Physics and Physical Science Resources

[ka3ytl]

I found a fantastic blog about Teaching Physics. He has a lot of resources up there and has some cool ideas. I'm hoping that it keeps going during the school year.

The Physics Front has info about things to do in pretty much any physical science class. There is stuff for the k-8 crowd as well.

Links to Java applets and animations that hit the usual topics of mechanics, optics, sound, wave motion and much more :)

Physics Central relates current events to physics. There are links to "People in Physics" and a "Buzz Blog" which relates to the Olympics currently. There are also links to Biology and Earth Science stuff.

Science Inquirer "Free Stuff" page has lots of links to lots of free stuff. This is a web page maintain by Mike Horton who you've heard of if you're subscribed to Physhare.

Intel Education Page has some project ideas. It's not set up very well or easy to navigate, but there is a lot of information to be had if you are patient and fairly technologically savvy.

Nova Special Super Bridge Page has ideas for activities that can be done in class. There is also a sub page that allows the students to choose the best type of bridge for a certain situation. It explains what bridges are used where and why.

If you are not a member of the National Science Teacher Association, I recommend that you join. I've found it to be an excellent resource for the classroom. If you've only been exposed to "The Physics Teacher" this goes so much further that it is amazing. I also recommend joining ASCD which is the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. The "Select Membership" is probably the best deal at $89 with a magazine and 5 educational books that they select and send. The upcoming one is "How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students" by Susan M. Brookhart.

Comments

[allthingsnoisy.livejournal.com]

I'm a NSTA and a PSTA member! :)

Science teachers might also like the materials and modules from Shodor, a non-profit organization in North Carolina that utilizes local student interns to help develop modeling and simulation tools for teachers and their students. These interns come from generally from poorer schools but the students themselves show a lot of potential talent. They're training on how to program (Java) and then they work with Shodor staff to create usable web tools.

We've been at many events presenting alongside Shodor senior staff members like Bob Panoff (whose enthusiasm and energy is infectious and infinite) as well as working groups at different conferences. Now we're looking to combine their expertise with our own scientific modules to boost each other's goals.

[cyberjunkie.livejournal.com]

i can help you navigate intel's site, since i just took their course this summer.