Why Use Body Physics?
When to use Body Physics
How to use Body Physics
Tasks Remaining and Coming Improvements
Who Created Body Physics?
Dedication
I. Unit 1: Purpose and Preparation
1. The Body's Purpose
2. The Purpose of This Texbook
3. Prepare to Overcome Barriers
4. Prepare to Struggle
5. Prepare Your Expectations
6. Prepare Your Strategy
7. Prepare Your Schedule
8. Unit 1 Review
9. Unit 1 Practice and Assessment
II. Unit 2: Measuring the Body
10. Jolene's Migraines
11. The Scientific Process
12. Scientific Models
13. Measuring Heart Rate
14. Dosage Calculations
15. Human Dimensions
16. Body Surface Area
17. Heart Beats Per Lifetime
18. Unit 2 Review
19. Unit 2 Practice and Assessment
III. Unit 3: Errors in Body Composition Measurement
20. Body Mass Index
21. The Skinfold Method
22. Pupillary Distance Self-Measurement
23. Working with Uncertainties
24. Other Methods of Reporting Uncertainty*
25. Unit 3 Review
26. Unit 3 Practice and Assessment
IV. Unit 4: Better Body Composition Measurement
27. Body Density
28. Body Volume by Displacement
29. Body Weight
30. Measuring Body Weight
31. Body Density from Displacement and Weight
32. Under Water Weight
33. Hydrostatic Weighing
34. Unit 4 Review
35. Unit 4 Practice and Assessment
V. Unit 5: Maintaining Balance
36. Balance
37. Center of Gravity
38. Supporting the Body
39. Slipping
40. Friction in Joints
41. Tipping
42. Human Stability
43. Tripping
44. Types of Stability
45. The Anti-Gravity Lean
46. Unit 5 Review
47. Unit 5 Practice and Assessment
VI. Unit 6: Strength and Elasticity of the Body
48. Body Levers
49. Forces in the Elbow Joint
50. Ultimate Strength of the Human Femur
51. Elasticity of the Body
52. Deformation of Tissues
53. Brittle Bones
54. Equilibrium Torque and Tension in the Bicep*
55. Alternative Method for Calculating Torque and Tension*
56. Unit 6 Review
57. Unit 6 Practice and Assessment
VII. Unit 7: The Body in Motion
58. Falling
59. Drag Forces on the Body
60. Physical Model for Terminal Velocity
61. Analyzing Motion
62. Accelerated Motion
63. Accelerating the Body
64. Graphing Motion
65. Quantitative Motion Analysis
66. Falling Injuries
67. Numerical Simulation of Skydiving Motion*
68. Unit 7 Review
69. Unit 7 Practice and Assessment
VIII. Unit 8: Locomotion
70. Overcoming Inertia
71. Locomotion
72. Locomotion Injuries
73. Collisions
74. Explosions, Jets, and Rockets
75. Safety Technology
76. Crumple Zones
77. Unit 8 Review
78. Unit 8 Practice and Assessment
IX. Unit 9: Powering the Body
79. Doing Work
80. Jumping
81. Surviving a Fall
82. Powering the Body
83. Efficiency of the Human Body
84. Weightlessness*
85. Comparing Work-Energy and Energy Conservation*
86. Unit 9 Review
87. Unit 9 Practice and Assessment
X. Unit 10: Body Heat and The Fight for Life
88. Homeostasis, Hypothermia, and Heatstroke
89. Measuring Body Temperature
90. Preventing Hypothermia
91. Cotton Kills
92. Wind-Chill Factor
93. Space Blankets
94. Thermal Radiation Spectra
95. Cold Weather Survival Time
96. Preventing Hyperthermia
97. Heat Death
98. Unit 10 Review
99. Unit 10 Practice and Assessment Exercises
XI. Laboratory Activities
100. Unit 1 Lab: Pre-test and Preparation
101. Unit 2/3 Lab: Testing a Terminal Speed Hypothesis
102. Unit 4 Lab: Hydrostatic Weighing
103. Unit 5 Lab: Friction Forces and Equilibrium
104. Unit 6 Lab: Elastic Modulus and Ultimate Strength
105. Unit 7 Lab: Accelerated Motion
106. Unit 8 Lab: Collisions
107. Unit 9 Lab: Energy in Explosions
108. Unit 10 Lab: Mechanisms of Heat Transfer
XII. Labs for Distance Learning
109. Lab 2/3 Human Walking Speed (Distance Learning Compatible)
110. Unit 4 Lab: Hydrostatic Weighing (Distance Learning Compatible)
111. Unit 5 Lab: Tipping (Distance Learning Compatible)
112. Lab 6: Modeling Tendon Elasticity (Distance Learning Compatible)
113. Unit 7 Lab: Free-Falling and Reaction Time (Distance Learning Compatible)
XIII. Design-Build-Test Projects
114. Scale Biophysical Dead-lift Model
115. Biophysical Model of the Arm
116. Mars Lander
Glossary
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