The course of Mechanics occupies the first semester ( first year) of the Physics and Physical Engineering degrees. It is optional for students of degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science, Chemistry, …. Each text address limited subjects, usually occupying one or two lectures. Mechanics uses the flipped class concept and texts are read before the corresponding lectures. All texts are in Portuguese.
| Título | Description | Date |
| Problemas de Fermi | An introduction to order of magnitude estimates as championed by Fermi (217 KB) | 5/10/2021 |
| Conversão de Unidades | Practical advice on unit conversions | 5/10/2021 |
| Análise dimensional | Dimensional Analysis and dimensional estimates | 5/10/2021 |
| Movimento 1D | The description of one dimensional motion: velocity acceleration; integration | 5/10/2021 |
| Movimento 3D | Kinematics of 3D motion, including Frenet formulas, and polar coordinates | 5/10/2021 |
| Leis de Newton | A preliminary discussion of Newton’s laws, and its implied concepts of mass, force and inertial frames | 5/10/2021 |