillator (specifically a mass-spring system), and also how to solve related problems.

This podcast is a very quick review of what forces are acting on a rolling object, and how those forces affect the object's motion.

This podcast is a very quick review of how to use energy-conservation ideas when an object is rotating during its motion.

This podcast introduces the concept of center of mass, both for a system of particles and for irregularly-shaped objects.

This podcast is a very quick review of how to use energy-conservation ideas to solve motion problems where no friction is involved, and also what extra thinking to use when friction is involved.

This podcast is intended to review some conceptual ideas related to work, energy, and momentum. It just consists of 8 conceptual questions, with answers discussed.

This podcast introduces Potential Energy Curves, after students are already familiar with energy concepts such as kinetic and potential energies, and also E-conservation.

This podcast is a very quick review of projectile ideas, including the differences between x- and y- components of motion, how to solve problems when projectiles are launched horizontally, and what additional thinking is involved if a projectile is launched at an initial angle.

This podcast introduces you to how to add vectors graphically, and also how to use basic trig to solve for resultants and vector components. (Only deals with parallel and perpendicular pairs of vectors.)