To add an attendee/student and register, please This year’s F=ma Physics Competition course is offered in three parts—Summer, Fall, and a short Spring session before the contest. The course began in the summer, but students may join the fall semester even if they did not take the summer portion, as long as they plan to participate in the F=ma competition.
Fall and Spring sessions will continue covering mechanics concepts and focusing on past competition problems, strategies, and time management. By the end of the spring review classes, students will be fully prepared for the February contest.
Fall and Spring sessions will continue covering mechanics concepts and focusing on past competition problems, strategies, and time management. By the end of the spring review classes, students will be fully prepared for the February contest.
Summer Online Course (16 sessions)
– Learn key physics concepts and problem-solving skills
– Learn key physics concepts and problem-solving skills
Fall Semester (14 hybird sessions)
– Deepen understanding and practice more problems
– Deepen understanding and practice more problems
Spring Semester (5 hybird sessions)
– Final review and competition prep
– Final review and competition prep
Competition Registration Deadline: January 2026
Competition Date: February 2026
Competition Date: February 2026
The whole course covers the following content:
1. Kinematics
(1) Motion decomposition
(2) Graphic analysis
(3) Relative speed
2. Dynamics
(1) Newton’s laws
(2) Static friction vs kinetic friction
3. Work, Power, and Energy
(1) Conservative Force
(2) Elastic and gravitational potential energy
4. Momentum and impulse
(1) Elastic collision
(2) Center of mass
5. Torque and Rotational motion
(1) Kinematics and Dynamics of Rotational motion
(2) Rolling without Slipping
(3) Parallel and perpendicular axis theorem of the moment of inertia
6. Gravitation
(1) Gravitational potential energy
(2) Kepler’s law
(3) Angular momentum
(4) Coriolis effect
7. Oscillations
(1) Periods
(2) Energy conservation
8. Fluids
(1) Buoyancy and Archimedes’ Principle
(2) Bernoulli’s equation
9. Dimensional analysis
10. Error propagation
(1) Motion decomposition
(2) Graphic analysis
(3) Relative speed
2. Dynamics
(1) Newton’s laws
(2) Static friction vs kinetic friction
3. Work, Power, and Energy
(1) Conservative Force
(2) Elastic and gravitational potential energy
4. Momentum and impulse
(1) Elastic collision
(2) Center of mass
5. Torque and Rotational motion
(1) Kinematics and Dynamics of Rotational motion
(2) Rolling without Slipping
(3) Parallel and perpendicular axis theorem of the moment of inertia
6. Gravitation
(1) Gravitational potential energy
(2) Kepler’s law
(3) Angular momentum
(4) Coriolis effect
7. Oscillations
(1) Periods
(2) Energy conservation
8. Fluids
(1) Buoyancy and Archimedes’ Principle
(2) Bernoulli’s equation
9. Dimensional analysis
10. Error propagation