Heinemann Queensland Science Project Physics - A Contextual Approach Student Pack (2e)

David Madden
Tyson Stelzer
Ian Lindsay
Darryl Parsons
Tracy Gaze
Title Heinemann Queensland Science Project Physics - A Contextual Approach Student Pack
Edition 2nd
ISBN 9781740819176
ISBN 10 1740819179
Published 21/12/2007
Published by Pearson Australia
Pages 629
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Total Price $93.95 Add to Cart
Description
Heinemann Queensland Science Project: Physics - A Contextual Approach second edition is written specifically to support the physics syllabus. An innovative layout and design makes the textbook easy and stimulating for students to use.
Table of contents
  • Contexts
  • Amusement park physics
  • Car audio
  • Cars - speed and safety
  • Crime scene physics
  • Discovering the solar system
  • Electronic devices
  • Medical physics
  • Movie magic
  • Physics in the home
  • Rocket science
  • Sport
  • The search for understanding
  • The sounds of music
  • Visiting the reef
  • Essential Physics
  • Acceleration
  • Atomic structure
  • Bernoulli's principle
  • Buoyancy
  • Capacitors and inductors
  • Centre of mass
  • Charge and Coulomb's law
  • Circular motion
  • Collisions
  • Critical velocity
  • Density
  • Direction
  • Electric fields and potential
  • Electricity
  • Electromagnetic spectrum
  • Energy and work
  • Equations of motion
  • Equilibrium
  • Escape velocity
  • Fluid flow
  • Friction
  • Gravity
  • Heat and its effect
  • Heat and temperature
  • Hooke's law
  • Ideal gas laws
  • Kinetic energy
  • Kinetic theory of gas
  • Kirchhoff's rules
  • Lasers
  • Latent heat
  • Lenses
  • Magnetic fields
  • Magnetic forces
  • Magnetism and electromagnetic induction
  • Mass and weight
  • Mass-energy equivalence
  • Mirrors
  • Momentum and impulse
  • Newton's first law of motion
  • Newton's second law of motion
  • Newton's third law of motion
  • Nuclear fission
  • Nuclear fusion
  • Nuclear radiation
  • Pascal's principle
  • Pendulum
  • Photoelectric effect
  • Potential energy
  • Power - electrical
  • Power - mechanical
  • Pressure
  • Quantum theory
  • Radioactive decay
  • Relativity
  • Rotational motion
  • Seimconductors
  • Simple harmonic motion
  • Simple machines
  • States of matter
  • Terminal velocity
  • Units
  • Vectors
  • Velocity
  • Vertical and projectile motion
  • Waves and refraction
  • Waves and the Doppler effect
  • Waves and their speed
  • Waves in one dimension
  • Waves in two dimensions
  • Wave - particle duality
Features & benefits

Key features

  • the content is presented in a modern and stimulating contexts with an emphasis on Queensland examples and case studies
  • comprehensive physics that allows schools to develop programs that readily cover the key concepts and key ideas of the new syllabus
  • clear explanations of concepts in language students can understand
  • student friendly, easy to follow layout including clearly structured sections
  • innovative, stimulating design with clear unambiguous features
  • interactive student CD-ROM.

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  • Windows® 2000, XP or Vista
  • Microsoft® Office 2000 or 2007
  • 128MB or more of installed RAM (256MB recommended for complex forms or large documents)
  • Adobe® Reader® 7 or 8

Mac specifications

  • G3 or higher
  • OS X.2.8 or higher
  • Microsoft® Office for Mac 2004
  • 128MB or more of installed RAM
  • Adobe® Reader® 7 or 8
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