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^ PHYSICS

ACTION, PRINCIPLE OF LEAST ACTION, MORSE THEORY

Wikipedia: Action
• Calculus of variations
• Functional (mathematics) returns a scalar from a vector argument
• Planck constant the quantum of action
• Principle of least action


^ PHYSICS
ALTERNATIVE THEORIES

TheFinalTheory.com, Mark McCutcheon
• Discussing "The Final Theory" with Mark McCutcheon by David Ruske

Universal Vortical Singularity

^ PHYSICS
ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
also see.. Computational Physics, Demonstrations §Learning Games§

3D World Simulation & 3D PhysicsUse It! Java applets with source: dynamics, kinematics, Links, physics, programing, theory & Tutorial from Martin John Baker
• Programmers Guide & Code

Acoustics and Vibration AnimationsUse It! by Daniel A. Russell, Kettering U
• Basic Wave Phenomena
    º Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms
    º Fourier Series and Waves
    º Reflection of Waves from Boundaries
    º Refraction of Sound Waves
    º Superposition of Waves
    º What is a Wave?
    º Wave Motion in Time and Space
• Room Acoustics
    º Driving room modes & source location
    º Reverberation Times in a small room
• Sound Waves and Radiation from Sources
    º The Baffled Piston approximation of a loudspeaker
    º Longitudinal and Transverse Waves
    º Sound field radiated by a Tuning Fork
    º Sound Fields Radiated by Simple Sources
    º Sound Radiation from Cylindrical Radiators

ActivPhysicsOnline from Pearson Education (pearsoned.com)

Adrian Boeing's E-Gap (AdrianBoeing.com): Physics Abstraction Layer (PAL) unified interface to different physics engines enabling multiple physics engines within one application

A. John Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Cal Poly Pomona
• Interactive Physics Simulations using Interactive Physics software

The Applet Collection & Applet List directory from LearningOnline Network with CAPA, Michigan State U

Applets by Daniel Roth freeware, simulate/illustrate physics problems

ASPIRE Lab (Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research and Education) interactive science education, Lessons
• Cosmic Zoom powers of ten
• Earth's Atmosphere
• Scientific Method Lab
• Shoot the Stars the doppler effect
• Star Life Cycle
• Tides & Gravity Labs
• Wave Basics

Boston U, Physics Lecture Demonstrations
• Physlet Demonstrations: Semesters 1 & 2

Brynmawr U, Serendip supporting intellectual & social change in science, education& social organization: Interactive Physics LinksUse It!
• Mechanics

CalTech: LRC Circuit Lab Applet

C.K. Ng Learn Physics Using Java simulations

Clark U, Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) Curriculum Development Project undergraduate curriculum materials: computational projects, conceptual learning & labs
• Java Simulations for Statistical and Thermal Physics

comPADRE Physics & Astronomy Education Communities, Physical Sciences Resource Center (PRSC), Flash Animations for Physics by David Harrison

Davidson College, Web Physics: Physlets
• Download Page see Conditions of non-profit, educational Use then click on the JAR FILES Link in the left column
• The Physlet Resource material to supplement and extend the Physlets book
• Physlet Tutorial

Dr. Richard Vawter, Western Washington U, Physics & Astronomy
• Learning Physics on the Web
    º Example Problems
    º Interactive Simulations
    º Physics Topics
    º Quick Time Movie Demonstrations
    º Solving Physics Problems
• Simulations List using Interactive Physics software

Fowler's Physics Applets & Physics Flashlets from Galileo and Einstein by Michael Fowler, U Virginia
General Physics Java Applets & CD ($) by B.Surendranath Reddy

Glenbrook South High School, Physics ( About ) The Physics Classroom TutorialsUse It! with Multimedia Physics Studio Animations
• 1-Dimensional Kinematics
• Newton's Laws
• Vectors and Projectiles
• Momentum and Collisions
• Work and Energy
• Circular, Satellite, and Rotational Motion
• Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity
• Static Electricity
• Waves, Sound and Light
• Ray Optics
• QuickTime Movies

Kansas State U, Visual Quantum Mechanics project, explorations of the quantum world for non-science students
• Simulations

Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture DemonstrationsUse It!
• Simulations
    º Electricity and Magnetism
    º Oscillation
    º Wave Phenomena
• Videos
    º Newtonian Mechanics
    º Oscillations and Waves
    º Light and Optics

Johns Hopkins U, Signals Systems Control Demonstrations by Wilson J. Rugh
• Fourier Series Approximation, Listen to Fourier Series

Leonardo: Interactive Virtual Science Museum, Topic Listing

Merlot.org Flash Animation for PhysicsUse It! Animation Links

Michigan State U: Demonstrations of Basic Physics Principles by Bauer, Benenson, Kortemeyer, & Westfall
• Air Track 1-D collsions
• Atwood Machine
• Net Force three forces add like vectors
• Newton'S Balls Conservation of Momentum

Molecular Expressions: Electricity and Magnetism
• Batteries
• Introduction to Capacitance: Charging and Discharging
• Inductance: Faraday's 1st Experiment, 2nd Experiment
• Transformer

Molecular Expressions, Light and Color: Primary Colors
• Color Filters
• Color Separation
• Primary Additive Colors, Subtractive Colors

Molecular Expression, Light and Color
• Mirrors Basic Properties of
    º Concave Spherical Mirrors, 3-D
    º Convex Spherical Mirrors, 3-D
• Reflection of Light
    º Antireflection Surface Coatings
    º Common Reflecting Prisms
    º The Critical Angle of Reflection!
    º Reflection of Light
    º Reflection and Refraction with Huygens Wavelets!
    º Right-Angle Prisms
    º Specular and Diffuse Reflection
    º Transmission and Reflection by Beamsplitters

Molecular Expressions: Light and Color
• Primary Colors

Molecular Expression, Light and Color: Refraction of Light
• Beam Steering by Wedge Prisms
• The Critical Angle of Reflection
• Observing Objects in Water
• Refraction by an Equilateral Prism
• Refraction of Monochromatic Light

MyPhysicsLab.comUse It! simulations & equations

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory: Mag Lab U: Learning about Electricity and Magnetism
• Interactive Java Tutorials
    º DC Motor
    º EMF in Inductors
    º Ignition Coil

NTNU Virtual Physics LaboratoryUse It! Java Simulations in Physics
• Thin Lens (converging/diverging lens/mirrors)
• Dynamics
• Electromagnetics
• Kinematics
    º Simple Harmonic Motion and Uniform Circular Motion
• Miscellaneous
• Optics
    º Thin Lens (converging/diverging lens/mirrors)
• Physlet BuilderUse It! (Create your own simulation)
• Thermodynamics
• Vector Addition
• Wave

Oklahoma State U, Chemistry Courses, 1314, QuicTime Video Lectures
• Ideal Gas LawUse It!

OpenSimulator.org 3D open source application server, create a virtual environment (world) out of the box
Paul Falstad (ads) Math and Physics Applets with SOURCE CODE & Links

Phy is PhunUse It! learn physics using Java
• Electromagnetism & Electronics
• Light & Wave
• Mechanics

Physics-Animations.com

Physics Applets from U Oregon, Physics, Links
• Astrophysics
• Energy & Environment
• Mechanics
• Tools

Physics Lab Online by Catharine H. Colwell, curriculum integrated with the classroom management system LearningXchange, Search, Table of Contents
• Ap Review Sessions equations
• Compilations Questions, quizes, problems & physlets
• Curriculum Guide, Curriculum (1st edition), History of Physics Lab Online program
• Introduction: Directions, how to use PhysicsLab
• Physlets
    º Additive Colors
    º Bouncing Ball elastic collisions with gravity, equal angles of incidence & reflection
    º
    º Doppler Effect Laser
    º Lenses: Converging, Diverging
    º Mirrors: Diverging
    º Single Slit Diffraction
    º Young's Double Slit Interference
• Resource Lessons

Physics Simulations Links to Java and Shockwave simulations: Mississippi State U

Physlets by Kevork Spartalian, U Vermont

Socratic ElectronicsUse It! by Tony R. Kuphaldt: Topical worksheets pick & choose questions to meet teaching needs, for anmationssee Circuit animations for animated gif's
• Bridge rectifier circuit with: ideal diodes, real diodes
• Electromagnetic induction
• Thevenin's theorem

TIPTOP: The Virtual Laboratory & Java Applets Portal from the Fast Neutron Research Facility (FNRF)

U British Columbia, Computer Science, Kees van den Doel
• Real-time audio synthesis using JASSUse It! with source code
    º CombustionEngine demo!
    º Creaking
    º Grains
    º ModalNoise demo, ModalNoise2 demo!
    º Morph between 2 sound models
    º PlayWav A “Hello World” program using a number of loops of the same recording
    º Real-time synthesis of a morphable church bell
    º Reverb!
    º Simple Karplus-Strong like string
    º Simplest possible non-trivial program: a sawtooth generator
    º Sound Masking demo
    º Sound Simulation design instrument & render sounds under hitting, plucking, scraping...

U Colorado, Boulder: PhETUse It! Physics Interactive Technology, Interactive Simulations: Physics
• Three ways to Run Simulations
    º Download Your Choice of Simulations
    º Offline Installer - Full Install Note Windows installer includes Java install, Help & Troubleshooting
    º Web Access
• Conductivity
• Doppler Effect: Source, Observer
• Electric Field of Dreams
• Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab
• Masses & Springs
• Pendulum Lab
• Wave on a String

U Colorado, Boulder, Physics, Physics 2000
• PhET Physics Interactive Technology, Interactive Simulations
• Physics Learning Laboratories
• Teacher Ideas & Activities

U Colorado, Boulder, Physics, Physics 2000Use It! ( Applets ) interactive journey through modern physics
• Physics Learning Laboratories

U Florida, Physics (zip): PHY2054
• Lenses: Converging, Diverging
• Mirrors: Concave, Convex, Planer

U Guelph, Department of Physics, Tutorials

U Oregon: Virtual Laboratory physics applets, by Greg Bothun
• Cannon
• Gravity
• Inclined Planes & Friction
• Kepler's Third Law
• Kinetic Energy
• Momentum
• Potential Energy
• Tools: Graphing Applet, Graphics Spreadsheet

U Salford, Acoustics, Audio and Video, Science & Physics Resources: Sounds AmazingUse It! video & animations learning resource for AS and A Level physics
• Wavetypes

U Toronto, UPSCALE: Flash Animations for PhysicsUse It! under Creative Commons License non-commercial share, remix, attribute
• Classical Mechanics
    º Coupled Harmonic Oscillators
    º Curling
    º Foucault Pendulum
    º Galilean Relativity
    º The Monkey and the Hunter
    º Racing Balls
    º Vertical Circular Motion
• Math
    º Area of a Circle
    º Derivative of the Sine
    º Integrals
    º Vectors: Add 2, Subtract 2, Cross Product
• Quantum
    º Bell's Theorem Mermin's entangled pairs
• Sound Waves
    º Pressure and Displacement Waves
    º Tuning Fork
• Waves
    º Reflections from 1 Barrier
    º 2 Barriers
    º Standing Waves With a Node on Both Ends
    º One End

Vibration and Waves AnimationsUse It! Dan Russell, Kettering U, Flint, MI

The Virtual Laboratory: TIPTOP directory of physics Java Applets
Walter-Fendt, Denmark
• Java Applets on Physics
• Electrodynamics
    º; Electromagnetic Oscillating Circuit
    º Electromagnetic Wave
• Mechanics
    º Elastic and Inelastic Collision
    º Inclined Plane
    º Kepler's First Law & Second Law
    º Newton's Cradle
    º Pendulums: Coupled, Simple, Spring
    º Projectile Motion
    º Uniform Circular Motion
• Optics
    º Diffraction of Light by a Single Slit, Interference of Light at a Double SlitUse It!
    º Image Formation by Converging Lenses
    º Reflection and Refraction of Light Waves explanation by Huygens' Principle
    º Refracting Astronomical Telescope
    º Refraction of Light
• Oscillations & Waves
    º Beats
    º Doppler Effect example
    º Forced Oscillations (Resonance)
    º Standing Wave explanation by superposition of the reflected wave
    º Standing Longitudinal Waves
• Thermodynamics: Special Processes of an Ideal Gas isobaric, isochoric, isothermal

Web Physics with Physlets, science education applets, downloads, source, tutorial: Davidson College

Wikipedia
• Category:Computer physics engines
• Category:Video game hardware
• Collision detection
• Computational physics
• Dynamical simulation
• Havok (software)
• Newton Game Dynamics free, but closed source physics engine
• OPAL (software) Open Physics Abstraction Layer, Free open source realtime physics engine API similar to PAL supported only by ODE
• Open Dynamics Engine rigid body dynamics simulation and collision detection physics engine
• OpenSimulator (non-programmers access) open source server platform for hosting virtual worlds
• Physics Abstraction Layer (PAL) Free open source simple cross-platform physical simulation C++ API, similar to a physics engine wrapper, but flexible extended capabilities
    º dynamic simulation methodologies, including rigid body, liquids, soft body, ragdoll & vehicle dynamics
• Physics engine
• Physics processing unit
• Player Project (non-programmer access) Free open source software for research into robotics & sensor systems
• Ragdoll physics
• Webots (non-programmers access) professional & educational robot simulator using the using the Open Dynamics Engine (ODE)
• Wild Pockets (non-programmers access) free web-based Game Engine using Lua scripting language to access underlying C++

