Links
These are physics-related web links for students at Bartlesville High School and the public at large.
Links I Use in Class
Unit Conversions
One easy way to make conversions is by using Google. In its standard search box, type the quantity you have with its units, then the word in and the units you desire. For example,
The website OnlineConversion.com can also help you make unit conversions.
Night Lecture Applets
General Physics Java Applets from B. Surendranath Reddy are very well designed and address a wide variety of topics. I use several of them in my 4th Quarter
Space & Astronomy
Shuttle and Satellite Tracking
J-Track
NASA
provides this online web-based satellite tracking program. See where the
International Space Station or Hubble Space Telescope or current Space
Shuttle mission or hundreds of other satellites are in real-time. Be sure
to try the 3-D
version which lets you see hundreds of satellites sped up or in
real-time, zoom in or out on the planet, and spin it around and track your
favorite satellite. If you want to track a shuttle or the space station, use this link.
Unit 11 Applets
Astronomy Java Applets by Rob Scharein; I use several of these applets in Unit 11: Gravity and the Solar System.
NASA
- The NASA Homepage
- NASA - JSC Digital Image Collection
- NASA Quest
- NSSDC Photo Gallery
- Jet Propulsion Lab
Astronomical Images
Astromeeting has beautiful images of both astronomical and atmospheric objects.
Animated Physics Lessons
HippoCampus offers dozens of online physics lessons with video, animation, interactive problems, and narration.
Bad Movie Physics
Hollywood loves to violate the laws of physics. See how various films defy nature at the Intuitor Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics site.
How Things Work
Physics Professor Louis Bloomfield of the University of Virginia has a neat website on How Things Work where he answers submitted questions. You'll also find excerpts from his book and a How Things Work journal there.
Saturday Morning Physics
The University of Michigan has held lectures designed for the public on Saturday mornings since 1995. You can view the online videos and download the Powerpoints for many of the lectures, or subscribe to their podcast via iTunes.
Modern Physics
- The Particle Adventure is a superb website on the fundamental particles and forces of nature.
- Physics 2000 is a great interactive journey through modern physics.
The Physics of Racing
The Physics of Racing goes into great detail on this subject.
PhysicsWeb
PhysicsWeb has global physics news and info.
Teaching Resources
- AP Physics B Resources
A vast collection of AP Physics B resources from Texas physics teacher Dolores Gende. - Glenbrook South Physics Home Page
Fantastic resources from the physics teachers at this high school in Glenview, Illinois. - Vernier Software and Technology
Homepage of the vendor of the Graphical Analysis and LoggerPro software and the probes used in our physics classes. - Dr. Clint Sprott of Wisconsin sells videotapes of his Wonders of Physics shows, and has a number of PowerPoint presentations at his website (some of which teachers can find on Mr. Meador's Inquiry Physics CD-ROM). In 2000, Mr. Meador brought Dr. Sprott to the Phillip Petroleum's Green Country Science Teachers Workshop in Bartlesville.
- Physics demonstrations from the University of California at Berkeley.
- PrintFreeGraphPaper.com lets you easily download and print a variety of blank graph papers in Adobe Reader format.
- Interactive Physics computer simulator
- Martindale's 'The Reference Desk'