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Links to general physics sites |
Links to applets and simulations |
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/ |
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American Institute of Physics http://www.aip.org/pt/ |
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Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP) http://www.cpepweb.org/ |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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