Resource Sites

 

University of Iowa Physics & Astronomy Courses

 

The Exploratorium Science Snacks

   Exploratorium Science Snacks are miniature versions of some of the most popular exhibits a the Exploratorium.

 

 

 

Academic Info. - Physics
   A site of general information and educational resources for physics with additional links to astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, general science, and nuclear resources.

 

Arbor Scientific - Cool Stuff Archives

  Low cost projects and demonstrations with Paul Hewitt and Chris Chiaverina.

 

The Astronomy Center

   Educational Resources for teaching introductory astronomy.

 

Bridge and Bridge Building

   A collection of websites about bridges, bridge construction, and bridge-building contests.

 

comPRADE

        Communities for Physics and Astronomy Digital Resources in Education.

 

Constants and Equations Pages

  This website gives more than 600 scientific constants values, plus over 400 scientific equations, a section on SI units, conversions, the periodic table, and much more.

 

CSERD (Computational Science Education Reference Desk)

   Links to science related resources including software downloads.

 

Daryl Science's E-World

    Hands-on, inexpensive demos.

 

DnaTube

    DnaTube is a non-profit video site which is aiming to be a visual scientific resource for its visitors making scientific concepts easily understandable.

 

Educational Electronics

  Educational Resources for Electronics Technology.

 

Experiment Problems for Electricity and Magnetism

  Examples of mechanics experiment problems at Ohio State.

 

ExploreScience.com

      Highly interactive science activities for students and educators.

 

Force Concept Inventory and Mechanics Baseline Text

 

Free Physics Educational Software

  This website provides FREE physics instructional software.

 

Gateway to Educational Materials

  The Gateway to Educational Materials is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, nonprofit, and commercial Internet sites.

 

Grey Company Trebuchet Page

  Shows various models of trebuchets and historical information.

 

Hands on Science!

  It is focused upon using physics-based, hand on activities as a creative method to bring older children out of their doldrums of learning apathy acquired by 4th, 5th, or 6th grade, and produce children interested in everything for a lifetime!

 

The Homepage of Bill Reitz

   Many hands on activities for high school teachers.

 

HyperPhysics

  Concept mapping of physics ideas.  Mostly for the science education teacher.

 

JoVE

  Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is an online video-publication for biological research.

 

Klein Oak High School Physics

  The purpose of this site is to serve as a resource for high school physics teachers and students.

 

Knowledge Revolution
  
Interactive Physics II.

 

LabAction

    LabAction is a community driven free resource for the information on biotechnology, cloning, human genetics, genetic disorders, stem cell research and marine biology.

 

Learner.org

    Resources for K-12 teachers from Annenberg Media

 

Lesson Planet

    Lesson Plans - search over 30,000 links to lesson plans via Lesson Planet.

 

The Mechanical Universe

  A collection of 52 half-hour university videotaped physics lessons from CalTech.

 

Martindale's "The Reference Desk"

  An incredible collection of links to resources on many different topics.

 

National Science Digital Library

  Educational resources for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

 

PBS Teacher Source

   Website for science and technology.

 

Physics Central

  Physics news, links, "how things work," and pictures.

 

Physics Education Research Web Sites

  The Large collection of links to PER websites in the United States.

 

The Physics Front

  Resources for precollege teachers - high school and middle school physics and physical science teachers - with plans for materials for K-5 teachers underway.

 

The Physics Teacher's Index

  Hosted by Robert Barrett, and not related to "TPT Magazine."

 

Practical Physics

   Website where teachers can find out haw to set up and manage practical work - both demonstration and class experiments.

 

PSRC Demonstration Sites

  Physical Science Resource Center - a collection of science related educational topics maintained by the AAPT.

 

Rutgers University - Physics Teaching Technology Resource

   This website is an attempt by a group of physics education researchers at Rutgers University to implement video technology in an effective manner in physics instruction.

 

The Science House - Physics Curriculum Guide

  Websites, Lesson Plans, Applets, and Shockwaves, and other resources for each Objective of the ten goals of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Physics.

 

Science Toys

  Low cost projects and demonstrations.

 

Sci-Teach

  Is a set of short movies for science teachers. 

 

SciVee

  Created for scientists, by scientists, SciVee moves science beyond the printed word and lecture theater taking advantage of the internet as a communication medium where scientists young and old have a place and a voice.

 

ShoDor.org

    Instructional resources and software for use in the classroom.         

 

U.C.Berkeley Department of Physics
  -On-line interactive problem sets
  -Videos available to download
  -Runs best on Macs with Interactive Physics II