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    Unit 1: Mechanical Vibrations and Waves in Extended Objects
    1.1: Periodic Motion and Simple Harmonic Oscillators
    1.2: Simple Harmonic Motion
    1.3: Oscillations and Energy
    1.4: Forced Oscillations and Resonance
    1.5: Wave Motion
    1.6: Superposition and Interference
    1.7: Energy in Waves
    Unit 1 Assessment
    Unit 2: Electrostatics
    2.1: Introduction to Electricity
    2.2: Conductors and Insulators
    2.3: Coulomb's Law
    2.4: Electric Field and Gauss' Law
    2.5. Applications of Electrostatics
    2.6: Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy
    2.7: Capacitors and Capacitance – Storage of Electric Energy
    Unit 2 Assessment
    Unit 3: Electronic Circuit Theory
    3.1: Electric Current, Voltage and Resistance
    3.2: Ohm's Law
    3.3: Resistance and Resistivity
    3.4: Power in Electric Circuits
    3.5: Alternating Current vs. Direct Current
    3.6: Electric Hazards and the Human Body
    3.7: Resistors in Circuits
    3.8: Kirchhoff's Rules
    3.9: DC Voltmeters and Ammeters
    Unit 3 Assessment
    Unit 4: Magnetism
    4.1: Magnets
    4.2: Magnetic Field
    4.3: Magnetic Force on Moving Electric Charges
    4.4: Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire
    4.5: Magnetic Fields Produced by Currents: Ampère's Law
    4.6: Magnetic Force Between Two Parallel Conductors
    Unit 4 Assessment
    Unit 5: Electromagnetic Induction
    5.1: Faraday's Law
    5.2: Motional Emf
    5.3: Eddy Currents
    5.4: Electric Generators
    5.5: Transformers
    5.6: Electrical Safety
    5.7: Inductance
    5.8: RC, RL, and RLC Circuits
    Unit 5 Assessment
    Unit 6: Electromagnetic Waves
    6.1: Maxwell's Equations
    6.2: Electromagnetic Waves
    6.3: Spectrum of Electromagnetic Radiation
    6.4: Energy and Intensity of Electromagnetic Waves
    Unit 6 Assessment
    Unit 7: Optics
    7.1: Geometric Optics – The Ray Aspect of Light
    7.2: Geometric Optics – The Law of Reflection
    7.3: Geometric Optics – The Law of Refraction
    7.4: Dispersion and Prisms
    7.5: Image Formation by Lenses
    7.6: Image Formation by Mirrors
    7.7: Optical Instruments
    7.8: Wave Optics: Interference
    7.9: Wave Optics: Diffraction
    7.10: Polarization
    Unit 7 Assessment
    Unit 8: Special Relativity
    8.1: Introduction to Relativity
    8.2: Simultaneity, Time Dilation, and Length Contraction
    8.3: Relativistic Momentum and Energy
    Unit 8 Assessment
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