Teaching physics using YouTube videos http://physics.andreadecapoa.net Teaching physics using YouTube videos
A collection of YouTube videos selected by a physics teacher for their educational value
A review of YouTube videos that speak about physics or other educational subjects
Academic Earth: physics video lectures http://www.academicearth.org/subjects/physics Academic Earth, 1,000s of video lectures from the world's top scholars.
We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars.
Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment in which that content is remarkably easy to use and in which user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable.
Physics at ISB http://www2.isb.ac.th/physics_isb Physics at ISB International School Bangkok (Thailand) ... brilliant set of resources!
Water Waves and Ships http://www.tcet.unt.edu/weblibrary2/?subject=science Water Waves and Ships
How do water and waves affect ocean-going ships? The answers might surprise you. So, come visit the aircraft carrier USS Lexington where you will learn some interesting facts about navigation and the delicate balance called stability that must be maintained by all ships.
resources | standards | video (10 minutes 53 seconds) | download (41 Mb) | 11 slides (1.3 Mb) |
Physics Textbooks (free) published online http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1book1.html#download Physics Textbooks (free) published under Creative Commons copyright ...
This site offers physics textbooks that you can download for free or buy in print. The books have been adopted at several colleges and universities, and high schools.
Flash Animations for Physics http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/ Flash Animations for Physics
We have been increasingly using Flash animations for illustrating Physics content. This page provides access to those animations which may be of general interest. The animations will appear in a separate window.
In addition, I have prepared a small tutorial in using Flash to do Physics animations.
Chaos | Classical Mechanics | Electricity and Magnetism | Micrometer Caliper | Miscellaneous | Nuclear | Optics | Oscilloscope | Quantum Mechanics | Relativity | Sound Waves | Vectors | Waves |
Interactive Resources for Physics Education. http://m.fasfind.com/wwwtools/m/2603.cfm?x=0&rid=2603 Interactive Resources for Physics Education.
Physics as a subject lends itself to interactive modelling and tools for helping us understand the physical world. View some of the websites that help us understand the world around us.
On-Line Physics Textbooks http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1.html On-Line Physics Textbooks - The Light & Matter Series
Dr. Ben Crowell teaches physics and astronomy at Fullerton College in Southern California. He has published a series of physics textbooks under the Creative Commons License.
The Light and Matter series of introductory physics textbooks
Newtonian Physics | Conservation Laws | Vibrations and Waves | Electricity and Magnetism | Optics | The Modern Revolution in Physics |
PHYS 202 Introductory Physics II http://www.cbu.edu/~jholmes/P202/intro.html PHYS 202 Introductory Physics II
This site contains powerpoint presentations, applets and Notes in Word for optics, electricity, magnetism and modern physics.
Stokesley School Physics http://www.stokesleyschool.org/subjects/Science/LearningMaterial/PhysicsIndex.htm A level Physics revision site (mostly for Adavancing Physics OCR B)
About Advancing Physics | Coursework rules | Advancing Physics Website | Understanding Processes | Physics in Action | Clockwork Universe | Field and Particle Physics |
Optics for Kids http://www.opticalres.com/kidoptx_f.html Optics for Kids
LightTools: Illumination Design in 3D
From concept to completion, LightTools enables you to iterate and perfect your illumination designs quickly and accurately.
Elementary school children might enjoy this quick look at some optical basics, especially if coupled with some experiments from the Optics Discovery Kit from OSA or some creative play with the commercial program ZAP!. There's also a bit of a pep talk on science and engineering as careers.
The Physics Ancillary ... lots of animations http://www.members.aol.com/judsonewagner/ The Physics Ancillary was originally created by Judson Wagner to serve the needs of students taking Advanced Placement Physics.
The result was a valuable companion that continued to assist these students well into their first years of college physics.
The Virtual Nuclear Tourist http://www.nucleartourist.com/ The Virtual Nuclear Tourist ! Nuclear Power Plants Around the World
(UK WJEC) GCE'AS' and 'A' level Physics resources site http://www.rctednet.net/aslevel/physics.asp Welcome to the Rhondda-Cynon-Taf Ednet 'AS' Physics materials site. All of the subject materials enclosed have been developed by 'AS' teachers in RCT and ESIS. The purpose of the site is to provide teachers and students with high quality, interactive and relevant content to support individual study and promote more effective teaching and learning.
Art | Electronics | Geography | Law | Physics | Religious Studies | Welsh History |
KS3 Science: Physics Modules http://www.webschool.org.uk/science/ks3new/sowks3.html KS3 Science: Physics Modules Teacher's Guide 2004/5 (All Modules)
This scheme of work is being entirely updated. It uses the QCA notation for the Units and most of the topic headings. The learning objectives are linked very closely to those used in QCA, and are related to the National Curriculum objectives.
