I apologize for the disorganization.
Student links are first, scroll down for teacher links (look for the color change).
Looking for somebody or
something? FHS Physics recommends
| Eric's Treasure-Troves of Science | Fantastic reference for mathematicians, and scientists. Very sophisticated and accurate. |
| The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at Home | Download a program that analyzes real radio telescope data looking for signs of life in other solar systems on your home computer. We currently have seven computers searching. We have completed more than 800 data units as of June, 2001. |
| PBS' Nova Site: Einstein Revealed | Companion Site for a great video on Einstein. |
| How Stuff Works | How ordinary stuff works, with photos, diagrams, and explanations. |
| Hubble Heritage Site | Lots of cool pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope. |
| American Museum of Natural History | Reif's favorite place on earth. Check out their cool new planetarium. If you're ever in NYC . . . |
| NASA's Human Spaceflight Page | Lots of info on current and future projects in manned space exploration, including the current status of the International Space Station. |
| The Nine Planets | Info on the planets (including other solar satellites) and planetary exploration. |
| University of Arkansas Physics Department | A real physics department in our own backyard. |
| Sodaplay Constructor | Build your own structures and creatures out of virtual soda strays. They can walk, wiggle, etc. |
| PhysLink | A great collection of physics and astronomy resources. |
| Glenbrook High School's Physics Site | Lots of tutorials on physics, many with animations. |
| Catholic High School's Physics Page | Information, links, some animations. |
| Rio Americano High School Physics | A high school web site with some helpful stuff (check out The Book of Phyz). Some parts require Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| A bunch of facts you need for the APPB exam | College Board AP Physics Site |
| Go to the companion website for the Giancoli text |
| 2001 AP Calculus AB Free Response Questions | Check it out, these could have been on a physics test! |
| Contemporary College Physics Library of Sims | An assembly of some of the best physics sims I have found on the web. |
| Virtual Lab at the University of Oregon | Looks like a nice collection of Applets. |
| Interactive Physics and Math with Java | These are nice when they load properly, which isn't every time. |
| Interactive Physics Sims at CSU Pomona | Written by a Physics Professor for the "Interactive Physics" program. Be sure to read the info about them. |
| Optics, Waves, & Sound | Collected by the American Physical Society. |
| TipTop Virtual Laboratory | Some Applets on very sophisticated topics. Many beyond the scope of introductory physics. Cool. |
| The Nat'l Assoc. of Rocketry | A major rocketry club. |
| Archive of rocket-building tips | Helpful hints for the serious model rocketeer. |
| A brief history of rockets | A nice NASA page. |
| Rob and Jen's model rocket tip page | More tips for model-building. |
| Rocketry Online's educational links | Mother-load of links, including high-power info. |
| HobbySpace-Rocketry | More links |
| Paul Gray's site | Paul is a hobbyist with lots of info on getting started. |
| Apogee's Model Rocketry guide | Apogee makes engines and models. |
| Physics of rockets | Not checked for accuracy, but it looks like this person knows some physics. |
| A bunch of rocketry links | Really hard to read b/c they made the background black, but lots of links. |
| Model Rocket simulation | Just what it says. |
| Model Rocketry 101 | Beginner's info on model rocketry. |
| Fruit flies in the upper atmosphere | They put some flies in a model rocket, and . . . |
| Calculations for model rocketry | Again, just what it says. Hope they know their algebra. |
| SchoolGrants | A general source for information about nation-wide grant programs. |
| Toyota Tapestry Grants | Grants for a math and science teacher paired, at any level. |
| Toyota USA Foundation | They give large grants to districts for science education. |
| Toshiba America Foundation | 0.5 million dollars in grants for science education every year. |
| NEC Foundation of America | Cash grants to nonprofit organizations in one or
both of the following arenas:
science and technology education, principally at the secondary level, and/or the application of technology to assist people with disabilities |
| Modeling Method | The folks at ASU who promote a constructivist method of teaching physics that is inquiry-based, and has impressive results. |
| Physics Education Group at U Washington | The people who brought us Physics By Inquiry, among other good deeds. They also sponsor a summer institute. |
| Web Physics at Davidson College | Using the unique properties of the internet to teach physics, among other things. |
| Problem-based learning at U Delaware | They appear to use PBL extensively, and this site includes sample physics problems. |
| Problem-based learning at Maricopa CC | I haven't found any physics resources here, but some other stuff that might be useful for PBL. |
| National Science Education Standards in PDF format | Read before you buy, or print out a copy on your printer (they allow this for private use). The most important and meaningful reform movement in science education in years. |
| Read Inquiry and the Nat'l Science Education Standards online | An excellent book on teaching science using inquiry and the National Standards. |
| Project 2061 | A long-sighted reform movement from AAAS. Especially interesting: The Atlas of Science Literacy, and a systematic approach to textbook review. |
| Project PHYSLab | A workshop for physics teachers that teaches the fine points of MBL, among other things. Reif attended in 1998 |
| Richard Hake's Website | A hard-core physics education reformer. Contains many of his publications in PDF format. |
| Texas Instruments Workshop Loan Program | TI lets you borrow their stuff, shipping paid. |
| Physics Internet Resources | A collection from the American Physical Society, so it ought to be good. |
| NSTA Bookstore | Lots of useful books for physics teachers. |
| American Association of Physics Teachers | If you teach physics, you must join this organization, if only to get their great magazine, The Physics Teacher. |
| Handbook of Engaged Learning Projects | There are a couple of physics projects/lessons in the high school area. |
| A fling with Miss Young | From the Annals of Improbable Research, based on the exploits of the Dangerous Sports Club. |
| When millipede meets train | Another from AIR, about frictional effects of squashed millipedes. |
| Schober's Physics | Another High school teacher's page with some useful stuff on it. |
| Grades 7-12 Physics Lesson Plans | From New Hampshire Public Television |
| A Pennsylvania high school physics teacher's page of lessons | A link to a "Problem Based Learning Unit on Direct Current Electrical Circuits" is on this page |
| A page of links to MANY physics lessons | Five Physics Lesson Plans |
| Another page of links to physics lessons |
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