Wiley Interscience: Halliday
• Simulations Library


^ PHYSICS
AP PHYSICS
also see.. Education

5 Steps to a 5 AP Physics B and C, 2nd Edn 2008-9 by Greg Jacobs & Joshua Schulman @ Barnes & Noble

AP Physics B by Dolores Gende
• AP Home Pages, Links
• Demos
• Homework Services
• Interactive Problem Solving
• Lab Format
• Labs
    º Error Analysis in Experimental Physical ScienceUse It!
• Labs, Open Ended
    º Ideas over forty
• Simulations
• Syllabus Development & Course DescriptionUse It! for Audit
    º Annotated Sample Syllabi: 1, 2, 3, 4
    º Course Description
    º Syllabus Development Guide
    º Syllabus Self-Evaluation Checklist
• Teaching Resources
• Tutorials Links

AP Physics with Mr Burns, Los Gatos High School
• The Physics of Road Runner clips from Warner Brothers Road Runner & Coyote cartoons for physics teachers
• Review Links
• Solutions to E&P Problems

Archive.org: Open Educational Resources
• Advanced Placement (AP) Courses from the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
    º Advanced Placement Physics B
    º Advanced Placement Physics C

Arizona State U, Modeling Instruction ProgramUse It! Links
• Action Research, Resources, Equipment for the Modeling Classroom (pdf's)
• Advanced Placement Physics and Chemistry Resources
• AP Syllabi Index
• Mechanics curriculum Index
    º 1-Sci Thinking: Unit I Reading - Graphical Methods, Significant Figures

The Book of PhyzUse It! by Dean Baird, AP Physics guides, jobs, labs, demos, question & problem sets

Brockport High School Science Department
• AP Physics Labs & other Physics Labs
• Problems & Related Topics
• Science Reference Tables
• Student Study Area tips on problem solving, taking exams & notes, SQ3R Study System

CollegeBoard.com: AP Central, Search AP Central: Physics
• AP Physics (pdf) general information
• AP Physics B Course Home PageUse It! much more than listed below!
    º Course Audit All schools teaching “AP” must submit the subject-specific AP Course Audit form & syllabus for each teacher of that course. AP course
    º AP Physics B Course Perspective
    º AP Physics Course Description (pdf)
    º AP Physics Teacher's Guide
    º AP Physics FAQs
    º Equation & Tables accessible during testing
    º Multiple Intelligences in the Physics Classroom Physics Instruction Using Video Analysis Technology
    º Sample Syllabi
• Course AuditUse It!
• History of the AP Program
• Labs
    º AP Physics Lab GuideUse It! ($) Purchase (pdf)
    º Labs Criteria, Format, Ideas
    º Hooke's Law Lab
    º Position-Time Graph of a Pendulum
    º Projectile Motion
• Institutes & Workshops
• Rubrics, AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, Mechanics
• Learning Objectives for AP Physics
• Sample Syllabi
• Store

FlipKart.com
• 5 Steps To A 5 Ap Physics B And C book

Glenbrook High School: The Physics Classroom Tutorial

HippoCampus.orgUse It! online tutorials, Create an account for your students
• Physics & Physics Minisite
• Introductory Physics I & II
• General Physics I & II
• College Preparatory Physics I & II
• Physics B (algebra & trigonometry based) for AP I & II
• Physics C (calculus based) for AP I & II

Intuitor.com
• Mr. Rogers' Syllabus for AP Physics C: Mechanics (With IB Physics Topics)

KineticBooks.com, Demo
• Virtual Labs

Mark Reif
• FysicsFool at GooglePages.com: AP Physics C class, Fayetteville High School
• FysicsFool at PbWorks.com ( Access permission required )

MIT Open Courseware: AP PhysicsUse It!
• Motion in One Dimension

Mr. Stanbrough's Classes Physics & AP Physics at Batesville Community School Corporation
• Physics - Lab Safety Rules
• TI-89 “How To...” Index
• Your AP Physics Lab Book

Oak Ridge Schools, Peggy Bertrand: AP Physics B
• Equation Sheet and Tables

Owen von Kugelgen, Head Royce School: AP Physics

Physics Lab Online by Catharine H. Colwell, curriculum integrated with the classroom management system LearningXchange, Search, Table of Contents
• Introduction: Directions, how to use PhysicsLab
• Curriculum Guide, Curriculum (1st edition), History of Physics Lab Online program
• Ap Review Sessions equations
• Compilations Questions, quizes, problems & physlets
• • Resource Lessons

Physics Lab Online by Catharine H. Colwell,Mainland High School, curriculum integrated with the classroom management system LearningXchange, Search, Table of Contents
• Ap Review Sessions formulas, labs, lessons, next-time questions, worksheets, cp workbook, essays
• Compilations Questions, quizes, problems & physlets
• Curriculum Guide, Curriculum (1st edition), History of Physics Lab Online program
• Introduction: Directions, how to use PhysicsLab

Rice's Physics Website, School District of Clayton, Missouri, Links
• AP Physics B
    º Answers to even problems - Giancoli 5th Edition
    º Course Info
    º Homework
    º Syllabus

U Minnesota, Physics & Astronomy, Physics Education Research & Development
• Context Rich Problems
• Cooperative Group Problem SolvingUse It!
    º Download “Cooperative Group Problem Solving in Physics” by Pat Heller and Ken Heller
    º A Logical Problem Solving Strategy
    º Problem Solving Labs: Lab Manual Downloads with Teacher's Guides

Wolff's Duchesne Page
• Honors Physics
• Physics
• Statistics


^ PHYSICS
ASSOCIATIONS
Adopt-a-Physicistconnects high school students with physics graduates via online message boards

American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) since 1930, ensuring the dissemination physics knowledge, particularly through teaching, Links
• High School Physics Photo Contest
• Local Sections
• New Faculty Workshops
• Physics Teaching Resource Agents (PTRA) Program local professional development workshops
• Publications
    º American Journal of Physics from ( AIP)
    º the Physics Teacher Online from ( AIP)
• Teaching Resources
    º Guidelines for High School Physics Programs
    º HS Textbook Review, Parts 1: Introduction, 2: Active Physics, 3: Conceptual Physics

American Institute of Physics (AIP), Links, SiteMap
• Physics News Update

American Physical Society (APS) education, events, News, Search, units
• Physics on the Road list of institutions with outreach programs
• Resources for Educators

American Vacuum Society
Cal Poly Pomona Society of Physics Students, Forum, Links
European Physical Society (EPS)
Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Physics.org (UK) guide to physics on the web, About, SiteMap
    º Events & Activities

Intergovernmental Panel on Global Climate ChangeUse It! (IPCC) “the scientifice consensus”

National Academy of Sciences Board on Physics and Astronomy

Physics Instructional Resource Association (PIRA), Forum
• Demo Bibliography
• PIRA 200 Demo List
• Wiki

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
• Recommended Science Teaching Materials

The Santa Fe Institute, About, FAQ
• Current and Upcoming Public Events
• Physics and Complexity
• Video Collection

Society of Physics Students from the American Institute of Physics
Yahoo Search: Organizations: Science: Physics

^ PHYSICS
ASTROPHYSICS
also see.. §ASTRONOMY§, Cosmology

Astronomy 12 Introduction to Astrophysics II, Steven T. Myers, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro, NM
• Lecture Notes
    º Lecture 18 - White Dwarfs & Neutron Stars

arXiv.org e-Print archiveUse It!, Astrophysics (since 4/92)

Astronomy 162 Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology, U Tennessee, Knoxville
The Astrophysical Journal ($) online
Astrophysics Data System ADS Abstract Service

Astrophysics Source Code Library: ArchiveUse It!, About, Links, Search

Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
Centre for Astrophysics education, News, popularization, research, resources, U Porto

NASA's Cosmicopia, LinksUse It! Search
• Astrophysics Basics
• Cosmic Rays
• Space Weather
• The Sun

Great Debates in Astronomy

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Search
• Current Night Sky
• Education and Outreach
• Image Gallery
• Research
    º Cosmology early epoch of inflation, nature & role of dark matter
    º Extreme Astrophysics the most violent & energetic phenomena
    º Galaxies
    º Laboratory Astrophysics
    º Our Solar System how stable planetary systems form, how planets develop conditions necessary for life
    º Stars, Planets & Origins our picture of how stars form is incomplete, we do not know what conditions produce life

Imagine the Universe! from NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
• Ask an Astrophysicist, Search

lanl.arXiv.org e-Print archive - Astrophysics (since 4/92)
• Search by Author(s), Title, Abstract

lanl.arXiv.org e-Print archive mirror (xxx.lanl.gov) - Astrophysics (since 4/92)

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS @Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophsics), Browse, Search Digital Library for Physics, Astrophysics, and Instrumentation
• Mirrors: U Nottingham

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), Help
• Images from the STScI Digitized Sky Survey

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Oulu Space Physics Textbook ( Alt )
soton.ac.uk archive Astrophysics (since 4/92) e-Prints

WebStars: Astrophysics in Cyberspace
•HEASARC High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center


^ PHYSICS
AUDIO FILES
also see.. Tutorials

Archive.org, Audio
• Search
    º Quantum
    º Physics
    º Relativity

Groks Science Radio Show & Broadcast ( alt )
• Archive.org AudioUse It! Search ( Groks or Groks Physics )
• PodcastAlley.com: Groks All Shows


^ PHYSICS
BIOGRAPHIES
Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography Eric Weisstein
Feynman Online site dedicated to Richard P. Feynman

^ PHYSICS
BLOGS

Dot Physics ( Alt ) Rhett Allain, Assoc Physics Prof, Southeastern Louisiana U


^ PHYSICS
BOOKS
also see.. Open Education

Archive.org: Search Physics
• Clifford, William Kingdon, 1845-1879
• General physics and its application to industry and everyday life By Ervin Sidney Ferry, 1921
• Physics by Charles Ryborg Mann & George Ransom Twiss, 1910
• Physics of the household by Carleton John Lynde. 1915

The Book of PhyzUse It! by Dean Baird, AP Physics guides, jobs, labs, demos, question & problem sets

Compadre.org, Open Source Physics
• Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) Textbook by Harvey Gould & Jan Tobochnik
    º download chapters for statistical mechanics, thermal physics or thermal & statistical physics classes,

E.F. Schubert, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering
• Physical foundations ECSE-6960 Quantum Mechanics online book

Google Books (Public Domain)
• Clifford, William Kingdon
    º The common sense of the exact sciences
    º Elements of dynamic: an introduction to the study of motion and rest in solid and fluid bodies, Volume 1
    º Lectures and essays by the late William Kingdon Clifford, F.R.S.
    º Seeing and thinking
• Essentials of modern physics Charles Elwood Dull, 1922
• Macfarlane, Alexander
    º Principles of the algebra of physics
• Physics Ernest Fox Nichols, 1907
• Physics Balfour Stewart, 1889
• Physics Willis Eugene Tower, Charles Henry Smith, Charles Mark Turton, Thomas Darlington Cope, 1920
    º departure from quantitative mathematical presentations
• Physics: advanced course George Frederick Barker, 1893
• Physics: with applications Henry Smith Carhart, Horatio Nelson Chute, 1917
• Physics: the student's manual for the study room and laboratory Le Roy Clark Cooley, 1897
• Physics: a text-book for secondary schools Frederick Slate, 1902

Google Books (physics & astronomy books for the general reader)
• Barrow, John D.
    º The Artful Universe 1995 or The Artful Universe Expanded 2005
    º New Theories of EverythingUse It!
    º Pi in the Sky: counting, thinking, and being
• Bartusiak, Marcia
    º Through a universe darkly: a cosmic tale of ancient ethers, dark matter, and the fate of the universe
• Crease, Robert P.
    º The Second Creation: makers of the revolution in twentieth-century physics
• Ferris, Timothy
    º The whole shebang: a state-of-the-universe(s) report
• Gell-Mann, Murray
    º The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex
• Goldstein, Martin & Goldstein, Inge F.
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• Chapter 7: Light and Optics
• Chapter 8: Biology
• Chapter 9: Mathematics
• Chapter 10: Computers and Electronics

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• Light & Color
    º Color Filters, Hand-Held Spectroscope, Polarizing Filters
• Magnets
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• Classroom Activities
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^ PHYSICS
COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
also see.. Animations, Software

Compadre.org: uCOMP sharing information & resources in computational physics
• Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool
• Special Functions Model by Wolfgang Christian, display Legendre-, Laguerre-, Chebyshev-polynomials & Bessel functions

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• Wiki
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• Documentation
• Download
    º Sourceforge Binary for Windows
• Slide Presentations
• Sourceforge.net: Open Dynamics Engine
    º What is a Physics SDK

Wikipedia
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Computational physics
• Dynamical simulation
• Open Dynamics Engine
• Physics engine


^ PHYSICS
CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS
Glenbard West High School, Mr. Szarzak
• Conceptual Physics

Glenbrook South Physics

M&M Enterprises ($) Paul G. Hewitt Lectures on DVD
• DVD Titles

Mrs. Keith Files Page

Peter Hirschfeld, U Florida, Physics: Discovering PhysicsUse It! (PHY1033C)
• Labs
• Links to Topics discussed in class
• Solved Problem Archive
• Syllabus
• Tests & Practice Tests

Physics Lab Online by Catharine H. Colwell, Site Instructions, Search, Table of Contents
• Next-Time QuestionsUse It! to accompany Paul Hewitt's Conceptual Physics

PearsonSchool.com (Prentice Hall sales )
• Conceptual Physics by Paul Hewitt

ScienceWithMrNoon.comUse It!
• Honors Physics, Links

St. Anthony High School, Physical Sciences Instructor: Matthew Poston
• Conceptual Physics
    º Graph Paper
    º Periodic Table
    º Syllabus (doc)

St. Ignatius College Preparatory
• The People's Physics Book online


^ PHYSICS
CORIOLIS EFFECT

Astronomy 161 The Solar System, U Tennessee, Knoxville
• Consequences of Rotation for Weather Coriolis Forces

The Coriolis Effect (pdf) – a conflict between common sense and mathematics, Anders Persson, Norwegian Meteorolgical Institute

David H. McIntyre, Oregon State U Physics
• Coriolis Force and Noninertial Effects Animations

International Commission on History of Meteorology
•: Four centuries of conflict between common sense and mathematics, Part I: A history to 1885

Polar Satellite Meteorology at CIMSS, U Wisconsin-Madison: GG101 - Natural Environments: The Atmosphere
• The Coriolis Effect by Dave Van Domelen

Wikipedia
• Coriolis effect

Youtube.com
• coriolis effect (2-11)


^ PHYSICS
COSMOLOGY, STRINGS, SUPERSTRINGS
including.. Hubble's Law
also see.. §ASTRONOMY§, Astrophysics, §Black Holes§, Particle Physics, §PHILOSOPHY§,
Quantum Gravity, Relativity, §RELIGIONS§, §Stellar Evolution§, Varying c

DIRECTORIES-Cosmology
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Yahoo.com

Amazon.com
• Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Lisa Randall

The American Institute of Physics: Center for History of Physics
• Cosmic JourneyUse It!

