A paper first published in Quantum Vol 7 No 2, pg. 45, Nov/Dec 1996.

A web text by David J. Raymond.

History of beam physics research, and current information on the topic.

Provides resources for Teachers, Students and Technicians involved in the study of AS or A2 Level Physics.

Andes is an intelligent tutoring system which teaches students how to solve physics problems. It provides a complete set of homework problems for an Introductory College Physics course or a high school AP physics course.

Animated GIFs and a discussion of some of the math involved.

Various explorations of sound, sound detection and sound measurement. Includes a section on physics of sound.

A research project on the use of continuous formative assessment in the high-school physics classroom. Provides participating teachers with a library of assessment items (carefully constructed questions) to choose from for their classes, and with an associated library of teacher aids which provide help with the pedagogically effective use of the items.

Site dedicated to helping teachers with lessons in physics and astrophysics by giving computer activities that help show how physical models work.

Misunderstood things in physics with simple explanations.

Basic electronics explained using simple theory and diagrams.

The physics of how to steer a bicycle, and how stop signs interfere with bicycle commuting.

Some diagrams and movies illustrating some otherwise abstract electrical principles.

Addresses the troubles presented in introductory physics courses taken by students in their first two years of college.

This page describes the errors seen most frequently in undergraduate mathematics, the likely causes of those errors, and their remedies. Avoid these errors in order to improve in any math-intensive course, including physics.

A project to create well organized, digital collections of high quality educational materials in physics and astronomy. ComPADRE consists of focused collections of materials for specific courses or serving specific constituencies, with connections to a wide range of online digital resources including curricular materials, digital libraries, and online journals, user communities that participate in the development and operation of these collections.

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.

A non-profit organization of teachers, educators, and physicists; at Lawrence Berkeley Lab.

Teacher's guide for a NASA high-school student science competition.

A book for first-year college students who have an interest in pursuing a career in physics or a closely related field.

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.

Worldwide competition in physics for grammar school (under age 19) students with an interest in physics.

The values of the fundamental physical constants provided at this site are recommended for international use by CODATA and are the latest available.

Yahoo group for people preparing for GRE Physics.

Addressing the widespread misconception according to which glass is a liquid.

Prepared by the Physics Staff of the University of NSW to assist HSC Physics teachers with the new syllabus commencing 2000.

Physics-related word-problem puzzles.

Shows how man determined the structure of the atom and learned how atoms interacted with each other.

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.

A University of Texas classic, written before the web was around, but now revised and web-ready.

A concept map of physics showing relationships between topics while giving explanations and references.

Discuss physics education and related topics that come up in discussions about physics.

From Illinois State University.

Several recent developments have stimulated a major revitalization of UIUC's introductory physics curriculum. Here are the details. Also includes references, previous presentations, and course outlines.

A website aimed at those with an interest in the teaching and learning of physics in schools and colleges. The site provides visitors with information about the current activities of the IOP education department including details of forthcoming events, news about the institute’s latest curriculum development initiatives as well as providing access to a range of resources.

A collection of intermediate and advanced level modules in mechanics, gravitation, thermodynamics, and electrostatics for use with the Interactive Physics software distributed by MSC Working Knowledge.

College freshman-level physics textbook online in several different formats, notably a java-interactive format.

Regional and international physics olympiads. Information, mailing lists, and links to all the IPhO problems available on the web.

Reviews and rates Hollywood movies for bad physics content.

Undergraduate and graduate courses available for noncredit study and review. Materials provided may include syllabi, reading assignments, videotaped lectures, problem sets with solutions, lecture notes, and exams with solutions.

Understandable explanations on a variety of math and physics topics at the high school and college level.

Articles, essays, and problems designed for students to learn more about the importance of math in the study and application of physics.

Since the laboratory experience is of critical importance in the process of enhancing students' cognitive and affective understanding of science, the National Science Teachers Association makes the following recommendations.

Advice for the first year physics teacher gathered from interviews with expert physics educators.

Project to provide high quality free physics teaching materials to anyone who has access to the Internet. Similar to the “open source” concept for computer software. A cooperative building site for physics materials.

