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What is Science?

http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/whatisscience_01

  NBC Learn Website- The Science of NFL Football: Mostly Physics Video Clips

http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/science-of-nfl-football



NBC Learn Website - The Science of NHL Hockey: Mostly Physics Video Clips

http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/science-of-nhl-hockey

The Website associated with the Holt McDougal Physics Textbook

http://hmdscienceexplore.hmhco.com/physics

THE PHYSICS CLASSROOM    This is a great tutorial site that features "A set of instructional pages written in an easy-to-understand language and complimented by graphics and Check Your Understanding sections" There are animations, QuickTime movies, and interactive Shockwave files. There are lots of practice and review "modules" and problem sets.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/momentum

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Momentum-and-Collisions/Collision-Carts

SIMPLE WAVE GENERATOR - INTERACTIVE

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Waves-and-Sound/Simple-Wave-Simulator

GLENCO - Virtual Freefall Acceleration

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E25/E25.html

Math Tutorial - SOH CAH TOA Solving Right Triangles video (17 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tp74g4N8EY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDPRWJdVzfs

http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~huberty/math5337/groupe/digits.html

Projectile Motion, Sound Wave, Two Dimensional Collisions, Time Dilation,

Planetary motion etc. (Interactive Simulations, Animated demos, etc.)

http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/Applets/home.html

http://www.conceptualphysics.com/hewitt-drew-it.html

  http://zonalandeducation.com/

http://www.stmary.ws/HighSchool/Physics/home/default.htm

Covers topics such as electricity, forces, energy, video clips etc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/physics/

http://www.metric-conversions.org/

Mr. Anderson's Podcast on Significant Figures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oj4y0d44nQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM17E5YeVUw

Dimensional Analysis

http://www.sophia.org/tutorials/dimensional-analysis-unit-conversion

Mr. Anderson's Factor Label

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBzVf8XeMYA

Science Channel.com - Interactive Newton's Laws Lessons

http://www.sciencechannel.com/games-and-interactives/newtons-laws-of-motion-interactive/

PHET Interactive: Forces and Motion

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/forces-and-motion

The SpaceX Falcon Heavy-Lift Vehicle Information

(Space X Website)

http://www.spacex.com/falcon-heavy

Engineers debunk moon landing conspiracies, such as why are no stars seen in photos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syVP6zDZN7I

NASA Webpage that addresses topics such as the fact that the Earth is round.

"Humans have known that Earth is round for more than 2,000 years!"

NASA - What is Earth?

The Physics Aviary.Com - Virtual Friction Lab

http://www.thephysicsaviary.com/Physics/Programs/Labs/ForceFriction/index.html

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/GennaAbleman.shtml

Engineering Toolbox Table of Friction Coefficient Values

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/friction-coefficients-d_778.html

Physics clips -Great Video clips of classic Physics demonstrations with explanations

http://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/mechanics/



Physics and Astronomy Video Clips

http://www.sixtysymbols.com/

Physics Flash Animations

http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/

Physics Articles

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/physics/

Rutgers Physics - video lessons and activities

(PAER videos)

http://paer.rutgers.edu/pt3/

D. Cauf: Gravitational Potential and Kinetic Energy Exchange (You Tube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYEWIuQBVyg

The Essence of Simple Machines

http://www.cosi.org/downloads/activities/simplemachines/sm1.html

Simple Machines Challenge (Museum of Science + Industry Chicago.

Create simple machines to trade distance for force in this challenge game

http://www.msichicago.org/online-science/simple-machines/activities/simple-machines-1

http://gated.jason.org/digital_library/cfy/4851.aspx

PHET: Energy Changes (& Heat Transfer) Interactive Simulation

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-forms-and-changes

EnergyStar CFL bulbs

https://www.energystar.gov/products/lighting_fans/light_bulbs/learn_about_cfls

Various engine animations including 4-stroke , 2-stroke, Diesel, Rotary (Wankel) etc.

http://www.animatedengines.com/

Internal Combustion 4-Stroke Engine Animation

http://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Internal_combustion_engine

Energy Education Encyclopedia Home Page (University of Calgary in Canada)

http://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Main_Page

NASA - Animation of the 1903 Wright Brothers 4-Stoke Engine

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/K-12/airplane/engopt.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB2cmkWbCMI

GLENCO - Virtual Lab: Conservation of Momentum in Collisions

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E24/E24.swf



Interactive Rube-Goldberg Type Energy Analysis

http://www.learner.org/workshops/energy/cattraption/

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/mass-spring-lab/mass-spring-lab_en.html

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/bending-light/latest/bending-light_en.html

http://www.endmemo.com/physics/snells.php

Interactive Physics Simulations - Electricity, Magnets and Circuits

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics/electricity-magnets-and-circuits

Static Electricity Demo

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/john-travoltage/latest/john-travoltage_en.html

Lunar Lander Simulation

http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/lunar-lander/lunar-lander_en.html

Why are roadway curves banked?

http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfadd/1150/05UCMGrav/Curve.html

California Academy of Sciences - Pendulum Facts

http://www.academypendulums.com/pendulum/index.html

The Polaris Project - Iowa State University

(Astronomy, Planetary Motion, etc.)

http://www.polaris.iastate.edu/

http://oneminuteastronomer.com/archives/

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/interferencehome.html

http://zonalandeducation.com/mstm/physics/waves/interference/twoSource/TwoSourceInterference1.html

Science of Light :Annenberg Interactive

https://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/

Elements of Physics - Waves: Sound and Electromagnetism Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dl_-DsOEi4

Illumination, Electronics, Batteries, Motors, Generators, etc.

https://www.electrical4u.com/

Wave-Particle Duality Video 1- The Particle Model

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBc9i2MsmoM

Wave-Particle Duality Video 2 - The Wave Model

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K74m_A3L0xM

Wave Particle Duality Video 3 - The Electromagnetic Model

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy2m45CQs5E

Wave Particle Duality Video 4 - The Quantum Model

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy2m45CQs5E

Wave Particle Duality Video 5 - The Photon Model

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqteTmDNyOo

Wave Particle Duality Video 6 - Matter Waves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEO04Jez0RY

Online Tuning Fork

http://www.onlinetuningfork.com/

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