The resources used are based mainly on the new Exploring Science resources, and the notation used for the resources is that used on the CD RoM, for all the worksheets.
If you are lucky enough to use an interactive whiteboard, then these 'lessons' can be brought alive, without the need to kill another 'Amazon Forest ' with endless paper worksheets. Share the links and websites with the class....these are not meant to be just for teachers! The website, and the links, are extremely useful for homework/project activities.
www.webschool.org.uk/science/ks3new/index.html
Fermilab Physics Resources http://www-ed.fnal.gov/educators.html Fermilab Physics Resources
Anatomy of a Detector | Fermilab's accelerators | Searching for the Building Blocks of Matter | Fermilab Stories | Fermilabyrinth | Top Quark Discovery, Fermilab's Inquiring Minds Topics, and Research at Fermilab | Pulse - accelerator science in medicine | Interactive timeline | Calculate the top quark mass | Particle Decay Prediction - Graphing Particle Data | Investigate special relativity | 3-day & 5-day high school physics lesson plans from the 1996 Revised TMP Resource Book | Catching the Sun | QuarkNet | Study Cosmic Rays | Download Leo's Log Book |
PhysicsQuests (High School Physics) http://physicsquest.homestead.com/index.html PhysicsQuests
A WebQuest, according to Bernie Dodge, the originator of the WebQuest concept from San Diego State University, "is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than on looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation."
The PhysicsQuests adapt the main guidelines of a WebQuest.
They can be used as extension activities to tie a particular Physics topic to a common experience such as electricity, roller coasters or to reinforce concepts learned in the classroom. Students work individually.
SMARTphysics CD ROM GCSE/AS & A level http://www.ase.org.uk/htm/homepage/notes_news/february_2004/pinter/start.html ASE is proud to announce the new software package for secondary school
physics, developed by Pintar. Media especially for ASE members.
SMARTphysics is an exciting set of physics courseware and virtual
simulation software for GCSE to A level.
Sample some of this innovative material before you buy
Education in Physics and Mathematics - Zona Land http://id.mind.net/~zona/ Education in Physics and Mathematics - Zona Land
In Zona Land you will find educational and entertaining items pertaining to physics, to the mathematical sciences, and to mathematics in general.
Mechanics | Kinematics | Forces | Vectors | Curved Motion | Momentum | Energy | Waves | Propagation | Interference | Light | Function Institute | Geometry Section | Miscellaneous Mathematics | Trigonometry Realms |
Library of Congress : Physics References http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/physics.html Library of Congress : Physics References
Albert Einstein Archives | Atomic & Molecular Physics (NIST) | US Government Laboratories | Librarians' Index to the Internet: Physics | ejournals | The Laws List | Particle-Surface Resources on the Internet | Phibot | Physics 2000 | PhysNet |
Welcome to MITs OpenCourseWare - Physics http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/index.htm Welcome to MIT's OpenCourseWare - Physics
Welcome to MIT's OpenCourseWare : a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership.
MIT OCW: Is a publication of MIT course materials | Does not require any registration | Is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity |
The MIT Physics Department is one of the largest in the nation (USA), in part because it includes astronomy and astrophysics. Our research programs include theoretical and experimental particle and nuclear physics, cosmology and astrophysics, plasma physics, theoretical and experimental condensed-matter physics, atomic physics, and biophysics.
A is for Atom - 1953 film http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=prelinger&collectionid=17225 A is for Atom - 1953 film
Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.
A is for Atom is primarily a pop-science film, intended to combat fear of atomic energy by explaining how it works scientifically. The result is an impersonal atom, less Oppenheimer's "destroyer of worlds," than a useful friend. The chain-reaction of atomic fission looks no more frightening than a game of neutron pool, and deadly radiation is similar to an ordinary X-ray, and kept safely behind concrete walls.
Presents in lay terms what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peace-time uses of atomic energy and the by-products of nuclear fission.
Potential Energy - Lesson Plan http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/PotentialEnergy/index.html Potential Energy - Lesson Plan
Potential energy exists whenever an object which has mass has a position within a force field. The most everyday example of this is the position of objects in the earth's gravitational field.
The potential energy of an object in this case is given by the relation: PE = mgh
An example of just one of the pages at the Virtual Physics Lab.
Multimedia Physics Studios http://www.bgu.ac.il/~phys/COURSES/PHYSICS2_Meir/week1/charging_gifanim.html Multimedia Physics Studios
Charging a Single Sphere by Induction Using a Negatively-Charged Object (28 seconds) | Charging a Two-Sphere System by Induction Using a Negatively-Charged Object (26 seconds) | Charging an Electroscope by Induction Using a Negatively-Charged Object (34 seconds) |
The Virtual Physics Laboratory http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/ The Virtual Physics Laboratory
Interactive Physics activities online ... recommended!
