Physics Web Resources
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Submitted by ctm on Fri, 28/08/2009 - 22:51
There are a vast range of resources online. Try these for a start:
General Interest
- Sixty Symbols website from Nottingham University.
Electronics
Transport
- Acceleration videos:
- BBC - Newton's Second Law.
- BBC - Newton's Laws
- Force - Typhoon - vs- Car
- Kinetic Energy - Truck
- For conservation and transformation of potential kinetic energy:
- Kinetic -> Heat etc
- For more general energy transformations: http://www.think-energy.co.uk/ThinkEnergy/11-14/activities/EnergyTrans2....
Telecommunications
- Morse light signals - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4748833823927970432#
- BBC - Speed of light.
- Jave wave applet: http://www.falstad.com/ripple/
- Frequency and amplitude: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/resources/science/oscilloscope.asp
Space Physics / Astronomy
- Excellent resource on how stars form and evolve: http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/star_life/starlife_main.html
- Space physics - wavelength/astronomy resource: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.ess.eiu.chandra/
- Impact: Earth! - Web resource on meteroid impacts with Earth.
Electricity
- Ohm's Law applet - http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/ohmslaw.htm
- Electric Bell explanation - http://www.gcsescience.com/pme6.htm
- Dielectric breakdown
- Faraday Cage - Top Gear
- Current and Voltage - BBC.
Health Physics
- Ultrasound scan of baby video
- Echo location (dolphins, bats) video
- X-rays.
- Half-life data (table)
- Half-life data applet
Generally Useful Physics Links
- Institute of Physics's Physics Guide physics.org
- BBC Bitesize revision
- How Stuff Works - physics channel
- Fife Education science pages with handy PDF revision resources.
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