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Amusement Park Physics Open in a new browser window  
   Explores how the laws of physics play a role in the design of amusement park rides. Activities invite visitors to design a roller coaster and determine the outcomes of bumper car collisions. Links to related sites are provided.
   http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/
Web Physics Project Open in a new browser window  
   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 prov
   http://webphysics.davidson.edu/
School Mathematics and Science Programs Benefit From Instructional Technology Open in a new browser window  
   NSF report summarizes key findings about mathematics and science in controlled evaluations of instructional technology in elementary and secondary schools.
   http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/infbrief/nsf03301/
Computer Simulation Methods Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://sip.clarku.edu/
Interactive Textbook Open in a new browser window  
   College freshman-level physics textbook online in several different formats, notably a java-interactive format.
   http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/mathphys/Contents.html
Physics.org.uk Open in a new browser window  
   A site for UK students wishing to do physics or engineering, at all levels; with help in deciding on a future in physics.
   http://www.physics.org.uk/
The Sound of Solitary Waves Open in a new browser window  
   Physicists have demonstrated the first acoustic solitary waves in air--waves that can travel long distances without changing shape.
   http://focus.aps.org/story/v4/st24
The Elements of Machines Open in a new browser window  
   Some simple machines, explained, described and illustrated.
   http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html
Physics for Beginners Open in a new browser window  
   An introduction to some concepts in physics for the absolute beginner. Included is a equation solver which is for use with the Physics For Beginners section.
   http://physics.webplasma.com/
Bearwood Physics Open in a new browser window  
   Includes revision notes and questions geared towards the A-Level and GCSE examination in the United Kingdom.
   http://www.bearwoodphysics.com
TYC Physics Workshops Open in a new browser window  
   Information about workshops provided for two-year or community college physics teachers and the products of this project.
   http://tycphysics.org/
Bad Physics Open in a new browser window  
   Misunderstood things in physics with simple explanations.
   http://www.geoffers2000.freeserve.co.uk/
Physics 2000 Open in a new browser window  
   An interactive journey through modern physics. Have fun learning visually and conceptually about 20th century science and high-tech devices. Uses java applets.
   http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
Physics Laws and Quizzes Open in a new browser window  
   Solve some problems using the fundamental laws and be announced as a Quiz Master.
   http://members.tripod.com/arilizi/
Space Station Phyve Open in a new browser window  
   A WebQuest for high school physics and MST students to research and design a rotating space colony. This highly scientific mission contains links and teacher rubric.
   http://www.geocities.com/r_deruvo/
International Physics Olympiads Open in a new browser window  
   Regional and international physics olympiads. Information, mailing lists, and links to all the IPhO problems available on the web.
   http://www.geocities.com/links2ipho/
North Salinas High School Physics Club Open in a new browser window  
   Projects done over the years, alumni information, and details about the club's events and members.
   http://www.redshift.com/~vikweb/index.html
Teralab Open in a new browser window  
   Descriptions and photographs of electrostatics, electron bombardment and wave experiments done with home equipment.
   http://www.rhunt.f9.co.uk/
Physics Comics Open in a new browser window  
   Comics-style lessons in physics fundamentals. Topics include motion, forces, vectors, work and energy, and impulse and momentum.
   http://www.bmts.com/~stoeckli/
Society of Physics Students (SPS) Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.aip.org/education/sps/
FYKOS - Physical Correspondence Seminary Open in a new browser window  
   Worldwide competition in physics for grammar school (under age 19) students with an interest in physics.
   http://fykos.mff.cuni.cz/en/
Thermal and Statistical Physics Curriculum Development Project Open in a new browser window  
   Includes an introduction to the project and its conferences, related papers and links, and some Java applets.
   http://stp.clarku.edu/
Fundamental Physical Constants from NIST Open in a new browser window  
   The values of the fundamental physical constants provided at this site are recommended for international use by CODATA and are the latest available.
   http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
Science-Pseudoscience Open in a new browser window  
   Science, non-science and pseudoscience: a set of lessons to teach students to define and differentiate the three.
   http://www.chem1.com/chemed/flimflam.html
Physics Simulations - Teaching Programs Open in a new browser window  
   Free and commercial site with physics programs and some other materials available for download and/or sale. No Macintosh materials offered.
