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• World Science U - Video clips and lectures about cosmology particle physics relativity and quantum mechanics presented by string theorist Brian Greene Requires free registration
• Teralab - Descriptions and photographs of electrostatics electron bombardment and wave experiments done with home equipment
• Physics for Idiots - Provides simple explanations for a number of physics space and maths concepts trying to break them down into stuff that actually makes sense
• Physics at Merton College - Matters related to the AS-level and A-level physics courses The material covers topics in physics and its related mathematics and will supplement one s normal classwork
• Communities for Physics and Astronomy Digital Resources in Education comPADRE - A project to create well organized digital collections of high quality educational materials in physics and astronomy ComPADRE consists of focused collections of materials for specific courses or serving specific constituencies with connections to a wide range of online digital resources including curricular materials digital libraries and online journals user communities that participate in the development and operation of these collections
• FYKOS - Physical Correspondence Seminary - Worldwide competition in physics for grammar school under age 19 students with an interest in physics
• Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education ASPIRE - Site dedicated to helping teachers with lessons in physics and astrophysics by giving computer activities that help show how physical models work
• Simple Electric Motors - Summary of science projects by Stan Pozmantir a junior secondary student Easy-to-build and inexpensive electric motors utilizing many physics principles
• Physics Handbook com - Provides an easy to use online physics textbook including laws tables experiments a quiz and videos
• Physclips - Provides physics animations learning and reference tools for students and resources for teachers The level is approximately that of introductory university or advanced high school
• TYC Physics Workshops - Information about workshops provided for two-year or community college physics teachers and the products of this project
• Thermal and Statistical Physics Curriculum Development Project - Includes an introduction to the project and its conferences related papers and links and some Java applets
• How Things Work - A service providing answers to questions about physics science and how things in the world around us work Companion to the book by the same name
• How Everything Works - A service providing answers to questions about physics science and how things in the world around us work Companion to the book by Louis Bloomfield called How Things Work
• Web Physics Project - A flexible low budget outlet for small volume high quality HTML-based curricular material It provides a forum for physics educators to exchange curriculum ideas and resources that make use of web technology primarily public domain material and provides a medium for the dissemination of student work
• Professor Stephen Hawking Online - Biographical educational and scholarly Also includes a bit of fun did you know he was on The Simpsons TV show?
• Society of Physics Students SPS - Complete set of information for members of any level of SPS Scholarships and awards news activities staff structure online forms student resources and links to significant physics sites
• Practical Physics - Enables teachers of physics to share their skills and experience of making experiments work in the classroom
• Physics Central - The outreach site of the members of The American Physical Society Find out how physics is part of your world ask questions on how things work see physics in pictures get updates on physics in the news read about research and the people who are doing it and if you want more recommended links
• Andes Physics Tutor - Andes is an intelligent tutoring system which teaches students how to solve physics problems It provides a complete set of homework problems for an introductory college physics course or a high school AP physics course
• How Atoms Work - Shows how man determined the structure of the atom and learned how atoms interacted with each other
• Physics Comics - Comics-style lessons in physics fundamentals Topics include motion forces vectors work and energy and impulse and momentum
• Art Ludwig s Sound Page - Various explorations of sound sound detection and sound measurement Includes a section on physics of sound
• Physics the Neglected Science - Pages to help increase awareness about the value of physics and to lend support to high school physics students teachers and parents
• CosmoLearning Physics - Educational website offering thousands of courses books and video lectures by the world s top scholars
• International Physics Olympiads - Regional and international physics olympiads Information mailing lists and links to all the IPhO problems available on the web
• Open Source Physics - The OSP project seeks to create and distribute curricular material for physics computation and physics education at all levels
• UMPERG Minds-On Physics MOP - A one-year curriculum for high-school physics It is the result of a materials-development project supported by the National Science Foundation and its design was guided by educational research findings
• The Quantum Exchange - A collection of information and resources for teachers of quantum physics
• Science Animations - Provides a number of Flash animations to supplement handbooks in physics maths and technology
• Contemporary Physics Education Project CPEP - A non-profit organization of teachers educators and physicists at Lawrence Berkeley Lab
• Physics Virtual Bookshelf - A collection mostly of University of Toronto physics professor David M Harrison s various presentations and course materials
• Exploring Physics in Cyberspace - This site describes several tested extracurricular programs geared to introducing hands-on interactive physics activities for K-12 students Supported by the National Science Foundation
• Challenges In Teaching and Learning Introductory Physics - Addresses the troubles presented in introductory physics courses taken by students in their first two years of college
• Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics - This page describes the errors seen most frequently in undergraduate mathematics the likely causes of those errors and their remedies Avoid these errors in order to improve in any math-intensive course including physics
• Select Physics Topics - This physics online ebook covers basic physics from Newton s laws to electricity and magnetism Lots of applets and animation included
• Science-Pseudoscience - Science non-science and pseudoscience a set of lessons to teach students to define and differentiate the three
• HyperPhysics Concepts - A concept map of physics showing relationships between topics while giving explanations and references
• Fundamental Physical Constants from NIST - The values of the fundamental physical constants provided at this site are recommended for international use by CODATA and are the latest available
• Physics Teacher Education Program - Information on a BSc degree in physics teaching from Illinois State University
• Physical Science Resource Center PSRC - This site has plenty of resources for physics and physical science teachers K-16
• Intuitor - Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics - Reviews and rates Hollywood movies for bad physics content
• APS - Division of Physics of Beams - History of beam physics research and current information on the topic
• Static Electricity - Scientific explanation of the phenomenon of static electricity
• NSTA - Position Statement on Laboratory Science - Since the laboratory experience is of critical importance in the process of enhancing students cognitive and affective understanding of science the National Science Teachers Association makes the following recommendations
• The Sound of Solitary Waves - Physicists have demonstrated the first acoustic solitary waves in air--waves that can travel long distances without changing shape
• Spacetime Wrinkles - Major advances in computation are only now enabling scientists to simulate how black holes form evolve and interact Learn about relativity and its predictions through text and video files at this site
• GRE Physics Prep - Yahoo group for people preparing for GRE Physics
• How to Study Physics - A University of Texas classic written before the web was around but now revised and web-ready
• A Prelude to the Study of Physics - A paper by Robert J Sciamanda first published in Quantum Vol 7 No 2 pg 45 Nov Dec 1996
• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching MERLOT - Peer-reviewed online teaching and learning materials for physics
• Todd s Quantum Intro - A brief overview of quantum mechanics
• Physical Science for Nonscientists - Physics 1020 2nd Semester - Course website at University of Colorado Includes lecture notes in pdf format
• Animations of Wave Motion - Animated GIFs and a discussion of some of the math involved
• The Elements of Machines - Some simple machines explained described and illustrated
• Mathematical Thinking in Physics - Articles essays and problems designed for students to learn more about the importance of math in the study and application of physics
• Bicycle Physics - The physics of how to steer a bicycle and how stop signs interfere with bicycle commuting
• Henry Greenside s Duke Physics Challenges - Physics-related word-problem puzzles
• Physics Reference - Physics symbols constants and SI units prefixes and rules
• Cartoons and Movies - Some diagrams and movies illustrating some otherwise abstract electrical principles
• Kenny Felder s Math and Physics Help Page - A collection of papers written to explain various concepts in math and physics as well as papers generously donated by other people
• The Physics Encyclopedia - This site provides exhaustive comprehensive carefully selected and structured lists on Internet physics resources