Physics 202A Student Learning Resources

Below are many resources that you should explore. Your performance in the course will improve if you can find at least one of these that matches your style of learning. Many of the ones listed here are free or very low cost.

Do not waste your money on Chegg or Cramster. These services will give you the answers to the homework problems, but they are not very good at helping you learn to solve problems. Therefore, they will not help you score better on the exams. Also, their solutions are not compatible with my expectations for your homework write-ups. So, they won't help your homework grade much either.

Hugh D. Young, Sears & Zemansky's College Physics, 9th Edition.: The faculty of the Department of Physics have agreed that this is the best textbook for this course. It is the recommended text for this course and the required text for all other sections of PHYS 202A and for all sections of PHYS 202B. So, it could be a good idea to get a copy since you'll use it next semester anyway.
College Physics (free online textbook): This introductory, algebra-based, two-semester college physics book is grounded with real-world examples, illustrations, and explanations to help students grasp key, fundamental physics concepts. This online, fully editable and customizable title includes learning objectives, concept questions, links to labs and simulations, and ample practice opportunities to solve traditional physics application problems.
HippoCampus (multimedia): HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge.
On the welcome page click on Physics. PHYS 202A is mostly aligned with Introductory Physics. Click there, then on the topic you would like to learn.

Khan Academy (example problems): The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. Pick a topic and get started.
PhET (simulations): Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhETĒ project at the University of Colorado. This is useful for those that learn better by doing rather than reading or watching.
Wikipedia: Wikipedia is often quite good for science related topics. Scientifically oriented people seem to moderate the content pretty well.
Any college physics textbook: The content of this course doesn't change rapidly. Therefore, any book you find can be useful - even one for fifty cents at a garage sale.