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Developed by the Formal Education Group of the Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach, this site offers resources based on the Hubble Space Telescope's greatest discoveries. Visitors can explore galaxies, black holes, stars, comets and many other space objects. This Web site also offers a section for educators and developers that includes teaching tools and astronomy basics.
This Web site, maintained by the American Institute of Physics, features the latest information in physics news as well as a searchable database, a table of contents, and abstracts from over 80 society journals. Other aspects of this site include online journals and electronic services, employment and industry, education and student services, and a history center.
The staff of the American Journal of Physics maintains this Web site. It provides a list of Web resources about the journal and other physics topics. It also includes a searchable database link for issues back to 1975 and online issues are available from the past four years.
The staff of the American Physical Society maintains the APS Web site, which provides a searchable database, and links to physics Internet resources, careers and employment, and information on becoming a member of the society. The Web site also offers a link to APS Journals Online that provide publishing information and site navigation of the publications.
A subsite of the American Institute of Physics, "the intent of this site is to preserve and make known the history of modern physics and related fields including astronomy, geophysics, and optics." Important features of this site include an Exhibit Hall covering major discoveries in physics, Visual Archives, and a Library with a number of resources for discovering the history of physics. Visitors are also given information on meetings, news, and publications.
"This is a hypertextbook written for first-year undergraduate physics students. It assumes that you have a working knowledge of algebra, that you are currently taking or have taken a college level course in Biology and one in Chemistry, and that you are interested in biology, chemistry or one of the health-related fields." It provides informational text helpful in explaining physics concepts as well as problems corresponding to the text. The text includes hints for solving the problems presented. The site also offers starting points for further research. This Web site was created by Kenneth Koehler, an Associate Professor of Physics, Computer Science, and Mathematics at Raymond Walters College at the University of Cincinnati.
In association with the Institute of Physics, this Web site is a comprehensive reference resource for physics information. This site contains not only constants and equations but also unit conversions, and mathematical identities.
This site includes links to information for physics majors, physics societies, other physics departments, and physics journal articles available online with a personal membership or personal subscription.
This Web site, set up by physicist Doug Craigen of DC Tech, is a helpful collection of links to various other sites offering physics-related information. Some of the main categories offered include Animations/
Simulations, General Physics, Books (general physics and humorous books), Hobby Physics, Humor (both physics and math-related), Employment, Journals and Magazines, News Sources, Reference Desk, Lecture Notes, Research Papers in Physics, Software, Textbooks and Tutorials.
The site states "The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception located in San Francisco, California. Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Included in our award-winning site are more than 18 thousand Web pages and many sound and video files, exploring hundreds of different topics."
This site offers a number of physics categories to search including biophysics, cosmology, energy, medical physics, and quantum mechanics. Visitors can also link to other physics Web sites.
Hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Georgia State University, this site provides "comprehensive coverage of most of physics, the creative use of multimedia and linking, and the impact it has had on students worldwide. Online tutorials cover a wide range of physics topics, including modern physics and astronomy. Material is organized through extensive concept maps" Each section also includes diagrams and short example questions.
The Institute of Physics Web site, maintained by the staff at the Institute of Physics, offers a wide variety of services. It consists of a searchable index, a bulletin posting the latest physics news, and online sources which include journals, books, magazines, online services, education, industry/business, member services, careers, physics policy, events, groups and branches.
This site is broken up into sections on Physics courses, Datebases, videos/movies and Periodic tables. The Physics Overview section offers visitors a way to see what is new in physics and what opportunities exist in research. Visitors can also use this site to find data or look at the links to the tutorials and courses.
Developed by Micheal W. Davidson and Florida State University, this site illustrates the concepts of electromagnetism. There are about 40 java tutorials to discover, each provides different electromagnetism ideas. For example, you can build up visual representations of electron shells, look at how a compact disc works or discover Ohm's Law.
The NIST Physics Laboratory provides useful links to physical reference data, constants, units and uncertainty, measurements and calibrations, publications, and general interest. This Web site also furnishes a site map, which makes it easier to view all topics available or perform a search. The Office of Electronic Commerce in Scientific and Engineering Data maintains this Web site.
Furnished by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this site offers a large index to review papers and tutorials. Visitor are also provided special reviews and an encyclopedia collection of links to physics sites of interest.
The Official String Theory Web Site provides information about the basic of physics, physics experiments, blackholes, the history of string theory, related links, and an online forum.
"The Physical Sciences Resource Center is a web-based databank that provides K-20 teachers links to a wide range of teaching and learning resources in the physical sciences. All materials are classified by their grade level, topic, and activity type, and have descriptions outlining their content." It offers information about the science job market, teaching in the classroom, a curriculum, a resource center, online demonstration and laboratory resources, a searchable database, and information on recent events and discoveries in physics. This site also provides links to evaluation instruments prepared by physics education researchers, and links to a wide range of physics educators that have agreed to act as resources. Members of the PSRC and AAPT staff maintain this Web site.
One of the main attractions of the Physics 2000 Web site is the interactive applets, which allow the user to interact with the animated experiments, such as interference experiments and Bose-Einstein Condensation. The Einstein's Legacy portion of this interactive Web site "focuses on modern technological wonders," such as X-rays, CAT scans, microwave ovens, lasers, tv screens, and laptop (LCD) screens. This Web site is directed by Martin V. Goldman, a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Developed by the American Physical Society, this site shows how physics is incorporated into our daily lives. This Web site offers a number of resources including people in physics, physics in action, physics in the news, and physics in pictures. This site will also answer any questions visitors may have and keep visitors updated on new research.
Sponsored by the Institute of Physics, this Web site allows the user to subscribe online to access the latest PhysicsWorld journal, along with a searchable archive and index. Free services available include a searchable database of the Web site, a menu of other physics Web links, as well as links to PhysicsJobs (updated daily) as well as several other useful links on the Resources page.
Developed by the Institute of Physics, this site is " the place to be if you have a physics question, or if you're just generally interested in the subject." This site offers a number of resources including physics life, physics evolution, equations, common questions and fun sites.
Created and edited by Anton Skorucak (MS Physics), the Phys.LINK.com Web site, updated daily, offers a little bit of everything. Some of the features of the main menu include a searchable database, physics job board, science software, news, companies, graduate advisor, journals, and news sections. Those who visit the Web site also have to option to "Ask Experts" their questions or join an online forum. A site map makes it easy to view a complete site index of all the current PhysLINK pages.
The Scholarly Societies Project is sponsored by the University of Waterloo Library. This site provides links to a number of physics-related professional societies
ThinkQuest is sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation. The most important feature of this Web site is the Library, which holds more than 5000 resources covering all topics, not just science. The science section provides information on astronomy, life science, earth science, physical science, technoloy, and scientific methods and practice.
ThinkQuest teaches basic physics skills, including mathematical calculations. The physics lessons at this site cover mechanics, lights and waves, and electricity. ThinkQuest also provides interactive online quizzes after each section.
Developed by the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society, this site allows visitors access to a number of online journals and magazines related science.
A vast number of sites from Yahoo that includes a variety of physics related disciplines, institutes and organizations, libraries, education, journals, employment, Web directories, and much more. The user also has the option of searching by keyword on these and many other topics.All quoted material is from the respective source.
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