Physics/Engineering Resources
- 6 Simple Machines: Making Work EasierBy Jim Lucas, Live Science contributor, 2/7/2018
- Simple & Complex MachinesUniv. of Utah
- Simple Machines: The Inclined Plane
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 3/9/2016 - Simple Machines: The Lever
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 2/4/2016 - Simple Machines: The Pulley
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 3/23/2016 - Simple Machines: The Wedge
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 4/4/2016 - Simple Machines: The Wheel & Axle
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 9/12/2016 - Teach Engineering: Simple MachinesStem Curriculum for K-12, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
Simple Machines by Call Number: SBU BOL Juv Book 621.8 Ad59ISBN: 9780823433094Publication Date: 2015-02-01
- 'Best of Physics Education' - David Smith: Singing Rods
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- Brief history of sound mirrorsNational Trust
- Interactive Sound Waves AppletA NASA software resource that allows the user to investigate how sound waves travel through the air.
- Light Waves and ColorA Physics Classroom resource. The Physics Classroom was written and developed by Tom Henderson, a teacher of chemistry at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois since 1989. "The Physics Classroom is an online, free to use physics website developed primarily for beginning physics students and their teachers. The website features a variety of sections intended to support both teachers and students in the tasks of learning and teaching physics." --website.
- Physics Classroom - WavesFrom the website: "The Physics Classroom Tutorial is an online physics tutorial written for high school physics students. ... The Physics Classroom tutorial pages were written by Tom Henderson, science teacher at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois.
- Physics of Musical Sounds - Lecture 1 (Youtube video)
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A lecture by Sarah Bolton, professor of Physics, Williams College. - Physics of Musical Sounds - Lecture 2 (Youtube video)A lecture by Sarah Bolton, professor of Physics, Williams College.
- Properties of WavesA Scienceaid.co.uk website intended for students
- Ruben's Tube DemoA Youtube video uploaded by Jared Ficklin which demonstrates the classic physics experiment.
- Sound Waves: High Pitch and Low PitchYouTube video, funsciencedemos, 11/22/2013
- Wave Machine DemonstrationYouTube video, National STEM Centre, 11/18/2014
- Waves and Sound with animations and film clips: Physclips.Univ. of New South Wales
- What Is Light?
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Films Media Group. (2013). What is light? Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97832&xtid=155096.
A Ray of Light by Call Number: SBU BOL Juv Book 535 W632ISBN: 9780439165877Publication Date: 2019-02-26
Sound and Light Waves Investigations by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 9781512440041Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Bridge Resonance: Story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge 1938-1940)
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Link to a YouTube video which includes black & white, and color footage - Explaining Why The Millennium Bridge WobbledCornell University. "Explaining Why The Millennium Bridge Wobbled." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 3 November 2005.
. - London Millenium Bridge Opening
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Youtube video explaining the "sway" of the Millennium Bridge - Resonance (vibration)An Encyclopedia Britannica resource
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge history - Bridge - Lessons from failureA Washington State Dept. of Transportation resource
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (Color film)
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- Twin Views of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse Teacher's GuideA guide published and distributed by the American Association of Physics Teachers
See also the Makerspaces page in this research guide.
- What is Electricity?
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Films Media Group. (2013). What is electricity? Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97832&xtid=155094. - The Electromagnetic SpectrumA NASA resource
- Magnets & Iron a STEAM Project!
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 2/2/2020 - Magnets and Lines of Force
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 10/7/2013 - Static Electricity Simulation
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 4/4/2014 - What Conducts Electricity?
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 10/4/2013
Electricity and Magnetism, 2nd Edition by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 9781467703680Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Fun Experiments with Electricity by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 9781512449969Publication Date: 2017-08-01
Science Experiments with Magnets by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 9781617838538Publication Date: 2013-09-01
- Force and Motion
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“Force and Motion.” Films On Demand, Films Media Group, 2013, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97832&xtid=155087. Accessed 15 Jan. 2021. - Force, Friction & Feet! (Part 1)
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 9/92020 - A Force is a Push or Pull
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 12/6/2013 - Forces, Motion, & Flying
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 11/14/2017 - Matter Cannot Be Destroyed
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 4/26/2015 - States of Matter PhET Simulation
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YouTube video, Fun Science Demos, 1/2/2019
- Thermodynamics
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Films Media Group. (1999). Thermodynamics. Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97832&xtid=10287. - Temperature and Heat (Laws of Thermodynamics)
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Films Media Group. (2013). Temperature and heat (laws of thermodynamics). Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97832&xtid=155092.
Experiments with Heating and Cooling by Call Number: SBU BOL Juv Book 536.078 T363ISBN: 9781410968395Publication Date: 2015-01-01
- CK-12From the website: "Using an open-source, collaborative, and web-based compilation model, CK-12 pioneers and promotes the creation and distribution of high-quality, adaptive online textbooks that can be mixed, modified and printed (i.e., the FlexBook™ textbooks). The Site is designed to serve as both an information resource and an application platform for K-12 teachers, educators and students who wish to join our online community."
- ComPADREThe AAPT ComPADRE Digital Library is a network of free online resource collections supporting faculty, students, and teachers in Physics and Astronomy Education
- Faraday Children's Physics LectureA Rutger's University resource
- PhysclipsAn University of New South Wales resource
- Physical Science"Explore motion, energy, light, and more in Physical Science. Engineering design can be introduced through a video on "Funny Boats," potential and kinetic energy can be investigated with catapults and roller coasters, and sound waves can be experimented with using the resources in Physical Science. Additional topics include the periodic table, thunder and lightning, and the electromagnetic spectrum."-- PBS Learning Media
- PhET - Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
"Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations." -- website - Physics CentralAn American Physical Society resource
- Physics ClassroomFrom the website: "The Physics Classroom Tutorial is an online physics tutorial written for high school physics students. ... The Physics Classroom tutorial pages were written by Tom Henderson, science teacher at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois.
- Physics Education ChannelFrom the YouTube description: "Physics Education is the international journal for everyone involved with the teaching of physics in schools and colleges. This videos reflect the content within the journal."
- Physics for the 21st CenturyAn Annenberg Learner resource, this is "an on-line course that explores the frontiers of physics. The 11 units, accompanied by videos, interactive simulations, and a comprehensive Facilitator's Guide, work together to present an overview of key areas of rapidly-advancing knowledge in the field, arranged from the sub-atomic scale to the cosmological." -- Website
- Science Aid - PhysicsA Scienceaid.co.uk website intended for students
