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Links to general physics sites

International Research Group on Physics Teaching
http://www.pef.uni-lj.si/~girep/
An international organization which runs conferences about physics teaching. 
American Association of Physics Teachers' 
Physical Sciences Resource Center
http://www.psrc-online.org/
A nice, large site with many physics education resources, including curriculum materials, demonstration manuals, evaluation instruments.
Physics Web by the Institute of Physics 
http://physicsweb.org/
Links to journal articles and physics news; good for browsing
TipTop by the Institute of Physics 
http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/
An excellent directory of web sites related to physics, including an extensive section of on-line simulations.
Fermilab Education Office
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/
Many links, on-line activities, and resources for educators
Institute of Physics 
http://www.iop.org/
 
American Institute of Physics
http://www.aip.org/pt/
 
Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP)
http://www.cpepweb.org/
 
The Universe Today
http://www.universetoday.com/
Space exploration news from around the Internet
The WhyFiles - Science Behind the News
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu
 
You Can Page
http://www.beakman.com
Very basic and fun science explanations and links.  A few very elementary online demonstrations.  Probably good for younger students.
Discovery Channel School
http://school.discovery.com/
U.S.-based site, including lesson plans on basic physical science, astronomy, etc.
Connecting Research in Physics Education with Teacher Education
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~jossem/ICPE/BOOKS.html
An entire book online, available in English, Spanish and French. 
Edited by: AndrČe Tiberghien, E. Leonard Jossem, Jorge Barojas
Emilio SegrĖ Visual Archives
http://www.aip.org/history/esva/
A collection of some 25,000 historical photographs and other visual materials of famous physicists and astronomers.
Pictures of Famous Physicists
http://www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~jr/portraits.html
A useful site if you are looking for pictures of physicists.  Well -organized, with thumbnails.
Physics Tutorials
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/tutorials.html
Some decent tutorials in introductory physics topics and skills. Might be a useful tool for struggling students.  From the University of Guelph.
ABC's of Nuclear Science
http://user88.lbl.gov/NSD_docs/abc/home.html
Brief multimedia introduction to Nuclear Physics, including radiation.  Includes 9 descriptions of experiments.
Exhibits and Online Source Materials for History of Physics
http://www.aip.org/history/exhibit.htm
Online exhibitions on Einstein, the discovery of the electron, Heisenberg and the Uncertainty Principle, and Andrei Sakharov.
Hungarian Physical Revue
http://www.kfki.hu/fszemle/
In Hungarian.
Hungarian Physical Socety 
http://www.kfki.hu/~elfthp/
There is an English version as well, see the bottom left
Multimedia Physik
http://didaktik.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~pkrahmer/home/programm.html
German physics page, with downloadable simulations
Mathematical and Physical Journal for Secondary Schools
http://www.math.elte.hu/komal/
Hungarian Journal for High-school students.  English version available.
Leo Szilard Online
http://www.dannen.com/szilard.html
Hungarian scientist whose ideas included the linear accelerator, cyclotron, electron microscope, nuclear chain reaction, and the importance of morality in science.
Stockholm University Physics
http://www.physto.se/
A link to physics in Sweden
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
http://www.IUPAP.org
 
Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/
Web version of US magazine
Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
Daily news source, links to newsgroups
British Broadcasting Company
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Try /tw (Tomorrow's World), /sia (Science in Action) and /eduation for all manner of stuff
New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/
Leading weekly magazine in the UK
California Energy Commission
http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/
Interactive site aimed at children and parents

Links to Experimental Simulations & Applets

Amateur Science 
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/
Collection of home pages of simple and fun experiments 
Beakman's Electric Motor 
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~palmer/motor.html
The principle of electric motor, without cost 
Bizarre Stuff you can make in your kitchen 
http://freeweb.pdq.net/headstrong/
A large collection of science experiments, not only physics
(University of Oregon) Physical applets 
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/
Downladable simulations, programs
(ThinkQuest) Visual Laboratory 
http://library.advanced.org/10170/main.htm
Simulations from all the topics of physics
Univ.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations 
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/index.html
Large collection of experiments
Univ.Wuerzburg
ftp://didaktik.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/pub/physik/krahmer/
You can download many useful programs
Univ.Potsdam
ftp://ftp.uni-potsdam.de/uni-potsdam/physik/
You can download many useful programs
Computer demos in Hungarian 
ftp://jedlik.phy.bme.hu/pub/fizika/computerdemo/
This is in Hungarian language. You must dowload in in binary "bin" method
IME Software for sale
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~imesoft/
Design yourself your experiment in the screen
Multimedia Physics 
http://newton.phy.bme.hu/education/index.html
Teaching Physics with web (pictures, simulations, curricula)
Univ.C. Berkeley Hands on Universe 
http://hou.lbl.gov/
Pictures, programs, on-line activities
 http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/Applets/home.html This one requires Java, and sometimes Shockwave. There is a known - but infrequent - problem over using a Mac with Netscape with some of these
 http://www.links2go.com/topic/Science This one requires Java, and sometimes Shockwave. There is a known - but infrequent - problem over using a Mac with Netscape with some of these
 http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/VLAB This one requires Java, and sometimes Shockwave. There is a known - but infrequent - problem over using a Mac with Netscape with some of these

 


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