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Fundamental Physical Constants from NIST - http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
The values of the fundamental physical constants provided at this site are recommended for international use by CODATA and are the latest available. |
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World Year of Physics 2005 - http://www.physics2005.org/
Plans to bring the excitement of physics to the public and inspire a new generation of scientists. Includes information about projects, events and Einstein, sources for teachers, downloads, international links and press room. |
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Physics Central - http://www.physicscentral.org/
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. |
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Communities for Physics and Astronomy Digital Resources in Education (comPADRE) - http://www.compadre.org/
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. |
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QuarkNet - http://quarknet.fnal.gov/
Supports centers at 60 universities and laboratories that are participants in the collider experiments at CERN in Switzerland and at Fermilab in Illinois. Physicists will mentor and collaborate with high school teachers. Stipends are provided to the teachers who participate. |
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Professor Stephen Hawking Online - http://www.hawking.org.uk/
Biographical, educational, and scholarly. Also includes a bit of fun (did you know he was on The Simpsons TV show?) |
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Society of Physics Students (SPS) - http://spsnational.org/
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. |
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How Everything Works - http://www.howeverythingworks.org/
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. |
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How Things Work - http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/
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. |
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Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP) - http://www.cpepweb.org/
A non-profit organization of teachers, educators, and physicists; at Lawrence Berkeley Lab. |
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HyperPhysics Concepts - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html
A concept map of physics showing relationships between topics while giving explanations and references. |
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Dot Physics - http://www.dotphys.net
A collection of articles using physics in interesting ways and providing projects appropriate for high school or introductory college level classes. |
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Open Source Physics - http://www.compadre.org/osp/
The OSP project seeks to create and distribute curricular material for physics computation and physics education at all levels. |
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Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics - http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~schectex/commerrs/
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. |
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The Quantum Exchange - http://www.thequantumexchange.org/
A collection of information and resources for teachers of quantum physics. |
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Dropping in a Microgravity Environment (DIME) - http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/DIME.html
NASA high-school and middle school student team science competition. Teams build microgravity experiments for a NASA drop tower. |
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West Point Bridge Design Contest - http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/
Bridge design contest (using specialized software). U.S. students age 13 through grade 12 are eligible for prizes. Anyone else may enter the Open Competition. Overview, rules, resources, software download and FAQ. |
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The Physics Encyclopedia - http://members.tripod.com/~IgorIvanov/physics/
This site provides exhaustive, comprehensive, carefully selected and structured lists on Internet physics resources. |
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Web Physics Project - http://webphysics.davidson.edu/
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. |
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Bicycle Physics - http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~fajans/Teaching/bicycles.html
The physics of how to steer a bicycle, and how stop signs interfere with bicycle commuting. |
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HSC Physics - http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/hsc/
School of Physics, University of New South Wales. Details about professional development workshops for physics teachers intended to provide background and advice on the Stage 6 HSC syllabus. Some resources related to this workshop are found on the site. |
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Advancing Physics AS/A2 Level Course from the Institute of Physics - http://advancingphysics.iop.org
Provides resources for Teachers, Students and Technicians involved in the study of AS or A2 Level Physics. |
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Intuitor - Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics - http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/
Reviews and rates Hollywood movies for bad physics content. |
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The World of Beams (Both Energy and Particle) - http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/home.htm
Explores the nature of particle beams, laser beams, and related physics topics. |
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Kenny Felder's Math and Physics Help Page - http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/kenny/home.html
A collection of papers written to explain various concepts in math and physics, as well as papers generously donated by other people. |
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Radiation Physics and Radiocarbon Research Labs at University College Dublin - http://www.ucd.ie/radphys/
Specialises in the measurement of minute traces of artificial and natural radionuclides in the environment. |
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Physclips - http://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/
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. |
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Assessing-to-Learn (A2L) - http://a2l.physics.umass.edu/
A research project on the use of continuous formative assessment in the high-school physics classroom. Provides participating teachers with a library of assessment items (carefully constructed questions) to choose from for their classes, and with an associated library of teacher aids which provide help with the pedagogically effective use of the items. |
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Spacetime Wrinkles - http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/NumRelHome.html
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. |
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Computer Simulation Methods - http://sip.clarku.edu/
A web site devoted to faculty and students using computer simulation techniques as a method of discovery in physics. This is a companion site to a textbook, but provides content from other sources as well. |
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NSTA - Position Statement on Laboratory Science - http://www.nsta.org/about/positions/laboratory.aspx
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. |
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How to Study Physics - http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/chapman.htm
A University of Texas classic, written before the web was around, but now revised and web-ready. |
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PADs - http://www.wku.edu/pads/
PADs are interactive Java applets that provide a wide range of ways to represent data and evaluate the correctness of those representations. This site provides exercises and resources on their use. |
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Thermal and Statistical Physics Curriculum Development Project - http://stp.clarku.edu/
Includes an introduction to the project and its conferences, related papers and links, and some Java applets. |
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Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education (ASPIRE) - http://outreach.physics.utah.edu/
