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• Physics Books At TeachingResource
• Educational Resources in Physics, Astronomy, and Related Fields - A combination of lesson plan sites and useful science links, from Sonoma State University. Well worth the time to visit.
• Helping Your Child Learn Science - Information for parents (and teachers) of younger kids to help get involved in science learning. Activities to be done at home and in the community as well as advice and tips for informal science teaching.
• Ideas for Physical Science Teachers - Links to some lesson plan sites.
• Lesson Plans - astronomy, electrostatics, lasers, radioactivity
• The Internet Pilot to Physics (TIPTOP)  - The site is "the result of an international effort to improve the use of information technology and the WWW in physics research and education. The project aimed to promote physics not only to scientists but also to the industry, schools, students and any individuals interested in physics and natural science." Excellent starting point for many physics-related topics.
• Amusement Park Physics - Explores how the laws of physics play a role in the design of amusement park rides. Activities invite visitors to design a roller coaster and determine the outcomes of bumper car collisions. Links to related sites are provided.
• Computer Simulation Methods - A web site devoted to faculty and students using computer simulation techniques as a method of discovery in physics. This is a companion site to a textbook, but provides content from other sources as well.
• Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP) - A non-profit organization of teachers, educators, and physicists; at Lawrence Berkeley Lab.

• Critique and Commentary on the Science of Star Trek - Scientist working at NASA takes the time to briefly analyze various Star Trek scientific issues. An easy read, and a good one.
• The Elements of Machines - Some simple machines, explained, decribed and illustrated.
• Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Physics - One man's attempt to compile a useful encyclopedia of physics knowledge.
• Essenntial Physics - A book for first-year college students who have an interest in pursuing a career in physics or a closely related field.
• Explore Science with Shockwave - A creative use of shockwave technology by Raman Pfaff. He has created a science site with many interactive physics experiments, from sliding down a ramp to tinkering with a solar system. Requires shockwave plug-in.
• Exploring Physics in Cyberspace - This site describes several tested extracurricular programs geared to introducing hands-on interactive physics activities for K-12 students. Supported by the National Science Foundation.
• Fireworks, Half a Dozen Pi's, and the Fourth of July - Estimate the size of fireworks bursts in the sky using a simple formula. Article includes discussion of physics and math involved.
• Fizzics Fizzle - Interactive guide to physics. Has three levels of instruction: beginner, intermediate and advanced.
• Fundamental Physical Constants from NIST - The values of the fundamental physical constants provided at this site are recommended for international use by CODATA and are the latest available.
• FYKOS - Physical Correspondence Seminary - Worldwide competition in physics for grammar school (under age 19) students with an interest in physics.

• How Stuff Works: Force, Power, Torque and Energy - Animations help to thoroughly explain force, power, torque, and energy.
• How Things Work - A service providing answers to questions about physics, science, and how things in the world around us work. Companion to the book by the same name.
• IHS Physics Zone - A physics education site for students of Ithaca High School. Contains course descriptions, assignment lists, science links and other useful stuff.
• Interactive Textbook - College freshman-level physics textbook online in several different formats, notably a java-interactive format.
• Math and Physics Help - Explanations you can understand on a variety of math and physics topics at the high school and college level.
• The Motion Mountain Textbook - A free physics textbook on the introductory physics course level, written to be surprising, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Chapters are downloadable pdf files.
• Mousetrap-Powered Cars and Projects - Designed as "your complete source for mousetrap car knowhow." Provides technical help, building tips, and activities that can be downloaded. The book, "Mousetrap Car: The Secrets to Success!" is available for sale at the site. 
• New Scientist's Guide to the Quantum World - Online book explaining some of the quirks and interesting details of quantum theory.
• Physics 2000 - An interactive journey through modern physics. Have fun learning visually and conceptually about 20th century science and high-tech devices. Uses java applets. 

• Physics Comics - Comics-style lessons in physics fundamentals. Topics include motion, forces, vectors, work and energy, and impulse and momentum.
• The Physics Encyclopedia - This site provides exhaustive, comprehensive, carefully selected and structured lists on Internet physics resources.
• Physics First - For the past 130 years, physics has been an integral part of science curriculum at the high school level. Its current vertical position, established about 100 years ago, is now strongly challenged.
• Physics for Beginners - An introduction to some concepts in physics for the absolute beginner. Included is a equation solver which is for use with the Physics For Beginners section.
• Physics Help - A site to help you understand physics. Excellent list of formulas presented in a visual manner.
• Physics Reference - Physics symbols, constants, and SI units, prefixes and rules.
• Physics Simulations - Teaching Programs - Free and commercial site with physics programs and some other materials available for download and/or sale. No Macintosh materials offered.
• PhysLINK.com - A very visually "busy" site for physics-related topics. Educational content includes a large variety of good web links, "ask the expert," and some reference materials.
• Professor Stephen Hawking Online - Biographical, educational, and scholarly. Also includes a bit of fun (did you know he was on The Simpsons TV show?)

• QuarkNet - Supports centers at 60 universities and laboratories that are participants in the collider experiments at CERN in Switzerland and at Fermilab in Illinois. Physicists will mentor and collaborate with high school teachers. Stipends are provided to the teachers who participate.
• Radiation Physics and Radiocarbon Research Labs at University College Dublin - Specialises in the measurement of minute traces of artificial and natural radionuclides in the environment. 
• ScienceMaster's Physical Science - News, information, links, columns, and homework help. Focus - 6-12 graders.
• Select Physics Topics - This physics online ebook covers basic physics from Newton's laws to electricity and magnetism. Lots of applets and animation included.
• Skateboard Science - The techniques and equipment skateboarders use to seemingly bend the law of gravity. In the trickscience section, the site explains the physics behind the stunts, and several experiments to try at home. The equipment section offers an in-depth look at skateboard design.
• The Soundry, a Site About Sound - An exciting, interactive, and educational web site about sound. Covers everything from the most basic concepts of what sound actually is to the specifics of how humans perceive it. Requires java-enabled browser and shockwave plug-in to enjoy the whole site. Uses frames.

• Space and Time - Course based on Stephen Hawking's best selling book, "A Brief History of Time". The course deals with topics in modern physics such as Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, Quantum Theory, Black Holes and the Creation of the Universe.
• Spacetime Wrinkles - Major advances in computation are only now enabling scientists to simulate how black holes form, evolve, and interact. Learn about relativity and its predictions through text and video files at this site.
• Static Electricity - Scientific explanation of the phenomenon of static electricity. 
• Teaching Dynamics with Excel97 - The material presented here is designed to be directly useful to a teacher or student in a more traditional high school or beginning university physics course on mechanics. There are profuse instructions, and some prewritten spreadsheets are available as well.
• Theory of Particle Size Analysis - Small particles are difficult to measure, especially in bulk. Here is a way to do it.
• Thermal and Statistical Physics Curriculum Development Project - Devoted to the enhancement of the teaching of undergraduate thermal and statistical physics.
• TYC Physics Workshops - Information about workshops provided for two-year or community college physics teachers and the products of this project. 
• Web Physics Project - Web Physics is a flexible low budget outlet for small volume, high quality, html based curricular material. It provides a forum for physics educators to exchange curriculum ideas and resources that make use of web technology (primarily public domain material), and provides a medium for the dissemination of student work.

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