Archive.org, Audio: Search String Theory
• The Great String Theory Debate: Brian Greene and Lawrence Krauss Federico Pistono
• String Theory (Groks Science Show) Charles Lee and Frank Ling

Autotheist's Corner - Advanced Physics Made Simple:
• Black Holes, Cosmology, General Relativity, Special Relativity, Standard Model

Berkeley Cosmology Group - Links, Education Outreach:
• FAQs - Black Holes FAQ, What is Cosmology?
• On-Line Demos
• Remote Access Astronomy

Black Holes and Mysteries of the Cosmos (geocities.com) chats, essays, Links, Search

Cal Tech, Particle Theory Group, Links
• The Second Superstring Revolution, John H. Schwarz

Cambridge Cosmology (see U Cambridge below for extended links)
Cambridge Relativity

Cornell U, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Superstring Theory

The Cosmic Microwave Background, Douglas Scott, U British Columbia, Astronomy & Astrophysics

Cosmic Microwave Background Tutorials (CMB Tutorials) U Chicago
The Cosmological Constant Sean M. Carroll & William H. Press, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics & Edwin L. Turner

The Cosmological Constant evolution, Links, references, relativity: by Eli Michael, U Colorado, Boulder
Cosmology: The Study of the Universe from NASA
Cosmology 3 from Telescopes & Astronomy, Astralia

Cosmos in a Computer, U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Cosmic Mystery Tour How did the universe begin & come to be in its present state?
• Our Hierarchical Universe What can the universe's present structure tell us about its evolution & fate?
• Cosmology Goes Digital Why are computers essential to understand or compute the universe?
• Cosmos in Fast Forward animations
• Short Bibliography

CMB Astrophysics Research Program ( L Berkeley National Lab ), Smoot Group Education, Outreach
• Active Galactic Nuclei
    º nuclei (of some galaxies) that outshine the entire galaxy, powered by supermassive black holes
• Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) relic radiation from the Big Bang
• Formation of the Elements
    º In the beginning....
    º Formation of the High Mass Elements (a/k/a What Happens Inside a Star)
• Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry in the Universe
• Potential Software Projects for CS students

Cyberia from U Illinois
• Science for the Millennium, Movie Index
    º Cosmos in a Computer
    º Spacetime Wrinkles
    º Whispers from the Cosmos

Edward L. (Ned) Wright
• Cosmological Fads & Fallacies
• Cosmology Tutorial

Google Books (cosmology books for the general reader)
• Barrow, John D.
    º The Artful Universe 1995 or The Artful Universe Expanded 2005
    º New Theories of EverythingUse It!
• Bartusiak, Marcia
    º Through a universe darkly: a cosmic tale of ancient ethers, dark matter, and the fate of the universe
• Ferris, Timothy
    º The whole shebang
•
    º Greene, Brian
    º The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
    º The fabric of the cosmos: space, time, and the texture of reality
• Goldstein, Martin & Goldstein, Inge F.
    º The refrigerator and the universe: understanding the laws of energy (thermodynamics)
• Kaku, Michio
    º Beyond Einstein: the cosmic quest for the theory of the universe
• Kolb, Rocky
    º Blind Watchers Of The Sky: The People And Ideas That Shaped Our View Of The Universe
• Singh, Simon
    º Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
• Weinberg, Steven
    º Dreams of a final theory

iCosmos.co.uk cosmology calculator: comoving distance, angular diameter distance, luminosity distance, comoving volume, age of the universe, perturbation growth factor

Institute for Strings, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Cornell U
• News
• People
    º Brian Greene co-director

John H. Schwarz, Caltech Particle Theory
• The Second Superstring RevolutionUse It!

John Huchra's Website

Level 5 knowledgebase for extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology, About, Links, Search
• Author IndexUse It!
• Lexicon and Glossary of Terms
• Images, Catalogs & Atlases
• Spectroscopy

The Light Cone an illuminating introduction to relativity by Rob Salgado

Los Alamos National Laboratory - e-Print archive

Martin White's Online Publications ( Astronomy Dept, U California, Berkely)
• Big Bang
• Cosmic Rosetta Stone
• Dark Matter
• from Gamow to COBE
• Polarization Primer (Cosmic Microwave Background)

MIT Physics Courses Online
• 8.942 Cosmology As taught in: Fall 2001

NASA, Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) - Cosmology, Outreach: Universe: Cosmology 101:
• Big Bang Theory, Concepts
• Big Bang Tests - Cosmic Micrwaves, Expansion, Light Elements
• Beyond Big Bang - Fluctuations, Fine Tuning, Inflation Theory, Structures
• Our Universe - Age, Cosmological Constant, Expansion, Fate, Shape, Matter
• Related Topics - First Objects, Life and Death of Stars, Milky Way Galaxy

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, Intro, LinksUse It!, Search
• Advanced All-Sky Search For Objects By Parameters
• Calculators: Coordinate & Galactic Extinction, Velocity Correction
• Images & Maps
• Level 5 Knowledgebase
• Search: Redshifts, Text

Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial: UCLA, FAQ
• Part 1: Observations of Global Properties
• Part 2: Homogeneity and Isotropy; Many Distances; Scale Factor
• Part 3: Spatial Curvature; Flatness-Oldness; Horizon
• Part 4: Inflation; Anisotropy and Inhomogeneity
• The ABC's of Distances
• Age of the Universe
• Popular Cosmology Books (bibliography)
• Relativity Tutorial

Origin and Development of the Universe from NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial
Peter Lynds

Professor Stephen Hawking's website - bio, Glossary, Links, physics colloquiums, public lectures
Qozi.com, Astronomy - Cosmology (Links)
The Scale of the Universe

The Second Superstring Revolution by John Schwarz, Caltech - Particle Theory
• Introduction - Resolution of Contradictions
• Supersymmetry
• Brief History of Superstrings - Strong Nuclear Force, Unification, First Revolution
• Basic Ideas of Superstring Theory - Perturbation, Extra Dimensions, Theory of Everything?
• Second Superstring Revolution - One Theory!, T Duality, S Duality, M Theory, D-Branes
• Conclusions

SuperstringTheory.com, Patricia Schwarz
• Basics

String Theory and the Unification of Forces
•by Sunil Mukhi, Dept Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

String Theory Web Site, Links - Cosmology
• How Old is the Universe?
• What is the Structure of the Universe?
• Take a Trip through the Big Bang
• Before the Big Bang

Sunil Mukhi
• String Theory and the Unification of Forces

Superstrings! - Glossary, Links, Tutorial
• Basics
• Black Holes
• D-branes
• Duality
• Extra Dimensions
• M-theory
• Super(symmetric)Strings
• Why Strings?
• Summary

SuperStringtheory.com, ForumsUse It! Index, Links
• Black Holes, Cosmology, Relativity, Time & Causality
• Einstein, Hawking
• Geometry, Topology
• Mystics & Metaphysics, Philosophy of Physics, Science & Religion, Science & Society
• Physics Education, Questions & Answers


U Cambridge - DAMTP, Relativity & Gravitation Group - CosmologyUse It!
• Big Bang, Cosmic Strings, Inflation, Quantum gravity
• Black Holes - Introduction, Observational evidence and Critical Phenomena
• Cosmic Background Radiation - Origin of Fluctuations, Primeval Fireball, Edge Ripples, Temperature
• Galaxies & clusters - Clusters and [Large-scale: Origin], Milky Way, Spiral and Elliptical, Dark Matter
• Quantum Gravity - Quantum Cosmology, M-theory (Strings), and the Holographic Principle

U Colorado, Boulder, CASA: ASTR 5720-001: Galaxies & Cosmology; ASTR 3740: Relativity & Cosmology
• Andrew Hamilton - publications
• Falling in a Black Hole
• Links - Cosmology, Relativity & Black Hole
• Tour of Special Relativity

U Oregon: Astronomy 123 Cosmology and the Origin of Life
View from the center of the Universe book promotion site

Wikipedia: Cosmology, Physical cosmology
    º Category:Cosmology
    º Category:String theory
    º Category:Stellar evolution
    º Category:Astronomy timelines
    º History of the Big Bang theory
    º History of general relativity
    º History of gravitational theory
    º History of optics
    º History of physics
    º History of Solar System formation and evolution hypotheses
    º History of string theory
    º Timeline of the Big Bang
    º Timeline of black hole physics
    º Timeline of cosmic microwave background astronomy
    º Timeline of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovae
• Acceleration
• Accelerating universe
• Age of the universe
• Anthropic principle
• Astrophysics
• Biocentrism (cosmology) life creates the universe
• Big Bang
    º Big Bang nucleosynthesis
    º Timeline of the Big Bang
• Black body
• Bondi, Hermann
• Celestial mechanics
• Cellular automaton
• Chaos
• Chaotic Inflation theory
• Complex systems
• Copernican Principle our place in this Universe is not central or favored
• Cosmic distance ladder (standard candle)
• Cosmic microwave background radiation
• Cosmogony
• Cosmological argument
• Cosmological constant
• Cosmological principle in all space our Universe's large scale properties & physical laws are the same, implies homogeneity & isotropy
    º Perfect cosmological principle extends cosmological principle to both space & time
• Cosmology
    º Non-standard cosmology
    º Observational cosmology
    º Physical cosmology
• Cosmos
• CPT symmetry symmetry of physical laws under simultaneous inversions of charge, parity & time; a mirror-image universe would evolve under our same physical laws
    º CP violation CP-symmetry [laws unchanged by particle/antiparticle exchange (C symmetry) & left/right swap (P symmetry)] violated in neutral kaon decays-1964
    º C-symmetry symmetry under charge-conjugation transformation or particle/antiparticle interchange
    º Parity (physics) (P) parity transformation or parity inversion is flipping the sign of one spatial coordinate (mirror image)
    º T-symmetry symmetry of laws under time reversal transformation
• de Sitter, Willem (1872-1934) co-authored paper Einstein in 1932 which argued there may be large amounts of dark matter
    º de Sitter invariant special relativity
    º de Sitter space
    º de Sitter universe
• Dark energy
• Dark matter
• Distance measures (cosmology)
    º Cepheid variables pulsating variable stars, standard candles, foundation of the Extragalactic Distance Scale
    º Cosmic distance ladder
    º Distance modulus
    º Parallax
    º Tip of the red giant branch distance indicator using luminosity of brightest red giant branch stars in a galaxy to gauge the galaxy's distance
    º Triangulation
• Doppler effect
• Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)
• Event horizon
• Golden age of cosmology
• Homogeneity (physics)
• Hoyle, Fred (1915-2001)
• Elementary particle
• Energy
• Eras: phases of the known universe
    º Dark Energy Dominated Era 5 billion years A.B. (After the Big Bang)
    º Matter-Dominated Era 70,000 years A.B.
    º Radiation-Dominated Era
• Evolution
• Fine-tuned Universe
• Flatness problem
• Force
• Friedmann, Alexander (1888-1925)
    º Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker metric solution of Einstein's field equations implying Big Bang
• Fundamental interaction (fundamental forces)
• Future of an expanding universe
• Galaxy, Galaxy formation and evolution
• Gold, Thomas (1920-2004) Steady State Theory
• Golden age of cosmology
• Golden age of general relativity
• Grand unification epoch
• Grand Unified Theory
• Gravitation
    º Gravitational field
    º Gravitational lens
    º Gravitational redshift
    º Gravitational well
    º Quantum gravity
• Guth, Alan (1947-) originator of inflation theory
• Hawking, Stephen (1942)
    º Hawking radiation
• Heat death of the universe
• Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
    º Instability strip
    º Stellar birthline
    º Turnoff point
• Hubble, Edwin (1889-1953)
    º Hubble's law
• Inflation (cosmology)
    º Chaotic inflation theory
    º Inflationary epoch
• Intelligent design
• Isotropy
• Khvolson, Orest (1852-1934)gravitational lense
• Lanza, Robert
    º Biocentrism (cosmology) life creates the universe
• Large-scale structure of the cosmos
• Lemaitre, Georges (1894-1966) 1927 primeval atom (Big Bang) solution to Einstein's field equations independent of Friedmann
• Levi-Civita, Tullio (1873-1941)
• Luminiferous aether
• Lyman alpha blob
• Lynds, Peter (1975) cyclic time cosmology model
• Mass
• Mathematical universe hypothesis
• Matter
• Mediocrity principle our place in this Universe is average
• Metric expansion of space
• Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909)
    º Minkowski space
• Morse, Marston (1892-1977)
    º Morse theory
• Multiverse
• Natural selection
• Non-standard cosmology
• Nucleosynthesis
    º Big Bang nucleosynthesis
    º Cosmic ray spallation
    º Stellar nucleosynthesis
• Observable universe
• Observational cosmology
• Particle physics
    º Standard Model
• Perfect Cosmological Principle
    º Steady State theory
• Physical cosmology
• Planck scale
• Planck time
• Plasma (physics)
• Plenitude principle everything that can happen will happen
• Principles
    º Anthropic principle our Universe must be compatible with conscious life
    º Copernican Principle our place in this Universe is not central or favored
    º Cosmological principle in all space our Universe's large scale properties & physical laws are the same, implies homogeneity & isotropy
    º Mediocrity principle our place in this Universe is average
    º Perfect cosmological principle extends cosmological principle to both space & time
    º Plenitude principle everything that can happen will happen
• Quantum mechanics
• Quantum gravity
• Randomness
• Redshift
    º Cosmological redshift - due to the expansion of space (not observed within the Local Group of galaxies due to gravitational effects overwhelming expansion tendency)
    º Doppler effect due to objects moving through space
    º Gravitational redshift due to loss of energy in escaping a gravitational field
• Relativity, Theory of
    º General Relativity, History of general relativity
    º Special relativity, History of special relativity
• Robertson, Howard Percy (1903-1961)
• Shape of the universe
• Spacetime
• Static universe
• Steady State theory
    º Perfect Cosmological Principle
• Stellar nucleosynthesis
• String theory
    º Bosonic string theory
    º Superstring theory (supersymmetric string theory)
• Structure formation
• Supersymmetry
• Tegmark, Max (1967-) mathematical argument for the multiverse
    º Mathematical universe hypothesis
• Theology
• Theory of everything
• Thomson scattering theorized reason for opaqueness of the Big Bang plasma phase & linear polarization of cosmic microwave background radiation
• Timeline of cosmology
• Tired light
• Ultimate fate of the universe
• Universe
• Vacuum energy
• Walker, Arthur Geoffrey (1909-2001)
• Wolff, Christian (philosopher) (1679-1754)
• Wolfram, Stephen (1959-)
    º A New Kind of Science ( Online Book) at WolframScience.com
• Work (physics), Work (thermodynamics)
• Zero-energy Universe