   http://www.colba.net/~htran/physics/
Live The Physics Open in a new browser window  
   Somewhat interactive site which intends to help with all sorts of physics homework and studying issues, and even allows you to email questions to the authors.
   http://library.thinkquest.org/13526/
Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP) Open in a new browser window  
   A non-profit organization of teachers, educators, and physicists; at Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
   http://www.cpepweb.org/
The Physics Encyclopedia Open in a new browser window  
   This site provides exhaustive, comprehensive, carefully selected and structured lists on Internet physics resources.
   http://members.tripod.com/~IgorIvanov/physics/
Static Electricity Open in a new browser window  
   Scientific explanation of the phenomenon of static electricity.
   http://www.electrostatics.com/page2.html
HyperPhysics Concepts Open in a new browser window  
   A concept map of physics showing relationships between topics while giving explanations and references.
   http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html
Spacetime Wrinkles Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/NumRelHome.html
Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education (ASPIRE) Open in a new browser window  
   Site dedicated to helping teachers with lessons in physics and astrophysics by giving computer activities that help show how physical models work.
   http://outreach.physics.utah.edu/
New Physics Teacher Project Open in a new browser window  
   Advice for the first year physics teacher gathered from interviews with expert physics educators.
   http://earthfuture.tripod.com/mp/adviceproject.html
The Physics of Learning Open in a new browser window  
   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 meth
   http://icn2.umeche.maine.edu/instruments/PHYSLRNR.html
Physics, the Neglected Science Open in a new browser window  
   Pages to help increase awareness about the value of physics and to lend support to high school physics students, teachers, and parents.
   http://intuitor.com/physics/index.html
EmmyNoether.com Open in a new browser window  
   A discussion of the nature and examples of symmetries in this subject.
   http://www.emmynoether.com/
QuarkNet Open in a new browser window  
   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 tea
   http://quarknet.fnal.gov/
Essential Physics Open in a new browser window  
   A book for first-year college students who have an interest in pursuing a career in physics or a closely related field.
   http://www.physicsforfree.com/essential.html
Intuitor - Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics Open in a new browser window  
   Reviews and rates Hollywood movies for bad physics content.
   http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/
Physics at Merton College Open in a new browser window  
   Matters related to the AS-level & A-level physics courses. The material covers topics in physics and its related mathematics and will supplement one's normal classwork.
   http://www.lokon.demon.co.uk/
The Motion Mountain Physics Text Open in a new browser window  
   A free physics textbook on the introductory physics course level, written to be surprising, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Chapters are downloadable pdf files.
   http://motionmountain.dse.nl/welcome.html
How Things Work Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/HTW//
Kenny Felder's Math and Physics Help Page Open in a new browser window  
   A collection of papers written to explain various concepts in math and physics, as well as papers generously donated by other people.
   http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/kenny/home.html
Interactive Physics Review System Open in a new browser window  
   A study aid for some basic Newtonian physics concepts that come up early in a student's study of basic college level physics.
   http://why2.lrdc.pitt.edu/physrev.htm
Physics Central Open in a new browser window  
   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
   http://www.physicscentral.org/
How Atoms Work Open in a new browser window  
   Shows how man determined the structure of the atom and learned how atoms interacted with each other.
   http://www.howstuffworks.com/atom.htm
Physics Courseware Communicator Open in a new browser window  
   Published quarterly by the Physics Courseware Evaluation Project (PCEP) in the Department of Physics at North Carolina State University. This newsletter describes physics educational software of interest to physics teachers at many levels of instruction.
   http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/physics/PCEP/www/PCC/PCC.html
Bicycle Physics Online Open in a new browser window  
   Divided in two parts. The first is a theory study and the second is a report of the experiment. This study was done as a part of The Bicycle Project from September till December 1999. The research was done at the Kansas State University's department of
   http://www.science.uva.nl/research/amstel/bicycle/partic/Bart/Project/
Bicycle Physics Open in a new browser window  
   The physics of how to steer a bicycle, and how stop signs interfere with bicycle commuting.