Welcome to the Physics Classroom http://www.physicsclassroom.com/ Welcome to the Physics Classroom
Physics Tutorial - Learn basic physics concepts and review them in the Physics Tutorial. Check Your Understanding quizzes let you know you got it.
Multimedia Physics Studio - Is physics difficult for you to visualize? Do you need to see it to understand it? Then visit the Multimedia Physics Studio.
Physics Help - Practice your skills in Physics Help. Hone your skills by graphing problems, recognizing forces, identifying vector magnitude and direction, and practice vector addition.
The Physics Classroom Tutorial is an online physics tutorial written for high school physics students. The tutorial was originally developed for physics students at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois. Today the Tutorial pages and other original Glenbrook South resources are hosted by StudyWorks! Online.
Using the Atom http://www.gns.cri.nz/atom/ We are the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited. Known as GNS for short, we are a New Zealand Crown Research Institute - a government-owned research company offering the best in independent scientific and technical advice.
Radiocarbon dating |Carbon Dating | Earth History | Earthquakes | Volcanoes | Plate Motion | Land Stability |
Internet Physicist http://www.psigate.ac.uk/vts/physics/index.htm The Internet is a rich source of information and resources for students, lecturers, researchers and professionals. This tutorial covers the key information skills for the Internet environment. Learn how to use the Internet to help with your coursework, literature searching, teaching or research in physics.
Hot Air Balloons http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/display.php3?track_id=4048 This track is designed to be included in a lesson plan on hot air balloons. Students will learn about the history of hot air balloons, buoyancy, and the dynamics of flight. This most graceful and colorful of sports provides students with many opportunities to learn.
Timeline in Optics http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/timeline/index.html This "Timeline in Optics" highlights important events and developments in the science of optics from prehistory to the end of the 20th century. It also includes related developments in other fields (e.g. the evolution of computers) and related milestones in the human worldview.
Software Teaching of Modular Physics: SToMP http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/stomp/ SToMP is a non-profitmaking computer-based resource, developed as a
tool for teaching introductory-level undergraduate Physics.
SToMP Features: teaching scripts; interactive models & demonstrations; audio/video examples; pictures; text book chapters; glossary; data-book; biographies; assessments; a set of integrated tools.
SToMP Modules: Astronomy (pre-release); Measurement & Uncertainty; Optics (pre-release); Waves & Vibrations; Waves Demonstrations.
The Explorer http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/ General Standard Measurement | Linear | Mass | Volume | Time - measurement | Density | Atoms | General Force and Motion | Kinematics description of motion | Dynamics how things move | Simple Machines | Complex Machines | Flight | Waves and Vibrations | Sound | Light | General Electricity-Magnetism | Static Electricity | DC direct current elec | AC alternating current elec |
Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations http://www.physicsdemos.com/ Used by more than 2000 schools and
universities throughout the world.
More than 600 multimedia Physics demos on DVD ... impressive.
Electronics: An OnLine Guide http://library.thinkquest.org/16497/ Basic Concepts - First step into electronics. Discusses electronic theory. Schematic Diagrams - Introduces the schematic diagram. Circuit Concepts - Discusses series and parallel circuits. Electronic Projects - Introduces the breadboard and soldering. - Schematic diagrams for various electronic projects.
American Institute of Physics http://http://newton.ex.ac.uk/aip/ Once a week the American Institute of Physics sums up the latest advances in Physics, from cosmology to nanotubes.
Electronics tutorials http://www.electronics-tutorials.com Offering comprehensive basic electronics tutorials in amplifiers, ham radio, filters, oscillators, power supply, receivers, transmitters, radio design and electronics design. Links to data sheets. If you are professionally involved in electronics then consider joining our "Electronics Questions and Answers" news group to share your thorny questions and answers and help out your colleagues.
Institute of Physics http://www.iop.org/ Curriculum support and resources (KS3, 4), Post-16 education, teacher supply and support, careers advice. Revitalisation and reform of post-16 physics education and its attractiveness to young people, through public discussion of the issues, teacher networks and the preparation of a new AS/A2 syllabus Advancing Physics. Raising the public's awareness of physics and the involvement of physics in leisure and work, SET grants, public lectures, Public Understanding of Science Fellow.
The Particle Adventure http://particleadventure.org/ This site "introduces the theory of fundamental particles and forces, called the Standard Model." Related links; charts and diagrams of the standard model; and a basic introduction to particle physics are also included. Also available in Spanish, French, Polish, and Slovene. From the Particle Data Group of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Understanding Electricity http://www.energy.org.uk/ This site is designed to help schools locate materials which can help them deliver the curriculum in an interesting and stimulating way. This extensive range of pupil centred, informative resources has been produced in conjunction with teachers and conforms to NCC guidelines for the production of business sponsored education materials. Every item has been assessed for curriculum relevance, suitability for the relevant age group and classroom use.