Wright Center for Innovative Science EducationUse It! Tufts U
• Classroom Activities and resources
    º Cosmic Evolution


Hubble's Law)

CLEA Project: Overview of Available Software from Gettysburg College, Physics
• General Technical User's Manual (pdf) REQUIRED
• Hubble RedShift-Distance Relation

Cornell U, Astonomy ( Resources, Ask an Astronomer )
• Astronomy 201: Our Home in the Universe ( Links )
    º Hubble's Law

Hubble's Law and the Expansion of the Universe


^ PHYSICS

DATA

Google Search
• physics reference data

IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology the Gold Book, About, Alphabetical index, SiteMap
• General indexes
    º Acronyms and abbreviations
    º Obsolete terms
• Math / physics indexes
    º Physical constants definitions
    º Quantities
    º SI prefixes definitions
    º Units definitions

Leybold-didactic.com LD Didactic AG & Co. KG
• Physics experiments - Secondary
• Physics Leaflets
    º Determining the volumetric expansion coefficient of liquids

Technology Systems Free reference downloads
• Data Books
• Data Sheets
• Design Software
• Electronic Projects
• Full Electronic books
• Scientific and Electronic papers


^ PHYSICS
DEMONSTRATIONS
also see.. Animations & Simulations, Videos

Boston U, Physics Lecture Demonstrations
• Physlet Demonstrations: Semesters 1 & 2

Daedalon.com ($) experiments & apparatus
• Modern Physics

Demonstration Bibliography: based on Physics Instructional Resource Association (PIRA), 1998
Exploratorium
• Snacks miniature low-cost classroom demonstrations based on exploratorium exhibits

Georgia Tech, School of Physics, Physics Demonstration Facility

Harvard U, Science Center, Physics Demonstrations ( How to use this guide )
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Condensed Matter
• Electricity & Magnetism
    º OHP Circuit Board
    º Triboelectric Effects
• Geophysics
• Light & Optics
• Mathematical Topics
• Newtonian Mechanics
• Oscillations & Waves
• Quantum Physics & Relativity
• Thermal Physics

Inverted Pendulum Design Using MATLAB software

Julien Clinton Sprott, U Wisconsin - Madison
• Physics DemonstrationsUse It! A Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics
• Popular Lectures
• Sprott's Fractal Gallery
• Sprott's Software

N.C. State U , Physics Dept, Physics Demonstrations
Physical Sciences Resource Center, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
• Demos & Labs, LinksUse It!

Physics Demonstration Catalog University of Oregon

Physics Force from U Minnesota, Physics
• Physics Circus DemonstrationsUse It! with some VIDEOS

Physics Instructional Resource Association (PIRA), Forum
• Demo Bibliography
• PIRA 200 Demo List
• Wiki

Physics Lecture Demonstrations, Museum Informatics Project: U.C. Berkeley

Science HobbyistUse It! William J. Beaty, Seattle, WA: Physics Demos & Science Exhibit Designs, Links, Suppliers
• Electricity Articles (all)
• Electronics Hobbyist with Links
• Kids' Science Projects
• Science Education Articles
• Science Myths in K-6 Textbooks and Popular culture
• Static Electricity Page: Electrostatic Build-it Projects
    º Determining Charge Polarity
• Nikola Tesla Page, tesla coils
• Plasma Sphere construction articles, plans, links
• Van de Graaff Electrostatic Generator Page: Building your own
• Videos: science projects, experiments
    º Abrasion Holography hand-drawn Holograms
    º Disgustoscope
    º Ultra-simple Electric Generator with parts list & instructions

U California Santa Cruz, Physics Lecture Demonstration CatalogUse It!
• Atoms & Solid State
• Electricity & Magnetism Fluids, Pressure & Heat
• Mechanics
• Optics
• Oscillations & Waves

U Colorado, Boulder, Physics, Physics 2000
• Physics Learning Laboratories

U.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations, Download Physics NotebooksUse It!
• Index to Physics Notebooks
• Movies of selected demosUse It!
• Astronomy and Perception Book G
• Electricity and Magnetism Book D
• Mechanics Book A
• Modern and Contemporary Physics Book F
• Optics Book E
• Properties of Heat and Matter Book C
• Waves Book B

UCLA, Physics & Astronomy: Lecture Demonstration Manual, Contents
• First Day Demos
    º Drop Two Balls
    º Faith in Physics Pendulum
    º Turntable and Weights. Turntable and Bicycle Wheel
• Vectors & Forces
    º What is a Radian?
• Kinematics
    º Acceleration Down an Inclined Plane
• First Law, Inertia
    º Flick the Card
    º Hammer and Rod
    º Inertia Ball
    º Jerk the Table Cloth
    º Partial Pie Plate ball in circular motion exits in a straight line
• Friction
    º Friction Blocks adjustable inclined plane
    º Terminal Velocity with a ping pong ball
• Gravitational Acceleration
    º Acceleration Down an Inclined Plane
    º Cavendish Balance
    º Falling Chimney
    º Horizontal and Vertical Bell Drop
    º Local Inertial Frame
    º Measurements of g with a metronome
• Third Law
    º Paradox of Forces
    º Sail and Prop
• Momentum and Collisions
    º Collision Balls Newton's Cradle
    º Happy and Unhappy Impact
    º Hover Disks
    º Reaction Carts
    º Two Balls Hanging

U Florida, Physics
• Demonstration Page: html Manual
    º Download Powerpoint (zip)

U Glasgow, Physics Dept, Exhibits

U Iowa, Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations with VIDEOS: Demponstrations (frame)
• Math
    º Radian Disk
• Rotational Energy
    º Falling Chimney ( mpeg )
• Transfer of Angular Momentum
    º Magic Windmill transverse oscillation to elliptical oscillation in a solid
• Rotational Stability
    º Football ( mpeg )

U Maryland, Physics Dept, Physics Lecture-Demonstration Facility, Search, Demonstration Index: Main TopicsUse It!
• Demonstrations in Acoustics DVD ($25) 70 demonstrations
• Sub-Topics J. Electrostatics and Magnetostatics

U Minnesota, School of Physics & Astronomy: Physics Demo Page

U Oregon, Dept Physics
• Physics Index
• Physics Demo Room

U Wisconsin, Physics: Lecture Deomonstrations, Links
• Short FilmsUse It! (quicktime)

Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations ($)

Wake Forest U, Dept Physics, Online Demos

^ PHYSICS
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

Wikipedia
• Dimensional analysis
• Fundamental unit
• Natural units
• Nondimensionalization
• Similitude (model)

YouTube
• Powers of Ten, Charles & Ray Eames

^ PHYSICS
DYNAMICS
also see.. §Mechanics§

Three-Body Scattering Qunitessential Complex System: North Dakota State U

^ PHYSICS
EDUCATION
also see.. AP Physics, Classroom Supplies, Demonstrations, Modeling, §TEACHERS (Science)§, Tutorials

The Bazaar Approach to Physics Education by Dick Furnstahl & Seth Rosenberg, Ohio State U, Physics

BQLearning.org Open Source Physics (OSP) curricular material, physlet/open source animation database, Browse by Subject & Physics Level

Center for Nanoscale Systems: Institute for Physics TeachersUse It! Links Cornell U
• Equipment Lending Library for teachers who have received CIPT training

Dr. Benson's College Park High School, Links

Exploratorium, Teacher Institute

International Physics Olympiad Competition annual competition for secondary school students
• 2009
    º Theoretical Problem No. 1 Evolution of the Earth-Moon System ( Scribd.com Answers )

Adopt-a-Physicistconnects high school students with physics graduates via online message boards

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) About, Project 2061: Publications, Online Tools
• Science for All AmericansUse It! online book, also in Spanish: Ciencia: Conocimiento para Todos
• Benchmarks OnlineUse It!

American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) since 1930, ensuring the dissemination physics knowledge, particularly through teaching, Links
• 2010 U.S. Physics Team represent the United States at the International Physics Olympiad Competition
• Advanced Labs at Compadre.org
• American Journal of Physics from ( AIP)
• Guidelines for Physics Programs High School
• High School Physics Photo Contest
• Local Sections
• New Faculty Workshops
• Physics First (pdf) AAPT Statement
• the Physics Teacher Online from ( AIP)
• Physics Teaching Resource Agents (PTRA) Program local professional development workshops
• Powerful Ideas In Physical Science teaching tomorrow’s elementary educators
• Teaching Resources
    º Guidelines for High School Physics Programs
    º HS Textbook Review, Parts 1: Introduction, 2: Active Physics, 3: Conceptual Physics

American Institute of Physics
• The Physics Teacher Online (TPTO) subscription required, About

Annenberg Media Learner.org
• Amusement Park Physics
• Learning Science Through Inquiry
• Mathematics and Science for All
• The Mechanical Universe...and Beyond
    º Inertia
    º Newton's Laws
    º Vectors
• A Private Universe why even Ivy League graduates don't really grasp basic science concepts
• Science in Focus: Force and Motion

Arizona State U: Modeling Instruction Program research-based reform of physics instruction, all grade levels, support for physics teachers' professional growth
• Research articles

Blogspot.com
• Hake'sEdStuff

BQLearning.org, Search

Charles Henderson, Ph.D., Western Michigan U
• Research-Based Instructional StrategiesUse It! for introductory quantitative physics

Classroom 2.0 free registration required
• Physics and Web 2.0

Colorado State U, Physics: Little Shop of Physics
• For Teachers ideas for Experiments
• Stuff To Try fun and easy experiments

comPADRE Physics & Astronomy Education Communities, Digital Library is a network of free online resources for faculty, students & teachers in Physics & Astronomy Education

Comprehensive Conceptual Curriculum for Physics (C3P) Project, U Dallas
• CD-ROM available only through workshop participation
• c3plab

Cornell U Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics: Education and Outreach
• Physics First First Conference Held at Cornell by John L. Roeder

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: Physics

Google Books, Books by by Arnold B. Arons

Harvard U, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• Interactive Learning Toolkit implement teaching ideasas Peer Instruction & Just-in-Time-Teaching, monitor your students' learning

Helping physics students learn how to learn by Andrew Elby, U Maryland, Physics

Henry Foundation, Inc. at Johns Hopkins U
• Henry, Richard Conn Professor: Publications
    º Circular motion usnig Newton to teach acceleration in uniform circular motion
    º; Pythagorean Theorem

IPC Goes to the Movies (Integrated Physics and Chemistry)

Institute of Physics
• Teaching Advanced Physics (TAP) detailed ideas & resources for teaching students aged 16-19

Intuitor.com succeed through creative learning, featuring local hex time
• Basic Physics Savvy Quiz
• Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
• The Physics of Resonance

Junior Engineering (K-6) from Utah State U, Lesson Plans, SiteMap
• Teacher Workshop

Ken Newbery's Conceptual Physics (high school)

Kents Hill School Physics
• Introduction to Physics or What is Physics and Why do I care?
• Introduction to Physics or What is Physics and Why do I care?

ListServ.Aera.Net
• Is Scientifically-based Education an Oxymoron? Reply to Eubanks From: Richard Hake

Los Alamos National Laboratory ( Library: Physics, Science-general ) Links
• Teacher Resources
• Automated e-print archives
• Los Alamos Educational Equipment Gift Program (LEEG)

MathCasts.orgUse It! Math247 screencasts, where Creativity Counts!
• Physics with GeoGebra

MIT Open CoursewareUse It! All Courses Index, Audio/Video Courses, governed by Creative Commons license: Physics
• Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering
    º Selected Video DiscussionsUse It!