This site has plenty of resources for physics and physical science teachers K-16.

Course website at University of Colorado. Includes lecture notes in pdf format.

An interactive journey through modern physics. Have fun learning visually and conceptually about 20th century science and high-tech devices. Uses java applets.

The outreach site of the members of The American Physical Society. Find out how physics is part of your world, ask questions on how things work, see physics in pictures, get updates on physics in the news, read about research and the people who are doing it and, if you want more, recommended links.

Comics-style lessons in physics fundamentals. Topics include motion, forces, vectors, work and energy, and impulse and momentum.

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.

Solve some problems using the fundamental laws and be announced as a Quiz Master.

Physics reading guides, links to physics websites, teaching tips, and physics activities.

Physics symbols, constants, and SI units, prefixes and rules.

Free and commercial site with physics programs and some other materials available for download and/or sale. No Macintosh materials offered.

ZIP-format files for DOS or Windows covering a variety of physics phenomena and applications.

A collection mostly of University of Toronto physics professor David M. Harrison's various presentations and course materials.

Matters related to the AS-level and A-level physics courses. The material covers topics in physics and its related mathematics and will supplement one's normal classwork.

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.

Pages to help increase awareness about the value of physics and to lend support to high school physics students, teachers, and parents.

Enables teachers of physics to share their skills and experience of making experiments work in the classroom.

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.

Specialises in the measurement of minute traces of artificial and natural radionuclides in the environment.

NSF report summarizes key findings about mathematics and science in controlled evaluations of instructional technology in elementary and secondary schools.

Science, non-science and pseudoscience: a set of lessons to teach students to define and differentiate the three.

This physics online ebook covers basic physics from Newton's laws to electricity and magnetism. Lots of applets and animation included.

Summary of science projects by Stan Pozmantir, a junior secondary student. Easy-to-build and inexpensive electric motors utilizing many physics principles.

Complete set of information for members of any level of SPS. Scholarships and awards, news, activities, staff, structure, online forms, student resources, and links to significant physics sites.

A WebQuest for high school physics and MST students to research and design a rotating space colony. This highly scientific mission contains links and teacher rubric.

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.

Online exhibition by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications about gravitational waves and the role played by computer simulations in exploring this phenomenon. Also contains basic information about general relativity and black holes.

Scientific explanation of the phenomenon of static electricity.

Includes biographical details, news, information on Hawking's disability, and lecture transcripts.

Information about workshops provided for two-year or community college physics teachers and the products of this project.

Descriptions and photographs of electrostatics, electron bombardment and wave experiments done with home equipment.

Some simple machines, explained, described and illustrated.

An amusing, yet sincere, look at where students go wrong when producing scientific graphs for school, college and degree level work.

A free physics textbook on the introductory physics course level, written to be surprising, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Chapters are downloadable pdf files.

This site provides exhaustive, comprehensive, carefully selected and structured lists on Internet physics resources.

Extending a physics analogy to teaching and learning creates a rich set of terms and relationships that are already familiar to scientists. This paper defines those terms, suggests methods for quantifying those terms and thus provides teachers with a method for optimizing student learning.

A collection of information and resources for teachers of quantum physics.

Divided in two parts. The first is a theory study and the second is a report of the experiment. This study was done as a part of The Bicycle Project from September till December 1999. The research was done at the Kansas State University's department of physics.

Physicists have demonstrated the first acoustic solitary waves in air--waves that can travel long distances without changing shape.

Explores the nature of particle beams, laser beams, and related physics topics.

Includes an introduction to the project and its conferences, related papers and links, and some Java applets.

A brief overview of quantum mechanics.

A one-year curriculum for high-school physics. It is the result of a materials-development project supported by the National Science Foundation, and its design was guided by educational research findings.

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.

Bridge design contest (using specialized software). U.S. students age 13 through grade 12 are eligible for prizes. Anyone else may enter the Open Competition. Overview, rules, resources, software download and FAQ.

Plans to bring the excitement of physics to the public and inspire a new generation of scientists. Includes information about projects, events and Einstein, sources for teachers, downloads, international links and press room.