Physics Classroom Resources

This collection of lessons and web resources is aimed at classroom teachers, their students, and students' families. Most of these resources come from the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). NSDL is the National Science Foundation's online library of resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. See www.nsdl.org

IPPEX! (The Interactive Plasma Physics Education Experience)
http://ippex.pppl.gov/
This site contains interactive plasma physics topics ranging from electricity, magnetism, energy and fusion.

Atomic Archive
http://atomicarchive.com/
This site explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb – a crucial turning point for all mankind.

ASPIRE – Astrophysics Science Project Integrating Research & Education
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/
More about physics than astronomy, this web site, created by teachers for teachers, employs a powerful combination of inquiry-based content, along with interactive, hands-on labs.

The Physics Classroom
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/
Hosted by Study Works Online and written by science teacher Tom Henderson, The Physics Classroom is an online physics tutorial written for high school physics students.

BC Education - Applications of Physics 11 and 12
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/apph1112/apphtoc.htm/
Designed to demonstrate to students an understanding and appreciation of the role of physics in society.

American Association of Physics Teachers
http://www.aapt.org/
Provides AAPT news, information on membership and announcements of meetings, as well as highlights and abstracts of past meetings.

American comPADRE: Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education
http://www.compadre.org/
A set of communities of teachers and students in physics and astronomy and Web-based collections of resources to support their needs.

Activity-Based Physics
http://www.physics.umd.edu/rgroups/ripe/perg/abp/
Aims to sustain and enhance efforts to render introductory physics courses more effective and exciting at both the secondary and college level; and uses the outcomes of physics education research along with flexible computer tools to promote activity-based models of physics instruction.

Contributions of 20th-Century Women to Physics
http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/
A searchable archive of data on 86 women of the 20th-Century who made original and important contributions to physics, including mathematical physics.

Physics Research Overview