Mrs. Balch, Satellite High School
• Physics Links

TheMathMaker.comUse It! Blogs & Forums, Links (mathcast & software), SiteMap
• Documents for Teachers
• Links
• Newtonian Mechanics: Inclined Plane Problem
• Phi-casts
    º Mathcast: Databases & Sites
• Straightline Motion
    º Equations of Uniform Acceleration
    º Motion Graphs with QuickTake Presenter
    º Velocity-Time Graphs, with TI-SmartView & Captioned
    º Software: Math and Physics Software, Testing and Question Software...
• Trigonometry and Precalculus
• Vectors
    º Simple Vectors with ExamView

MathPages.com
• Physics

NASA - Digital Learning Network DLiNfo Channel

NASA: For Educators, Find Teaching Materials
• Rockets Educator Guide

NASA: Math & Science Resources
• 9th Grade Math Practice Questions Proficiency Test
• Mathematical Thinking in Physics
• Teacher's Corner

NASA, Practical Uses of Science and Math (PUMAS)

National Science Digital Library open source technology & standards, Browse
• comPadre Physics and Astronomy Education Communities
• Engineering Pathway K-12 teaching & learning resources: applied science & engineering, engineering technology, computer science/information technology, math
• Exploratorium's Digital Library informal learning
• K-12 Teacher Resources
• MathDL MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library
• Middle School Portal, About
• funded by the National Science Foundation
• Participate in NSDL events, network, contribute knowledge/resources
• Teacher's Domain K-12 Video & Digital Media

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
• Recommended Science Teaching MaterialsUse It! Search for textbooks, etc.
    º 9-12 Physics
• Publications and Products
    º National Science Education Standards: National Science Education Standards

North Carolina State U, Physics Education Research Group
• Assessment Instrument Information Page

NY Regents Examinations with solutions: Physical Setting/Physics • Science Reference Tables
    º Reference Tables for Physical Setting/PHYSICS 2002 (pdf)

Open Source PhysicsUse It! from Compadre.org, Browse by Subject

Physics2000.com ($10) physics courses on CD's, textbooks additional

the Physics Classroom
• Multimedia Physics Studio
• Physics Help
• Tutorials

ThePhysicsFront.orgUse It! online resource Web Portal for teaching physics, SiteMap
• Search by Activity, Assessment, Labs, Lesson Plan

Physics Instructional Resource AssociationUse It! (PIRA) About, Forum
• Demonstration Bibliography
• File Sharing Gallery
• Wiki

Physics Lab Online by Catharine H. Colwell, Site Instructions, Search, Table of Contents
• Next-Time Questions to accompany Paul Hewitt's Conceptual Physics

Physics Teacher Education, Illinois State U
• Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online
• Resources

Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC)
• PTEC Library for physics teacher preparation

Physics Teacher SOS free workshops for new northern CA teachers, Contacts
• from the Northern California and Nevada Section of The American Association of Physics Teachers
• Online Community: Discussion Group from Yahoo Groups
• Increase Your Impact Teaching Physics

Research in Physics Education Richard Hake, U Indiana Physics
• Socratic Dialog-Inducing (SDI) Labs (pdf) mechanics lab downloads

Richard N. Steinberg, Division of Science, City College of NY
• Physics Education Activities
    º Physics Education Research Conference 2000: Teacher Education

Rutgers Physics and Astronomy Education Research Group modelling: “cognitive apprenticeship” learning processes of science rather than results, observing, modelling & doing; acquiring skills in “hypothetico-deductive reasoning”
• Physics Teaching Technology Resource (Video Experiments)

Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) elementary & high school single concept lessons: Physics Index
• Electricity & Magnetism
• Fluids
• Matter
• Mechanics
• Miscellaneous
• Waves, Sound and Optics

Steve Lindaas, MN State U
• Conceptual Physics Syllabus
• Educator Resources
• Kid Stuff

St. Louis Area Physics Teachers (SLAPT)
• Teaching Resources

TeachersDomain.orgUse It!
• Galileo's Inclined Plane ( QuickTime Video )
• Galileo's Thought Experiment ( QuickTime Video )
• Physical Science
    º Objects in Motion
    º Velocity and Acceleration

Teacher to Teacher, U.S. Dept Education
• Teacher Workshops: Session Materials - Science
    º Session Materials - Math
    º Hands-on Math To Improve Understanding of Basic Functions
    º Learning To Use Graphing Calculators To Develop Key Concepts

TeachingDVD ($) from Richard Hake, Harvard U Galileo Project using peer instruction & just-in-time teaching
• Puchase DVD from Pearson Education

Texas A&M U, Center for Mathematics and Science Education (CMSE)Use It!
• Low-Cost Physics ActivitiesUse It! (Word Docs only)
• Powerpoint Physics
• Video Analysis Investigations for Physics and Mathematics

TiesMagazine.org The Magazine of Design & Technology Education, LInks
• Archives

TryEngineering.org from IEEE & IBM
• Games
    º Bridge Designer
• Lesson Plans

U California, Berkeley, Center for Science Education: SEGway
• Exploring Magnetism
    º Magnetism & Electromagnetism

U Michigan Open Educational Resources
• PHYSICS 140 - General Physics 1 Creative Commons License
• Lectures

U Minnesota, Physics & Astronomy, Physics Education Research & DevelopmentUse It!
• Context Rich Problems
• Cooperative Group Problem Solving, Download Cooperative Group Problem Solving by Pat Heller and Ken Heller
• Problem Solving Labs, Download Laboratory Manuals

U New Mexico, STEM Education Outreach
• Secondary Teaching in Mathematics & Science (STEMS) Graduate Program

Wikipedia
• Physics First

WikiSpaces.com
• Jay's Scratch Pad example physics class wiki

Yahoo Groups : PhysicsFirst
• Physics First pamphlet


^ PHYSICS
ENERGY
also see.. §ENERGY & POWER§, §History of Thermodynamics & Energy§, §Engineering Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer§

DIRECTORIES-Energy
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Yahoo.com

HyperPhysics C.R. Nave, Georgia State U, including online calculators
• Energy

Lightandmatter.com
• Conservation of Energy by Benjamin Crowell

PhysicsWorld.com: What does energy really mean?
Scribd.com online publishing: Energy-for-Kids
PhysNet.org: Work, Power, Kinetic Energy (online pdf text) by John S. Ross, Rollins College

Wikipedia.org
    º Book:Energy
    º Category:Energy
    º Category:Energy conversion
    º Category:Energy development
    º Category:Energy measurement
    º Category:Energy models
    º Category:Energy in physics
    º Category:Energy publications
    º Category:Energy-related lists
    º Category:Energy technology
    º Category:Forms of energy
    º Category:People associated with energy
    º Category:Power (physics)
    º History of energy
    º Index of energy articles
    º List of negative energy articles
    º; Outline of energy
• Binding energy
• Chemical energy
• Dark energy
• Elastic energy, Elastic potential energy
• Electromagnetic radiation
• Energy
• Energy management software
• Energy storage
• Energy transfer
• Energy transformation
• Forms of energy
• Fuel cell
• Gibbs free energy
• Gravitational energy
• Heat
• Heat engine
• Helmholtz free energy
• History of energy
• Internal energy
• Ionization energy
• Kinetic energy
• Mechanical energy
• Nuclear energy
• Orders of magnitude (energy)
• Perpetual motion
• Potential energy
• Power transmission
• Primary energy as fuel
• Radiant energy
• Rest energy or Energy of Mass
• Rotational energy
• Statistical mechanics
• Stress-energy tensor
• Thermal energy
• Thermodynamics
• Work (physics)9
• Work (thermodynamics)


ELA Associated Links for SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY:
* The Pysics of Heat and Temperature
* Ask A Scientist: Fan Cooling/Heating
* The Ceiling Fan Theory – Advanced Energy
* Ceiling Fans

^ PHYSICS

EQUATION MNEMONICS
also see.. §Memory @BRAIN§, §Mnemonics @EDUCATION§

Mnemonic Devices Physics from ICT4US.com free, fun, & information in a nutshell

Wikipedia
• Defining equation (physics)
• Physical quantity
• User:FreeT: Physics Equations


^ PHYSICS
FAQS, FORUMS
American Institute of Physics (AIP) SiteMap
• AIP UniPHY literature-based professional social networking site for physical science researchers, FAQ
    º Education & Educational aids
    º History of science
    º Find Researchers
• The Physics Teacher Online (TPTO) subscription required, About

Argonne National Lab, NEWTON BBS: Ask A Scientist (K-12) Archive & Search, Physics
• Absolute Zero and Molecular Motion
• Centrifugal Force
• Existence of Time
• "Hooke's Law" and Rubber Bands
• Quantum mechanics/relativity

Facebook.com : Physics Search results
John Baez's Stuff, Math Professor, U California, Riverside
• Faqs.org: physics-faq

PhysicsForums.com: PF Lounge, General Discussion
• Brain Teasers
    º Why do race cars use wide tires?
• Finding Moment of Inertia of Infinitely Thin Hoop using a Double Integral

Usenet Physics FAQ
• Open Questions in Physics


^ PHYSICS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory ( Library: Physics, Science-general ) Links
• Teacher Resources
• Automated e-print archives

Sandia National Laboratory ( SiteMap ): Education
• Adventures in Math and Science (ASK)
    º High School Programs

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)

^ PHYSICS
FIELD

Wikipedia
• Category:Fundamental physics concepts
• Electric field
• Electromagnetic field
• Field (physics)
• Magnetic field
• Mean field theory


^ PHYSICS
FEYNMAN, RICHARD
also see.. Quantum, Videos

The Feynman Lectures on Physics Website (feynmanlectures.info)

Feynman Online
Google Videos Feynman
• Physics

Lulu.com: TuvaMuch ($) a few free downloads
NobelPrize.org: Richard P. Feynman Biography
Vega Science Trust Videos
• Richard Feynman (Online Videos) The Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures

Wikipedia
• Richard Feynman
• Feynman Lectures on Physics
    º One-electron universe

Wikiquote: Richard Feynman

YouTube
• Richard Feynman: Disrepect for Authority


^ PHYSICS
FIND IT HERE
DIRECTORIES-Physics
dmoz Open Directory | Google | Virtual Library | Wikipedia | Yahoo

About.com (ads) Physics

arXiv.org e-Print archiveUse It! articles in Physics, Math & Nonlinear Sciences

Bookmarks for David J. Wright see (find) the "physics" entries...

CourseHero.com student learning network, shared problem solutions
Craville Studies links, tips & summaries for students, Forums
• Physics

Educypedia: Physics

Eric Weisstein's World of ScienceUse It! About, FAQs
• from Wolfrom Research Mathematica
• Physics
    º Astrophysics
    º Electromagnetism
    º Experimental Physics
    º Fluid Mechanics
    º History and Terminology
    º Mechanics
    º Modern Physics
    º Optics
    º States of Matter
    º Thermodynamics
    º Units and Dimensional Analysis
    º Wave Motion

Internet Resources: Physics Association of College & Research Libraries

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: PhysicsUse It!

Intute.ac.ukUse It! best websites for study & research: Physical Sciences
• Astronomy
• General Sciences
• Mathematics
• Physics

Jeff's Physics PageUse It! beginner Links, Tutorials, research

Librarians Index to the Internet: Physics
Mathtools.netUse It! computer programming Links for math & science

THE NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS: MIT Encyclopædic Format Review Articles & Tutorials

Physical Sciences Resource Center, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)

ThePhysicsFront.orgUse It! online resource Directory for teaching physics, SiteMap
• Search by Activity, Assessment, Labs, Lesson Plan

PhysicsCentral.com - Links, Search
Physics Links U Utrecht, Germany
The Physics Page: Michael Cartwright, Shiloh High, Ga teacher

Physics Resource SiteUse It! Georgia Institute of Technology

Physics to Go Portal, Search, SiteMap
PhysicsWeb.orgUse It! Events, Links ( Education, Organizations, Reference ) News ( World ), Search
• Articles
• Buyer's Guide
• Jobs
• TIPTOP Virtual Lab & Java Applets Portal

Physlink.comUse It! About, Chat, Education, Forums, Links, Reference

Physics Virtual Library: Subjects
• Atomic and Molecular
• Classical Mechanics
• Electromagnetism, Special Relativity
• Elementary Particles and Fields
• Experimental Physics: Measurement, Instruments and Apparatus
• General Physics
• Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Interdiscipinary
• Mathematical Physics
• Nuclear Physics
• Optics
• Quantum Mechanics
• Statistical & Thermodynamics

PhysicsWebA Hub!

PIRA Homepage Physics Instructional Resource Association

PSIgate Physical Science Information Gateway
• Physics Gateway

Randy Knight, Cal Poly Physics Department
•http://calpoly.edu/~rknight/references.html"> Physics References

SEM: Science, Engineering, & Math Links:   U Delaware
Slack Central Presents: Physics Central a few links
TIPTOP The Internet Pilot to Physics

USB Buckyball Home Page

U Sydney Physics stage 6 Syllabus
• The Age of Silicon
• Applets and Shockwave Animations
• Astrophysics
• The Cosmic Engine
• Electrical Energy in the Home
• Geophysics
• From Ideas to Implementation
• Medical Physics
• Motors and Generators
• From Quanta to Quarks
• Space
• Software for use in the Physics Syllabus
• The World Communicates

Yahoo Search: Physics@Science
WWW Virtual Library: Physics

^ PHYSICS
FUN FIZZEEKS & LAUGHING MAF

SodaPlay.com constructor, edit 2-D models of masses & springs, Search
• Create
• Play


^ PHYSICS
GEIGER COUNTER

Charles Edison Fund: Science Teaching Experiments Edison Awards Program
• Chapter VIII. Nuclear Experiments (pdf) includes Experiment 8 below
• EXPERIMENT 8 Build a Geiger Counter (A Class Project)

ElectronicFr.com - Microcontrolers, domotic & robotic
• How to build a geiger counter with USB interface

GalacticElectronics.com Projects for the electronics hobbiest
• Build this Geiger counter from commonly available parts (except the Geiger-Mueller tube)

Images SI, Inc. selling kits & instruments
• Build Your Own Geiger Counter
• Key Components

National Radiation Instrument Catalog to categorize every portable nuclear radiation instrument (1920 to 1960) About
• Catalog

Wikipedia
• Gaseous ionization detectors
• Geiger counter with history
• Geiger, Hans
• Geiger-Muller tube
• Geiger plateau
• Ionization chamber
• Liebson, Sidney H.
• Scintillation counter
• Walther Muller
• Rutherford, Ernest


^ PHYSICS
GEOGEBRA

ellitech.ca by Will Elliott
• Mr Elliott's Math Classes
• Physics Materials using Geogebra
    º Convex Lens
    º Standing Waves
    º Superposition of Waves
• Software for Senior Maths & Sciences

Geogebra.org: Wiki
• Physics with GeoGebra

Google search
• “geogebra physics”

Math247: Physics with GeoGebra
• Cannonball in Vertical Motion - Free Fall

Mathcasts.org
• Technology for Teaching “Thinking Mathematics”
• Centroid, Ceva's Theorem & Median
• Shooting a Cannonball 4 - Tilting Cannon & Explosion
• Shooting a Cannonball 5 - Choose your planet!