   http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~fajans/Teaching/bicycles.html
Cartoons and Movies Open in a new browser window  
   Some diagrams and movies illustrating some otherwise abstract electrical principles.
   http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~fajans/Teaching/cartoons/
Interactive Physics Problem Set Open in a new browser window  
   Contains almost 100 practice problems for physics students, accompanied by detailed solutions and interactive computer experiments.
   http://socrates.berkeley.edu:7521/projects/IPPS/
Physics Reference Open in a new browser window  
   Physics symbols, constants, and SI units, prefixes and rules.
   http://www.alcyone.com/max/reference/physics/index.html
Interactive Physics Scenarios by A. John Mallinckrodt Open in a new browser window  
   A collection of intermediate and advanced level modules in mechanics, gravitation, thermodynamics, and electrostatics for use with the Interactive Physics software distributed by MSC Working Knowledge.
   http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm/myweb/index.ip.html
UMPERG: Minds-On Physics (MOP) Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://umperg.physics.umass.edu/projects/MindsOnPhysics/
Animations of Wave Motion Open in a new browser window  
   Animated GIFs and a discussion of some of the math involved.
   http://physics.usask.ca/~hirose/ep225/anim.htm
Select Physics Topics Open in a new browser window  
   This physics online ebook covers basic physics from Newton's laws to electricity and magnetism. Lots of applets and animation included.
   http://www.science-ebooks.com/phy/select_physics_topics.htm
NSTA - Position Statement on Laboratory Science Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://www.nsta.org/159&psid=16
Physics First Open in a new browser window  
   For the past 130 years, physics has been an integral part of science curriculum at the high school level. Its current vertical position, established about 100 years ago, is now strongly challenged.
   http://members.aol.com/physicsfirst/
Assessing-to-Learn (A2L) Open in a new browser window  
   A research project on the use of continuous formative assessment in the high-school physics classroom. The website provides participating teachers with a library of assessment items (carefully constructed questions) to choose from for their classes, and w
   http://a2l.physics.umass.edu/
A Radically Modern Approach to Introductory Physics Open in a new browser window  
   A web text by David J. Raymond.
   http://www.physics.nmt.edu/~raymond/classes/ph13xbook/bookc.html
Professor Stephen Hawking Online Open in a new browser window  
   Biographical, educational, and scholarly. Also includes a bit of fun (did you know he was on The Simpsons TV show?)
   http://www.hawking.org.uk/
Physics Simulations in Education Open in a new browser window  
   ZIP-format files for DOS or Windows covering a variety of physics phenomena and applications.
   http://www.clab.unibe.ch/physim/index.htm
Art Ludwig's Sound Page Open in a new browser window  
   Various explorations of sound, sound detection and sound measurement. Includes a section on physics of sound.
   http://www.silcom.com/~aludwig/
West Point Bicentennial Engineering Design Contest Open in a new browser window  
   Bridge design contest (using specialized software) to celebrate West Point's 200 years of service to the United States of America. November 11, 2001 - February 28, 2002. Anyone can enter. U.S. students in grades K through 12 are eligible to compete for
   http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/
Exploring Physics in Cyberspace Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://web.missouri.edu/~wwwepic/
Advancing Physics AS/A2 Level Course from the Institute of Physics Open in a new browser window  
   The web site provides resources for Teachers, Students and Technicians involved in the study of AS or A2 Level Physics.
   http://advancingphysics.iop.org
Space and Time Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://info.hartwick.edu/physics/spacetime.html
Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics Open in a new browser window  
   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.
   http://math.vanderbilt.edu/~schectex/commerrs/
Radiation Physics and Radiocarbon Research Labs at University College Dublin Open in a new browser window  
   Specialises in the measurement of minute traces of artificial and natural radionuclides in the environment.
   http://www.ucd.ie/radphys/
Sea World Physics Open in a new browser window  
   Lesson plans, activities and objectives helpful to establish an understanding of the following physics concepts: velocity, acceleration, buoyancy and free fall.
   http://www.seaworld.org/just%2Dfor%2Dteachers/guides/physics/to%2Dthe%2Dteacher.htm
Physics Equations and Constants Open in a new browser window  
   A concise guide to equations and lists of constants and basic facts at the high school level, sorted by topic.
   http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/aceventura/