Site dedicated to helping teachers with lessons in physics and astrophysics by giving computer activities that help show how physical models work. |
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FYKOS - Physical Correspondence Seminary - http://fykos.troja.mff.cuni.cz/
Worldwide competition in physics for grammar school (under age 19) students with an interest in physics. |
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The Elements of Machines - http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html
Some simple machines, explained, described and illustrated. |
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Static Electricity - http://www.electrostatics.com/page2.html
Scientific explanation of the phenomenon of static electricity. |
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MIT OpenCourseWare - Physics - http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/
Undergraduate and graduate courses available for noncredit study and review. Materials provided may include syllabi, reading assignments, videotaped lectures, problem sets with solutions, lecture notes, and exams with solutions. |
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Physics Reference - http://www.alcyone.com/max/reference/physics/index.html
Physics symbols, constants, and SI units, prefixes and rules. |
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Institute of Physics (IOP) - Teaching Physics in Schools and Colleges - http://www.iop.org/activity/outreach/Resources/file_5978.pdf
A website aimed at those with an interest in the teaching and learning of physics in schools and colleges. The site provides visitors with information about the current activities of the IOP education department including details of forthcoming events, news about the institute's latest curriculum development initiatives as well as providing access to a range of resources. |
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Andes Physics Tutor - http://www.andestutor.org/
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. |
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UMPERG: Minds-On Physics (MOP) - http://srri.umass.edu/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. |
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Henry Greenside's Duke Physics Challenges - http://www.phy.duke.edu/~hsg/physics-challenges/challenges.html
Physics-related word-problem puzzles. |
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Physics Simulations - Teaching Programs - http://www.colba.net/~htran/physics/
Free and commercial site with physics programs and some other materials available for download and/or sale. No Macintosh materials offered. |
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Physics Handbook.com - http://www.physicshandbook.com/
Provides an easy to use online physics textbook including laws, tables, experiments, a quiz and videos. |
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Study Help Zone - http://studyhelpzone.com
Offers study support for physics and chemistry students. Includes online tutoring, physics help and problems, chemistry help, and advice for students sitting examinations. |
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Physics Teacher Education Program - http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/pte/
Information on a BSc degree in physics teaching from Illinois State University. |
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CosmoLearning Physics - http://www.cosmolearning.com/physics/
Educational website offering thousands of courses, books and video lectures by the world's top scholars. |
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Physics for Idiots - http://www.physicsforidiots.com
Provides simple explanations for a number of physics, space and maths concepts, trying to break them down into stuff that actually makes sense. |
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PhysMov.com - http://physmov.com
Provides several videos and lectures on a range of physics topics. |
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Srivastava's Physics Foundation - http://www.mksfoundation.com
Offers free educational material for students preparing for various competitive physics examinations. Includes more than 100 flashlets, modules, test papers and theory lessons. |
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The Motion Mountain Physics Text - http://motionmountain.dse.nl/
A free physics textbook on the introductory physics course level, written to be surprising, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Chapters are downloadable pdf files. |
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Physics Pointers - http://physicspointers.com/
Physics reading guides, links to physics websites, teaching tips, and physics activities. |
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Physical Science for Nonscientists - Physics 1020 (2nd Semester) - http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys1020/phys1020_sp05/
Course website at University of Colorado. Includes lecture notes in pdf format. |
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A Prelude to the Study of Physics - http://www.winbeam.com/~trebor/prelude.html
A paper first published in Quantum Vol 7 No 2, pg. 45, Nov/Dec 1996. |
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Physics Laws and Quizzes - http://members.tripod.com/arilizi/
Solve some problems using the fundamental laws and be announced as a Quiz Master. |
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Open Text - http://www3.baylor.edu/Physics/open_text/
Project to provide high quality free physics teaching materials to anyone who has access to the Internet. Similar to the “open source” concept for computer software. A cooperative building site for physics materials. |
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Select Physics Topics - http://www.science-ebooks.com/phy/select_physics_topics.htm
This physics online ebook covers basic physics from Newton's laws to electricity and magnetism. Lots of applets and animation included. |
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Physics, the Neglected Science - http://www.intuitor.com/physics/
Pages to help increase awareness about the value of physics and to lend support to high school physics students, teachers, and parents. |
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The Physics of Learning - http://icn2.umeche.maine.edu/instruments/PHYSLRNR.html
Extending a physics analogy to teaching and learning creates a rich set of terms and relationships that are already familiar to scientists. This paper defines those terms, suggests methods for quantifying those terms and thus provides teachers with a method for optimizing student learning. |
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New Physics Teacher Project - http://earthfuture.tripod.com/mp/adviceproject.html
Advice for the first year physics teacher gathered from interviews with expert physics educators. |
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Physics Comics - http://www.bmts.com/~stoeckli/
Comics-style lessons in physics fundamentals. Topics include motion, forces, vectors, work and energy, and impulse and momentum. |
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Physics Simulations in Education - http://www.clab.unibe.ch/physim/index.htm
ZIP-format files for DOS or Windows covering a variety of physics phenomena and applications. |
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Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) - http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?category=2736
Peer-reviewed online teaching and learning materials for physics. |
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The Sound of Solitary Waves - http://focus.aps.org/story/v4/st24
Physicists have demonstrated the first acoustic solitary waves in air--waves that can travel long distances without changing shape. |
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Space and Time - http://info.hartwick.edu/physics/spacetime.html
Course based on Stephen Hawking's best selling book, "A Brief History of Time". The course deals with topics in modern physics such as Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, Quantum Theory, Black Holes and the Creation of the Universe. |
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The Evil Tutor's Guide: Graphs and Figures - http://www.eviltutor.com
An amusing, yet sincere, look at where students go wrong when producing scientific graphs for school, college and degree level work. |
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Super Physics - http://superphysics.netfirms.com
Provides educational articles about physics including such topics as relativity, quantum theory and lasers as well as general physics. |
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Bad Physics - http://www.geoffers2000.freeserve.co.uk/
Misunderstood things in physics with simple explanations. |