The material presented on OCW is aimed at university students, but that in no way means that it is limited only to Bones. It could do good for Skulls to have a cheeky look at what to expect in Bones, or for a Jaw to have a quick review. There are even course materials on string theory. To focus on Bones, there is a vista of relevant work. However, due to the OCW being aimed at only their own students, there is occasionally material omitted. Thankfully, it's still good. Let's have a look at a classic physics course:
Classical Mechanics
Classical mechanics is the physicists' bread and butter - much like what expelliarmus is to a witch or wizard. The most recent material for class. mech. on the OCW is from Autumn 2010. Let's take a look:
On the course home page we have a small explanation to who the material was provided to, this one was for first year students. On the left of the page is a syllabus, as the courses are separated into syllabuses. By selecting the topic, the material is unveiled. For this particular course, a wealth of information is provided: video lectures, lecture notes in PDF, suggested reading and learning activities. This is the case for most of the courses. This is essentially everything that you need!
By using the OCW material with the suggested material from Gerard 't Hooft's guide to be becoming a good theoretical physicist, you could advance fast. Alternatively, you could just work thought the entire physics section on the OCW!
MIT OpenCourseWare, Physics:
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/
How to become a good theoretical physicist by Gerard 't Hooft (29/11/2012 blog):
http://mmxiacademy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/how-to-become-good-theoretical.html
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