^ PHYSICS
MAGNETOSPHERE, GEOMAGNETISM

British Geological Survey (BGS)
• IGRF Model International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF), Online Access

International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Division V-MOD Geomagnetic Field Modeling
• International Geomagnetic Reference Field Model Source Code or Run Online

NASA, For Educators
• Space Math sun-Earth system, specifically space weather

NASA IMAGE Edcuation Center
• Earth's Magnetic Field and its Changes in Time
• Exploring Magnetism
• Introduction to GeomagnetismUse It!
• The Magnetospheric System
• Soda Bottle Magnetometer, HTML

NASA's RadRadiation Belt Modeling for Living with a Star
• Education & Outreach ( 2 )

Student Observation Network (SON) magnetosphere network utilizing a classroom-built magnetometer
• From Students

^ PHYSICS
GRAPHICAL METHODS

Arizona State U, Modeling Instruction Program for physics education: Mechanics curriculum Index
• 1-Sci Thinking
    º Unit I Reading - Graphical MethodsUse It!


^ PHYSICS
GRAVITY
also see.. Relativity

International Gravity Formula(e) & International Gravity Formula "Calculator" (Excel spreadsheet) by Judson L. Ahern, Professor Emeritus, Geophysics, U Oklahoma

U Tennessee, Knoxville , Physics & Astronomy: Astronomy 161
• The Solar System
    º Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation

Wikipedia
• Earth's gravity: Mathematical models
• g-force
• Gravitation
• Gravitational acceleration
• Gravitational constant
• Newton's law of universal gravitation, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
• Standard gravity


^ PHYSICS
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Glenbrook South: Physics
• The Physics Classroom Tutorials

SPIRES HEP Literature DatabaseUse It! 0.5 million high-energy physics related articles

^ PHYSICS
HIGH SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOLS
Annenberg Media Learner.org, Teacher Resources
• Earth Revealed

Dr. John Benson, Woodlands College Park High, Links
SchoolWorld.com: Teacher Sites, Ms. Noel, Links

^ PHYSICS
IMAGES

American Institute of Physics, SiteMap
• News: Physics News Graphics
• Emilio Segrè Visual Archives photos/portraits


^ PHYSICS
INERTIA (MASS), MOMENT OF INERTIA (ANGULAR MASS or ROTATIONAL INERTIA)

Carlos R. Mera, Cerritos College: Physics 101L
• Moment of Inertia

PhysicsForums.com: PF Lounge, General Discussion
• Brain Teasers
    º Why do race cars use wide tires?
• Finding Moment of Inertia of Infinitely Thin Hoop using a Double Integral

Wikipedia
• Galileo Galilei: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
• List of moments of inertia
• MassUse It!
• Moment of inertia, Parallel axis theorem (moment of inertia), Radius of gyration
• Newton's laws of motion: First Law


^ PHYSICS
INSTRUMENTS
also see.. §HISTORY of Science§

Clemson U: Physics Astronomy Educational Physics Laboratories, Physics Labs Tutorials
• Online Stopwatch
• How to use the vernier caliper

NTNU Virtual Physics Laboratory Java Simulations in Physics
• Vernier Caliper and Micrometer with zero error options

Tommy Test Tubes Thomas J. Wdowiak, astrophysicist, U Alabama
• Galvanometer build a real scientific instrument that measures electric current

Upscale undergraduate physics computing & learning environment
• Reading a Vernier Caliper

Vernier Calipers

Vernier Software & Technology, Products & Software
• Easy Products for data collection with TI-84 seried calculators
• Go! Products instruments for computer data-collection
• Lab Books
• Lab Equipment
• Logger Pro site license: all instructor computers & the student home computers
• Packages
• Sensors & Probes
• Texas Instruments Calculator Products


^ PHYSICS
INTERDISCIPLINARY

Wikipedia
• Category:Applied and interdisciplinary physics
• Category:Acoustics
• Category:Biophysics
• Category:Geophysics
• Category:Physical chemistry
• Category:Materials science
• Category:Mechanical engineering
• Category:Medical physics
• Category:Physical oceanography
• Category:Self-organization
• Category:Soil physics
• Applied physics
• Engineering physics
• Medical physics


^ PHYSICS
KEPLER

The Living Mathematics Project from U British Columbia Math
• Kepler's Laws Applet by David Austin


^ PHYSICS
KIDS

Google Search
• "physics for kids" site:*.edu

Physics Circus from U California Physics
• Fun Physics Sites

TryScience.org: Experiments

Wonders of Physics Traveling Show
• Collapsing a Can
• Make a Pinhole Camera
• Measure the Speed of Light using your Microwave
• Reaction Time


^ PHYSICS
KINEMATIC EQUATIONS

Glenbrook High School: The Physics Classroom Tutorial
• Describing Motion with Words Introduction to the Language of Kinematics
    º Acceleration
    º Distance and Displacement
    º Speed and Velocity
    º Vectors & Scalars
• Kinematic Equations and Problem-Solving

PhysicsClassroom.com
• One Dimensional Kinematics

Wikipedia
• Classical mechanics
• Equations of motion
• Kinematics


^ PHYSICS
KALUZA-KLEIN PARTICLES

Amazon.com
• Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Lisa Randall

Google Scholar Search: kk particles

Harvard U, Physics Dept
• Lisa Randall, Book Reviews
• Google University Search: Harvard) Lisa Randall


^ PHYSICS
LABS
also see.. §Electricity§, §Error Analysis (MATH)§, Equipment, Instruments, Supplies Video Analysis

Activities by Eric Muller

ActivPhysicsOnline from Pearson Education (pearsoned.com)

Alliance to Save Energy
• Generate Your Own Hydropower & build a galvanometer

American Institute of Physics, Scitation Labs, SiteMap
• Physics Teacher Magazine online
    º Physics Labs with Flavor, Mikhail M. Agrest

Arizona State U, Modeling Instruction ProgramUse It! Links
• Action Research, Resources, Equipment for the Modeling Classroom (pdf's)
    º Experimental Design and Graphical Analysis of Data
    º Graphs as a Problem-Solving Tool
• Mechanics curriculumUse It! Index
    º Intro stuff: Lab Scoresheet, Lab Write-up Checklist, Writing the Physics Lab Report
    º 1-Sci Thinking: Unit I Reading Graphical Methods, Significant Figures
• Modeling Instruction in High School Physics, Chemistry, Physical Science, and Biology
    º Lab-practica/physics Index: Lab Practicum in Modeling, Practicum Dynamics (word)
    º Lab PracticumsUse It! Book: Practicums for High School Physics Teachers, Order Form or Henry Ryan: email ryanx064@umn.edu, ph (651) 490-0619

Beth Hacker PhD, Texas Tech U Physics: Courses
• Phys 1403 Mechanics , Fluids, Waves & Sound Labs ( with readings pretests & exercises)
    º Unit 1 One-Dimensional Motion Graphing and Mathematical Modeling
• PHYS 1404 Electricity & Magnetism

The Book of PhyzUse It! by Dean Baird, AP Physics guides, jobs, labs, demos, question & problem sets

Boston U Physics: Undergraduate Physics LaboratoriesUse It! On-line Lab Manual and Pre-lab Assignments with simulations
• Graphical Analysis and Errors
• Angular Momentum: Lab, pre-Lab
• Collisions: Lab, pre-Lab
• Constant Acceleration: Lab, pre-Lab
• Energy Conservation: Lab, pre-Lab
• Energy and Work: Lab, pre-Lab
• Fluids Lab, pre-Lab
• Forces Between Carts: Lab , pre-Lab
• Friction: Lab, pre-Lab
• Heat, Mechanical Equivalent of: Lab, pre-Lab
• Heat, Specific: Lab, pre-Lab
• Projectile Motion: Lab, Pre-lab
• Simple Harmonic Motion Lab, pre-Lab
• Simple Harmonic Motion - PASCO: Lab, pre-Lab
• Torque and Moments of Inertia: Lab, pre-Lab

Brockport High School Science Department
• Physics Labs
• AP Physics Labs

California State U Northridge: Equipping the Laboratory
• Chapter 5 - Employing Scientific Methods
• Chapter 7 - Thinking Critically & Resolving Misconceptions
• Chapter 16 - Diagramming and Visualizing Problems in Science

California State U Northridge: Mr. Lyle's Canyon Physics
• Capacitor
    º Capacitance and Plate Separation
    º Capacitor Charge, Plate Separation, and Voltage
    º Dielectrics
• Circuits
    º Series and Parallel Circuits
    º Verification of Ohm’s Law
• Optical Bench
    º Finding focal lengths of lenses and mirrors
    º Refraction, Critical Angle, Total Internal Reflection, and Chromatic Aberration

Center for Nanoscale Systems: Institute for Physics Teachers, Links, Cornell U
• Labs & Lending Library (pdf's)
• Bohr Model Game
• Is the Light Bulb Too Good to be True?
• The Phantastic Photon
• Teacher's Guide Cosmic Rays and Cloud Chambers & Building a Cloud Chamber

Clemson U Physics Labs, Physics Instructional Laboratories
• 223 -- Calculus-based Thermodynamics and E & M 223 Physics Lab

Clemson U: Physics Astronomy Educational Physics Laboratories, Physics Labs Tutorials
• Excel Tutorials
• Online Stopwatch
• Hooke's Law and Simple Harmonic Motion
• On-line Laboratories
    º Acoustic Resonance
    º Calculation of pi experiment
    º How to use the vernier caliper

CollegeBoard.com: AP Central, Search AP Central: Physics
• AP Physics (pdf) general information
• Labs
    º AP Physics Lab GuideUse It! ($) Purchase (pdf)
    º Labs Criteria, Format, Ideas
    º Hooke's Law Lab
    º Position-Time Graph of a Pendulum
    º Projectile Motion

Columbia U Physics, Physics Lab Webpage
• Error Analysis TutorialUse It!
• Example Lab Report format
• Experiments in Physics Physics 1291, General Physics I Lab Manual
    º Uncertainty, error & best fit lines using pendulum, reaction time, forces, parallax, springs
    º Experiment 1-3 Velocity, Acceleration & g: constant velocity & constant acceleration with air-track, coefficient of restitution
    º Experiment 1-4 Geometrical Optics I: Introduction
    º Experiment 1-5 Geometrical Optics II: Thin Lenses
    º Experiment 1-6 Geometrical Optics III: Optical Instruments
    º Experiment 1-7 Conservation of Momentum with air trough & ballistic pendulum
    º Experiment 1-8 Projectile Motion and Conservation of Energy, estimating friction loss, general kinetic energy with rotation, parabolic trajectory
    º Experiment 1-9 Standing Waves
    º Experiment 1-10 Specific Heat and Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
• Experiments in Physics Physics 1493/1494/2699 calculus based

Compadre.org: Advanced Labs
• Forums
    º Classifieds
    º Equipment Wanted
• Lab Manuals browse or search
• Software
• Supplements articles, tutorials, links: General Physics

DenOfInquiry.com ($) lab activities books for introductory physics, Vol. 2 Uses Vernier sensors with Logger Pro or Fathom
• Hanging Slinky Lab
• Linearizing Data

Doane College Dept of Physics
• Download Flash-VidDat code for personal use
• Humanized Physics ProjectUse It! Lab Activities (Word documents)
    º Biomechanics and Human Motion
    º Human Senses and Interactions In Nature Hooke's Law
• Plucked String Video Clips
• Video Library

Eberly College, Physics 201B, Professor Carl A. Rotter
• Exploratories
    º Electrostatics Activities for Students

Exploratorium
• Snacks miniature low-cost classroom materials based on exploratorium exhibits

Free/Libre Open Source Science EducationUse It! alt - FloScience.com
• Clever Hacks
    º The physics of Christmas tree lights - don't buy light bulbs!
    º Hand Crank Generator build it for $9
• Electronic Bookshelf electronics course
• Probeware on a Budget sneaky uses for free software & cheap tech toys
    º Non-Contact Thermometer (Harbor Freight Tools $7-$10) possible labs or demos
    º Photogate Experiments
    º Sound Science

Front Range Community College
• Density and Archimedes Principle Physics 211 — Laboratory 9

Google Search
• make a capacitor site:*.edu
• make a voltaic pile site:*.edu
• moving-vane electroscope lab site:*.edu

Indiana U, Physics: Socratic Dialog-Inducing (SDI) Labs guided construction, hands-and-heads-on introductory mechanics experiments
• SDI Lab #0.1. Frames of Reference, Position, and Vectors
• SDI LAB #0.2. Introduction to Kinematics
• SDI LAB #1. Newton's First and Third Laws
• SDI #2 Pre-Lab Assignment Operational Definitions of Kinematic Terms
• SDI LAB #2. Newton's Second Law
• SDI LAB # 3. Circular Motion and Frictional Forces
• SDI LAB #4. Rotational Dynamics
• SDI LAB #5. Angular Momentum
• SDI LAB #6. Newton's Second Law Revisited
• SDI LAB #7: Newton's Laws Revisited

