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Internet Resources

The following are general online textbooks, interactive demonstrations, or both, covering a variety of topics in physics

	The Excel Tutorial Website at Clemson University. This site provides very good guidance for using Excel.
AP Constants and Equations	This is a link to the spot on the AP Central Web site where they have posted the sheet of constants and equations that you will be given for the free-response part of the AP Exam. Be careful to look the equations for the C exam, not the B exam.
	The web site for the course textbook
	The Wolfram Integrator. A great website for solving a wide variety of integrals
	The Light and Matter series of physics textbooks. A series of online textbooks that you can view or download for free. These are quite good and cover all of the topics we cover in class and much more. Use the index on the left side to move to the topic of your choice.
	The Physics Education Technology (PhET) project at the University of Colorado produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world. Great site for interactive demonstrations. I highly recommend this.
	The Physics Classroom. An online physics text book that does a very good job of covering all of the concepts that we cover in class. Plus lots of videos and demonstrations.
Think Quest: Physics by Demonstrations	This is a whole series of demonstrations created by an international team of students. It is divided into the broad categories of mechanics, fluids, waves, electricity and nuclear physics. Most are quite good.
Virtual Labs & Simulations	This is an enormous collection of virtual labs and simulations. To run them you must have Macromedia Shockwave and/or Adobe Acrobat Reader loaded on your computer. Once you connect to the page, scroll down below the advertisements to see a chart of all the different topics. With in each topic you will find many good simulations.
Gravitorium	Great site for viewing gravitational interactions. Gives you the ability to change various variables and see how they effect each other.
	Physics Problems is a site sponsored by the University of Oregon. It is a series of questions, divided by topic. Choose a category and then select topics with in that category. They provide both hints and solutions.
Physics Teaching Resources	From the Science Education Centre. This site contains lots of different physics activities. Of most use might be a very good collection of multiple choice questions. They can be accessed from the lower right-hand side of the main page.
Physics Tutorials	Online Physics tutorials from the University of Guelph. These are great. The first year tutorials cover every topic that we study and do a very nice job. You can also use this to connect to the Physics Department home page and access many other physics resources.
	This was developed by a number of students from the Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois. It is a very good series of tutorials for high school physics classes.
	This is a set of tutorials in all of the relevant topics.
The laws list	A very useful list collections of scientific laws, rules, principles, paradoxes, etc., arranged alphabetically by name. That is, if you are looking for one of Newton's laws, look under 'N'.
	Great site for learning/reviewing any physics topic at the introductory level. Provides algebra II level math skills review and lots of good explanations. There are also links to many other useful sites.
Physics 2000	Physics 2000 from the University of Colorado is a great introduction to modern physics, including explanations and some very good virtual demonstrations.

The following are sites of potential interest to physics students:

Secret Worlds: The Universe Within	Powers of Ten. This is a great journey through 39 orders of magnitude; from quarks to galaxies. It is based on the Movie, Powers of Ten.
	This site provides daily updates on current events in physics and astronomy plus lots of other interesting information. Includes educational references, physics jokes, the physics store....
	This is a series of questions and answers to a variety of common physics questions. Also provides video clips to help see the answer.
	SETI stands for Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. This site provides lots of information about the search plus explains how you can use your home computer to help process relevant data. You can help find ET!
	This site allows you to track a variety of objects that are currently orbiting the earth. These include various space missions, weather satellites, communication satellites,...
Astronomy Picture of the Day	This is a NASA site which provides a new picture or illustration each day. Each is accompanied by an explanation. Pictures are quite colorful and beautiful
	CLEA - Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy. Gettysburgh College, Dept. of Physics has developed a series of computer simulations for various topics in astronomy. The Moons of Jupiter is particular good for understanding gravity.
	Images and information from the Hubble Space Telescope.
	Covers topics in modern physics: relativity, the uncertainty principle, wave-particle duality...
	From University of California, Berkeley. This web site gives lots of good information on supernova research, including some very good information about redshifts.
₂₈Rp² Physref	List of physics constants.
	This is the home page for Physlets, which are small Java Applets, written for the purpose of science teaching. These are a vast variety of small visual simulations that let you see and explore a number of physics topics.
Physics Illuminations	An "Illumination" is a short, html-readable chunk of explanatory/exploratory material that addresses a specific topic, usually from a conceptual point of view-- basically anything that can be used by students to help them understand the subject (in this case physics).
The Museum of Unworkable Devices.	The Museum of Unworkable Devices. This is a celebration of fascinating devices taht don't work.
The Virtual Radiation Museum	Lots of understandable information about radiation, how it effects humans, how much of it is harmful, and lots of other interesting facts.
	"With Physics Central, we communicate the excitement and importance of physics to everyone. We invite you to visit our site every week to find out how physics is part of your world. We'll answer your questions on how things work and keep you informed with daily updates on physics in the news."
	Everything you every wanted to know about string theory. History, people, basica and advanced topics, including an outline of the mathematics that are necessary for understanding these topics.
The University of Maryland Physics Lecture-Demonstration Facility	This site serves as both a library of physics demonstrations available to teachers at the University as well as a useful reference for physics teachers everywhere. Lots of videos, references, questions to be answered by students and other useful things.

Web-Pages from other Physics Teachers:

Stuart Bell, Center Grove High School	This is a very informative site, with lots of good connections and information for his classes
Dolores Gende, Holy Innocent's Episcopal School	This site has an amazing number of connections to all sorts of useful things. Her references for AP Physics B are perfect for our class, as are hers for Honors Physics.
Jim Kovalcin, Manalapan High School	Great site with lots of web resources, sample tests, sample quizzes, good explanations.