Useful Links
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General:
The Physics Classroom: An online high school physics tutorial. Check out the Review Session too!
Physics Applets (PhET):A terrific collection of java applets from U. Colorado, Boulder: better than video games :).
Physclips:Multimedia Lectures on a variety of subjects. Bonus: terrific Australian accent!
How Stuff Works:If you can stand the ads, really great answers to pressing questions like how does a toilet work.
Online AP Physics Courses: who needs my class?
Hippocampus:cued to your textbook.
National Repository of Online Courses:also cued to your book, good for quizzes etc.
Internet Archive:yet another.
Unit 1: Introduction
Physics References: Physics symbols, constants, and SI units, prefixes and rule.
Measurement Math:Fordham Prep reviewing science specific math, self quizzes.
Mathematics Review:UNC review including calculator fundamentals.
Numbers in Science:tutorial with self-tests.
Significant Figures Tutorial:(Stephen L. Morgan, U. of SC)
Significant Figures Applet:A self-test.
Significant Figures:Another self-test (lots more).
Power's of Ten Film: The original film by Charles and Ray Eames
Orders of Magnitude in the Universe: from quarks to galaxies, a good companion to the Powers of Ten film.
A View from the Back of the Envelope: The art of estimating and Fermi problems.
Unit 2: 1-D Kinematics
Graph Sketching and Recognition - A self-test with full explanations of the answers!
I Will Derive - Having trouble with that problem? Memorization won't help, but a little humor might!
Unit 3: 2-D Kinematics
Protractor: Print this and cut out. Better yet, print on transparency film!
Vector Applet: Vector addition shown in real time!
Another Vector Applet: Good illustration of components.
Unit 4 & 5: Newton's Laws
Sound of Friction: Parody of Simon and Garfinkel :).
Norman Kent Productions: Amazing Sky-Diving art!
Unit 6: Work, Power and Energy
Energy Skatepark: be sure to check out "thrusters" and zero-g.
Cooking a Turkey by Dropping it: no kidding... this should work!
The Falling Spring: If you think you understand everything so far, check this out.
Unit 7: Momentum and Systems of Particles
Forces, Acceleration and Car Crashes: Short video clips of crashes.
Air Track Collisions: a simulation of our "Observing Collisions" Lab.
Billiards Simulation: its all about momentum and energy conservation.
Another Billiards Simulation: set the impact parameter, see the angles.
Unit 8: Rotation
Tutorial on Rotational Kinematics
Levers: Don't give up on this game. You'll know when you're finished.
Wheels Rolling / No-Slip Condition
Tutorial on Rotation as a Vector Quantity
Unit 9: Gravitation and Oscillations
Newton's Cannon: From Newton's own drawings!
Kepler's Laws: Scroll down in the Mechanics section to the applet on Kepler's 1st and 2nd Laws.
Tracking Satellites: Great interactive NASA site
Orbit Simulation: Have fun setting up your own solar system.
Orbits 101: Great tutorial on orbital motion.
Satellite Collision: From Astronomy Picture of the Day
Multimedia Lecture on SHM: Click on "Simple Harmonic Motion."
Pendulum Wave: In and out of phase...