Instructables.com
• More Open Source Science:
    º Cheap, Easy Light Probe photogate
    º Determine the Acceleration due to Gravity

KineticBooks.com, Demo
• Virtual Labs

Lansignburgh Scouts
• How to Make a Quality Fire Piston 1/8 in brass nipple pipe, 1/8 brass cap, 1/4 Bolt 6 in long, 1/4 OD x 1/8 ID x 1/16 thick O rings, JB Weld
• Cut O Ring Groove in Bolt-Piston (video)
• Fire Cloth insertion & pressure stroke
• Making Char Cloth

Laserpablo.com by Paul Robinson physics teacher, author, baseball fan
• Teacher Resources Teacher SOS (PTSOS) workshops
• Videos

Makezine.com
• What a capacitor is and how to make one Video

Millersville U, Physics
• Experiment of the Month Archive

Molecular Expressions, Florida State U: Education
• For Students
    º Try Sci! science activities
• For Teachers
    º Emergent Labs

Mr. Stanbrough's Classes Physics & AP Physics at Batesville Community School Corporation
• Physics - Lab Safety Rules
• TI-89 “How To...” Index
• Your AP Physics Lab Book

NationalLabDay.org
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST.gov), Physics Laboratory

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA): The Science Teacher, NSTA Conncetions
• Constructing your digital thermometer ($10 materials) a step-by-step approach using an LM35DZ or LM35 (Kelvin) sensor and multimeter

NIST.gov, Physics
• Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results
• Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
    º Essentials of expressing measurement uncertainty

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Advanced Physics Labs
• Error Analysis (pdf)

PhET Interactive SimulationsUse It! virtual labs, About
• Source Code is at unfuddle Physics Education Technology, Subversion client required
• Teacher Ideas & Activities

Philip B. Allen, Stony Brook U
• Modern Physics PHY 251
• Modern Physics Lab, Error Analysis

Physics Education at U VirginiaUse It! 8th Grade Standards of Learning (SOL)
• Activities
    º Balloon Electroscope, Static Elecricity Background Information, Data Sheet
    º Conductor or Insulator?
    º Convex Lenses
    º Electrolysis of Water
    º Electromagnets, Data Sheet
    º Indirect Measurement: 1, 2
    º Introduction to Static Electricity, Student Activity Sheet
    º Investigating Magnetic Fields
    º The Magnetic Field
    º Neon Bulbs and Motion of Charge

ThePhysicsFront.orgUse It! online resource Directory for teaching physics, SiteMap
• Search for Laboratories choose from Conceptual, Algebra-based, AP, etc.

Physics Lab Online by Catharine H. Colwell: Labs
• APC Mechanics: Pendulum
• Circular/Oscillatory Motion
    º Kepler's Laws
    º Oscillating Springs
• Dynamics
    º Coefficient of Friction
    º Falling Coffee Filters terminal velocity
    º Hooke's Law
    º Inelastic Collision - Velocity of a Softball
    º Loop the Loop
• Introductory Mathematics
    º Circumference and Diameter with Error Analysis
    º Density of a Paper Clip
    º Home to School
    º Size of the Moon, Distance to the Moon
    º Size of the Sun Distance to the Sun
    º Earth's Circumference
• Kinematics
    º Bullseye Lab projectile
• Linear Momentum
    º Photoelectric Effect Analogy
• Rotary Motion
    º Moment of Inertia of a Bicycle Wheel

Radio, Electronics and Computing Projects by Hans SummersUse It!
• Homemade Components
    º Homemade batteries
    º Homemade Capacitors

Research in Physics Education Richard Hake, U Indiana Physics (pdf's)
• Curriculum Vitae with links
• Introduction to SDI Lab Teacher's Guides
• Socratic Dialog-Inducing (SDI) Labs
• Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Laboratory Workshop
• Some P201 Course Materials

PracticalPhysics.orgUse It! enabling physics teachers to share classroom experiments
• Forces & Motion
    º Introduction to forces, constant, moving force
    º Constant and varying forces between trucks

Physics Resources and Instructional Strategies for Motivating Students (PRISMS) guide with over 130 activities using easily obtainable, inexpensive materials can become the lab component to any physics program, student evaluation & testing program
• from U Northern Iowa
• How the Program Operates
• Resources & Teachers Guide

Dr. Robert W. Arts, Pikeville College
• Physics 223: Laboratory Assignments
    º The Atwood Machine & Newton's 2nd Law

Rice U, Documentation Sharing
• Elementary Physics Laboratory

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Experiment in Physics
• Appendix 8: The Articulation of Theory: Weak Interactions

StarDate.org U Texas, McDonald Observatory outreach, SiteMap
• Lesson Plans don't miss the Enrichment Activities
    º Build a Spectroscope
    º Mirror Mirror
    º Super Gelatin find the index of refraction

St. Lawrence U, Daniel W. Koon, Labs
• Open Ended LabUse It! ideas

St. Louis Area Physics Teachers (SLAPT)
• Teaching ResourcesUse It!
• Labs
    º Experimental Development of Quantitative Energy Expressions (pdf)
• Low-cost/build it yourself lab equipment & Labs
    º LED Photoelectric Effect Apparatus build it for $60-80
    º Motion Lab Equipment
• Newsletter Archives
    º Lenz's Law Demo & Electroscope
    º Lorentz ForceDemo by Semyon Volshteyn
    º Modeling Instruction in High School Physics, J. Mark Schober
    º A Primer on Soldering by Paul Discher
    º Problem-solving: The Interface Between Math and Physics, Tom Foster
    º Smoke Tank for Optical Demonstrations by Paul Discher

Texas A&M U, Center for Mathematics and Science Education (CMSE)
• Family Math & Science Night
• Low-Cost Physics ActivitiesUse It! (Word Docs only)

Thomas B. Jones Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Electrostatics Demonstrations
    º Electrophorus and Accessories
    º Simple Leaf Electroscope Accessories

Tommy Test Tubes science experiments in your home, Thomas J. Wdowiak, astrophysicist, U Alabama
• Building your own laboratory chromatography experiment
• Galvanometer build a real scientific instrument that measures electric current
• Magnetic motion build a linear electric motor
• Seeing infrared heat and light experiments
• Stick to it build a D-cell electromagnet
• Twisting the tale of light build a polariscope, polarized light

Triboelectric Generation: Getting Charged Ryne C. Allen

U California, Berkeley: Physics 111 Advanced Laboratory Wiki
• Error Analysis Exercise
• Error Analysis Notes

U Florida Physics
• Advanced Physics Lab PHY 4803L, Fall 2006: Chaos

U Maryland, Physics Education Research Group (PERG), International Commission on Physics Education
• Finding the Speed of Light with Marshmallows A Take-Home Lab

U Minnesota, Physics & Astronomy, Physics Education Research & Development
• Context Rich Problems
• Cooperative Group Problem Solving
    º Problem Solving Labs: Lab Manual DownloadsUse It! with Teacher's Guides

U Penn, Undergraduate Physics LabsUse It! Experiments
• Introduction to Measurement Part 1, Part 2
• The Thin Lens and the Telescope

U Toronto, Undergraduate Physics Students' Computing and Learning Environment (UPSCALE), HarrisonUse It!
• Error Analysis in Experimental Physical Science by Cliff Swartz or see pdf version & Assignment Form
• Reading a Vernier with simulation

Wildwood Survival, Wilderness Survival
• Fire

WildwoodSurvival.com, Wilderness Survival: Fire
• Fire from a Can of Coke and a Chocolate Bar
• Fire by "Cans" Part II
• Model T Fire Piston
• Fire Piston Video

Xannah.org Xannah Appled Science & Engineering
• DataPoint free (Windows) 2-d Video Frame-Grabbing & Video Motion Analysis Software for the classroom

YES Mag The Science Magazine for Adventurous Minds
• Projects you can do at Home
    º Home-Made Fire Extinguisher baking soda & vinegar to carbon dioxide
    º Lightning in a Pan
    º Paper Chromatography
    º Poppin' Rockets baking soda & vinegar, film
    º Stereo-Eo-Eo-Eo build a stereoscope
    º Hot and Cold Chemistry simple exothermic & endothermic reactions


^ PHYSICS

LASER

Rp-Photonics.com: Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology
• Focul Length


^ PHYSICS
LEAST ACTION

Wikipedia
    º Category:Principles
• Action (physics)
•z Fermat, Pierre de (1601 or 1607/8-1665)
    º Fermat's principle
• Functional (mathematics)
• Maupertuis, Pierre Louis (1698-1759)
    º Maupertuis' principle
• Principle of least action
• Variational principle

Wikisource
• Accord between different laws of Nature that seemed incompatible by Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis


^ PHYSICS
LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS

Wikipedia
    º History of superconductivity
    º Timeline of low-temperature technology
• Liquefaction of gases


^ PHYSICS
MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)
also see.. NanoTechnology

AllAboutMEMS.com, About
• Reference Library bibliographic sites, articles, references & books


^ PHYSICS
MODELING (EDUCATION)
also see.. Education

American Modeling Teachers Association
• Resource Room

Arizona State U, Modeling Instruction Program, LinksUse It!
• Action Research, Resources, Equipment for the Modeling Classroom (pdf's)
    º Effects of Developing Kinematics Concepts Graphically Prior to Introducing Algebraic Problem Solving Techniques
    º Experimental Design and Graphical Analysis of Data
    º Graphs as a Problem-Solving Tool
    º Rounding Up Students' Conceptions on Circular Motion
• Cognitive Instruction in Mathematical Modeling (CIMM)
• Critical Role for Physicists in K-12 Science Education Reform
• Modeling Instruction in High School Physics, Chemistry, Physical Science, and Biology
    º Lab Practicums, Order Form, Mounds View High School, 1900 W. County Road F, New Brighton, MN 55112; ph: (612) 633-4031 (612) 633-4031
• Malcolm Wells (Quicktime Movie) originator of Modeling Instruction
• Mechanics curriculum Index
    º Intro stuff: Lab Scoresheet, Lab Write-up Checklist, Writing the Physics Lab Report,
    º Modeling Instruction Program Participant Courseware
• Modeling Cycle
• Modeling Instruction: the jazz approach to high school physics by Dave Braunschweig
• Modeling Methodology for Physics Teachers David Hestenes' seminal pape
• Preconceptions in Mechanics: Lessons Dealing with Students' Conceptual Difficulties ($) book by Charles Camp, John Clement...

dabih.org Classromm site
John Burroughs School, Science: ModelingPhysics.org by Mark Schober
• Information for Teachers on Modeling Instruction
• Modeling Instruction In High School Physics (2)
• for Teachers Directory of files and documents

National Science Teachers Association: Store
• Exemplary Science in Grades 9-12: Standards-Based Success Stories, Editor: Robert E. Yager

Rutgers Physics and Astronomy Education Research Group modelling: “cognitive apprenticeship” learning processes of science rather than results...
• observing, modelling & doing; acquiring skills in “hypothetico-deductive reasoning”
• Physics Teaching Technology ResourceUse It! (Video Experiments)
• Scientific Abilities
    º Articles
    º Design Experiments LabsUse It! (Algebra based) includes Estimating experimental uncertainty
    º Formative Assessment Tasks
    º Kits: Mechanics
    º Modeling Tasks: Mechanics
    º Rubrics
    º Scientific abilities/assessment


^ MUSIC
MUSIC & NOISE
also see.. §MUSIC & SOUND PERCEPTION§, WAVES
ChuaSoundMusic Chua's Oscillator: Applications of Chaos to Sound & Music
MIT Media Lab
Wikipedia
    º Category:Noise
    º List of noise topics
• Noise (audio)
• Pattern recognition
    º Fractal
    º Normal distribution
    º Log-normal distribution
• Pink noise


^ PHYSICS
MUTUAL SYNCHRONIZATION OF COUPLED OSCILLATORS

Georgia Tech, Research News:
• Out of Time: Researchers recreate 1665 clock experiment to gain insights into modern synchronized oscillators

International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), OE Magazine
• Hyugens's clocks mystery revisited

Predicting Life's Subtle Rhythms from the Georgia Tech Alumni Association Magazine, Spr 97
The Royal Society, Publications - The mystery of Huygens' clocks explained
Science News - Staying in Step

U Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
• Emerging Applications of Dyanamical Systems, Pattern Formation in Continuous and Coupled Systems
    º Josephson Arrays: Puzzles and Prospects


^ PHYSICS
NEWS, JOURNALS, ARTICLES
also see.. §Science & Technology News§

“The Alternate View” columns of John G. Cramer
American Institute of Physics (AIP) SiteMap
• News ( Graphics, Links, Update )
• Physics News Update

American Institute of Physics: Scitation
• The Physics Teacher journal
• American Journal of Physics

American Journal of Physics

American Physical Society: Journals
• Physical Review Letters

Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA's

Directory of Open Access JournalsUse It!
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Physics and Astronomy
• Science General

JSTOR scholarship & teaching archive; access from thousands of libraries & institutions

MathPages.com: Physics

MIT's The Tech online
• PFC results said to deal blow to fusion claims by David P. Hamilton

Physical Sciences Resource Center, Sitemap
• Physlrnr - Physics Learning Research List Archive

The Physics Teacher journal
PhysicsWorld.com
PhysOrg.com: Physics News

PhysicsToday.org publication of The American Institute of Physics, About, FAQ
• Career Centers

Science Daily research results from US universities
arXiv.org Open Access to e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance & statistics

