Education

A brief overview of quantum mechanics.

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

Provides physics animations, learning and reference tools for students and resources for teachers. The level is approximately that of introductory university or advanced high school.

Provides simple explanations for a number of physics, space and maths concepts, trying to break them down into stuff that actually makes sense.

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

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

Schedule, membership details, events, and officers.

Promotes the use of music in science education.

Various principles and devices, including dynamics, mechanisms, vibration and sound, mechatronics and measurement systems, pool and billiards, and solid mechanics.

Shows the relation between wavelength, emitted power, and peak wavelength for a blackbody (Planck's function).

Offers a series of science lesson plans providing original lessons for 8th grade students. Includes free downloads and interactive lessons that can be purchased online.

A 3D interactive computer graphics system that instructors can use to help teach optics, and that students can use to simulate and visualize optical phenomena to help them learn about optics.

How optical fibers work, and information on reflection, refraction, Snell's Law, total internal reflection and critical angles.

A lesson outline on the topic of fluids. Looks at topics such as viscosity, buoyancy, density, volume and how hydraulics and pneumatics plays an important role.

For students, educators, visitors.

A simulation for Mac and Windows 95/98/NT that allows even beginning students to experience what real particle physics experiments are like. Demo versions available for download.

A report on one of the potentially most important discoveries of the new millennium, along with a summary of the standard model of particle physics.

A chronological record of the nuclear age: links to people, documents and educational units. Explore political and ethical dilemmas of the Nuclear Age.

PER at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Provides perspectives on pedagogy, educational research results, applications to teaching, and curriculum materials.

A set of online course notes for introductory physics. Includes electromagnetic fields, relativity, and quantum mechanics.

Help with the fundamentals of physics, from basic through university level. Illustrated using Flash demonstrations and experiments.

Offers detailed diagrams with explanations for hundreds of demonstrations.

Grouped by topic with illustrations and descriptions.

Demonstrations and videos from ISU. Includes setup description and photographs.

Catalog of demonstrations for many topics, with a photograph of the setup and brief description.

Photographs, descriptions

Photographs, descriptions, equipment lists. Complete table of contents page. Suggested demonstrations by course.

Photographs, instructions, equipment lists.

Learn about the field of holography and how to make your own hologram. Includes a set of links to other sites related to holography.

Science kits and products to teach about lasers.

High School physics formulas, Java Applets, physical constants, science project ideas, physics carols, scientific calculators, study skills, and links to other resources.