NEWSGROUPS
^ PHYSICS
PHASE DIAGRAMS
also see.. §Thermodynamics§

Davidson College Chemistry Resources: Virtual Chemistry ExperimentsUse It! David N. Blauch, Downloads
• Phase Changes
    º Heating Curve
    º Vapor Pressure
    º Phase Diagrams: Part 1 Introduction
    º Phase Diagrams: Part 2 Phase Transitions
    º Phase Diagram: Part 3 Phase Transitions caused by a Change in Pressure
    º Phase Diagram: Part 4 Triple Point
    º Phase Changes Phase Diagram: Part 5 Critical Point
    º Phase Diagram Concepts

Purdue u Dept Chemistry: Visualization and Problem Solving for General Chemistry
• States of Matter
• What Is a Liquid?
    º Critical Temperature and Pressure
    º Phase Diagrams

U Southampton: Phase Diagrams for alloys tutorial & lever-rule calculation with self-test questions, Glossary
• Introduction

Wikipedia
• Phase diagram
• Enthalpy of fusion (heat of fusion, melting/solidification)
• Phase (matter) (see enthalpy, state of matter)
• Boiling point
• Condensation, Condenser (heat transfer)
• Critical point (thermodynamics), Supercritical fluid
• Enthalpy: Enthalpy of fusion (heat of fusion), Enthalpy of vaporization (heat of vaporization or evaporation)
• Liquidus
• Melting point
• Phase diagram
• Phase space
• Phase transition
• Solidus (chemistry)
• Supercooling
• Triple point


^ PHYSICS
LAY PHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY, POPULARIZERS
also see.. Books, §HISTORY of Science§, §PHILOSOPHY§

Bety Devine's Blog wife of Frank Wilczek

Edge.org, About,
• Search
• Devine, Betsy wife of Frank Wilczek
• Krauss, Lawrence M.
    º The Energy of Empty Space that isn't Zero
    º How do you Fed-Ex the Pope?
• Wilczek, Frank

FrankWilczek.com
• Press kit, contact information, resources


^ PHYSICS
PHYSICAL QUANTITIES

Wikipedia
• Category:Physical quantities


^ PHYSICS
PLASMA

Coalition for Plasma Science
• Educational Material
• Teacher'S Guide to Plasma Science Resources

FusEdWeb Fusion Energy Education
• PlasmasUse It! the Fourth State of Matter

IPPEX Online the Interactive Plasma Physics Education Experience
• Ask a Physicist
• Fusion, Glossary of Fusion Terms
• Interactive Shockwave Physics
• Virtual Magnetic Stability Module
• Virtual Tokamak

Plasma on the Internet Web Portal

Plasma Science and Technology
• Basics
• Exhibition
• Resources & Worldwide Links

Wikipedia
• Alfven, Hannes
• Aurora (astronomy)
• Electric arc
• Fire
• Geomagnetic storm
• Magnetohydrodynamics
• Plasma (physics)
• Plasma modeling
• Plasma oscillation
    º Plasmon
• Plasma parameters
• St. Elmo's fire
• Solar wind
• Van Allen radiation belt


^ PHYSICS
PORTRAITS

Images of Physicists from Harry N. Nelson

^ PHYSICS
PROBLEM SOLVING

Electronic Universe Dr. DarkMatter's
Physics Courses
    º Physics problems

Solving Problems in Physics by Daniel F. Styer, Oberlin College

^ PHYSICS
QUANTUM GRAVITY
also see.. Quantum Physics, String Theory

arXiv
• Ashtekar, Abhay
• Bekenstein, Jacob
• Penrose, Roger
• Smolin, Lee
• Unruh, William G.

Books
• Milo Wolff
    º Exploring the Physics of the Unknown Universe: An Adventurer's Guide
    º Schroedinger's Universe And The Origin Of The Natural Laws

Kansas State U, Visual Quantum Mechanics project, explorations of the quantum world for non-science students
• Simulations

SpaceAndMotion.comUse It! Philosophy Note: use extreme right slider (there are 2 on the right, 3 total) to view the main page
• Solving Nature's Mystery Milo Wolff
    º On the Spherical Wave Structure of Matter and the Origin of the Natural Laws.
    º Explaining the Particle Wave Duality of Light and Matter with the Wave Structure of Matter (WSM)

Wikipedia
• Ashtekar, Abhay
• Bekenstein, Jacob
• Hawking, Stephen
• Penrose, Roger
• Smolin, Lee
• Susskind, Leonard (1940-)
• Unruh, Bill
• Zeilinger, Anton

Wikipedia
• Graviton
• Holographic principle
• Loop quantum gravity
• Quantum gravity
• String theory


^ PHYSICS
QUANTUM PHYSICS
also see.. §CHEMISTRY§, Feynman, §Light & Optics§, Quantum Gravity, Particle Physics, Spectroscopy, Twistor Theory

CaltechBOOKUse It! Physics
• Lectures on Quantum Physics and Applications online Book, Paul E. Dimotakis (1980)

E.F. Schubert, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering
• Physical foundations ECSE-6960

Absorption and Emission of Radiation by an Atom Demo: Interactive Physics and Math with Java
Atomic Structure and Radioactivity
Basics of Quantum Mechanics: U California, San Diego
A Brief Review of Elementary Quantum Chemistry C. David Sherrill: U Georgia
Classical, Quantum, Nanoscale & Statistical Mechanics & Thermodynamics Educational Sites Links

Dr Quantum at YouTube Videos
• Double Slit Experiment
• Entanglement
• Flatland

Edwin F. Taylor author of texts in introductory mechanics, quantum mechanics, special & general relativity
• Article Downloads: Quantum
    º Feynman Diagrams

E.F. Schubert, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering
• Physical foundations ECSE-6960 online book

FredAlanWolf.com
• Articles, Interviews, Papers
• Ask Dr. Quantum
• Audio Courses ($) Dr. Quantum
• Books
• Fred Alan Wolf Blog at Blogspot.com

Fundamental Theory Notes Config Interaction, Coupled-Cluster, Hartree-Fock, Integral Calc's, Relativity
Hands-on Atom: SciTech Interactive Science Center

Henry Foundation, Inc. improved worldwide understanding of physics at Johns Hopkins U
• Henry, Richard Conn Professor: Publications
    º The mental Universe The only reality is mind and observations, but observations are not of things.

History and Foundations of Quantum Physics
• Publications
• Talks at the HQ-1 Conference

A history of Quantum Mechanics: University of St Andrews

HyperPhysicsUse It! C.R. Nave, Georgia State U, including online calculators
• Quantum Physics

Java Applets for quantum mechanics Manuel Joffre, France
Lecture Topics: The Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
Mark's Quantum Mechanics Applets by Mark Sutherland
Millikan Drop Experiment slideshow: Lee Burnett & Mike Lee

MIT Open Courseware: All Courses Index
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Modern and Contemporary Physics, U.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations
Molecular Modeling & Molecular Mechanics classical & quantum mechanics, slides, Links

NanoHubUse It! created by the NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology: Teach & Learn
• Courses
    º AQME Advancing Quantum Mechanics for Engineers

Nature: Milestones
• Spin & Spin Timeline

NewDualism.org
• The Mental Universe by Richard Conn Henry, the only reality is mind and observations

NIH Guide to Molecular Modeling: Center for Molecular Modeling, US NIH

PearsonHigherEd.com, publisher
• Physlet Quantum Physics: ($) An Interactive Introduction, CDROM & Paperback by Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian, Anne Cox

Princeton University Press (books)
• QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures) by Richard Phillips Feynman
    º Chapter 1

quanten-atomphysik Links: U Würzburg, Germany
Quantum Physics Online presentation utilizing Applets
Physics 2000 ( Applets) interactive journey through modern physics: U Colorado, Boulder
Schrödinger Wave Equation Simulation applet, numerical solution, simulation: Boston U Physics

Stanford U: QwikiUse It! quantum physics wiki

The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics by Daniel F. Styer, Oberlin College

Todd Stedl, U Washington, Chemistry, Theoretical Groups
• Intro to Quantum Mechanics

Visual Quantum MechanicsUse It! Shockwave Programs, NSF funded

Quantum Physics I: U Wisconsin-Milwaukee online course
Wave Particle Duality Queen Mary, U London, UK

What The Bleep do We Know? documentary film
• DVD with trailers
• Down the Rabbit Hole extended 15 hr version

What is Quantum Physics? - Jim's Homepage & Interactive Physics

Wikipedia
    º Basic concepts of quantum mechanics
    º Category:Foundational quantum physics
    º History of molecular theory
    º History of the periodic table
    º History of quantum field theory
    º History of quantum mechanics
    º Introduction to quantum mechanics
• Antimatter
    º Antiparticle
    º Positron (antiparticle of the electron)
• Atom
    º Atomic nucleus
    º Electron, Fermi gas
• Bell, John Stewart (1928-1990)
    º Bell's theorem
• Black body
• Bohr, Niels (1885-1962)
    º Bohr model
• Bohm, David (1885-1962)
    º Bohm diffusion
    º De Broglie-Bohm theory
• Born, Max (1882-1970) see matrix mechanics
• Bose, Satyendra Nath (1894-1974) see Boson
• Boson
    º Bose-Einstein condensate
    º Bose-Einstein statistics
    º Gauge boson
    º W and Z bosons
• Bra-ket notation
• Complementarity (physics)
• Compton, Arthur (1892-1962) see scattering
    º Compton scattering
    º Compton wavelength
• Conduction band
• Copenhagen interpretation
• Correspondence principle quantum mechanical systems behavior reproduces classical physics in the limit of large quantum numbers
• Cosmic ray
• Crookes, William (1832-1919)
    º Cathode ray (electrons)
    º Crookes radiometer
    º Crookes tube
    º Plasma (physics)
    º Vacuum tube
• Davisson–Germer experiment
• de Broglie, Louis (1832-1919)
    º particle wavelength is inversely proportional to its momentum & frequency is proportional to its kinetic energy
    º De Broglie-Bohm theory
    º Matter wave (de Broglie wave/hypothesis)
    º Wave-particle duality
• Dirac, Paul (1832-1919)
    º Dirac equation
    º Fermi-Dirac statistics
• Double-slit experiment
• Dyson, Freeman (1923)
• Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)
• Electromagnetic wave equation
• Electron excitation
• Energy
    º Energy level
• EPR paradox (Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen)
• Fermi, Enrico (1832-1919) see Fermion
• Evanescent wave
• Fermion
    º Dirac equation
    º Fermi-Dirac statistics
    º Fermi gas
    º Pauli exclusion principle
• Feynman, Richard (1918-1988)
    º Feynman Lectures on Physics
    º One-electron universe
• Field electron emission
• Force carrier
• Fundamental interactions (4)
    º Electromagnetism
    º Gravitation, Graviton
    º Strong interaction
    º Weak interaction
• Heisenberg, Werner (1901-1976) see matrix mechanics
    º Uncertainty principle
• Hamilton, William Rowan (1805-1865)
    º Hamiltonian mechanics
    º Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics)
• Hertz, Heinrich observed photoelectric effect
• Jeans, James Hopwood (1877-1946)
    º Rayleigh-Jeans law
• Jordan, Pascual (1902-1980) see matrix mechanics
• Kirchhoff, Gustav (1824-1887)
    º Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation
• Hyperfine structure
• Incompleteness of quantum physics
• Lamb, Willis (1901-1976)
    º Lamb shift
• Lepton
    º Electron
    º Electron neutrino
    º Muon
    º Muon neutrino
    º Tauon
    º Tauon neutrino
• Mass
    º Invariant mass (rest mass)
• Mass-energy equivalence
• Matrix mechanicsUse It! 1925 quantum formulation by Heisenberg, Born & Jordan interprets particle properties as evolving matrices; equivalent to Schrodinger equation
• Matter
• Matter wave (de Broglie wave)
• Henry Moseley (1887-1915)
    º Moseley's law
• Noether's theorem derived conserved quantities from symmetries
• Nuclear physics
• Old quantum theory 1900–1925
    º Bohr model
• Particle accelerator
    º List of accelerators in particle physics
• Particle physics (High energy physics), List of particles, Standard Model, Subatomic particle, Timeline of particle discoveries
    º Antimatter
    º Baryon
    º Beta particle
    º Boson (see Boson) W and Z bosons
    º Electron
    º Elementary particle
    º Fermion (see Fermion)
    º Force carrier
    º Gauge boson
    º Hadron particle made of quarks held together by the strong force
    º Lepton (see Lepton)
    º Meson
    º Neutrino
    º Neutron
    º Nucleon
    º Particle decay
    º Pion (pi meson)
    º Point particle
    º Positron (antiparticle of the electron)
    º Proton
    º Quark (see Quark)
    º Spin (physics)
    º Strong interaction (Strong force)
    º Weak interaction (Weak force)
• Pauli, Wolfgang (1879-1955)
    º Pauli exclusion principle
• Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)
• Photoelectric effect
    º Work function
• Photon (light quantum)
• Planck, Max (1879-1955)
    º Planck constant
    º Planck postulate
    º Planck's law
• Principle of locality
• Ptolemy (90-168)
    º Geocentric model
• Quantization (physics)
• Quantum
• Quantum chemistry
    º Relativistic quantum chemistry
• Quantum chromodynamics
• Quantum electrodynamics
    º Gauge boson
    º Gauge theory
• Quantum field theory
    º Annihilation
    º Electron-positron annihilation
• Quantum mechanics
    º Basic concepts of quantum mechanics
    º Copenhagen interpretation
    º Introduction to quantum mechanics
    º Interpretation of quantum mechanics
• Quantum number
• Quantum state
• Quantum tunnelling
• Quark
    º Bottom quark
    º Charm quark
    º Color confinement
    º Down quark
    º Flavour (particle physics)
    º Strange quark
    º Top quark
    º Up quark
• Radiation pressure
• Radioactive decay
    º Beta decay, Beta particle
• Rayleigh, 3rd Baron or John William Strutt